Nihal Engin Vrana

Nihal Engin Vrana is the Co-Founder & CEO at SPARTHA Medical. Prior to SPARTHA Medical, Nihal served as the Vice President, Scientific Affairs at PROTiP Medical from December 2015 to June 2019 where they oversaw national and international scientific collaborations. Additionally, Nihal has also served as the Director of Research at Protip SAS from July 2012 to December 2015 where they were the scientific coordinator of 2 Europan Union Projects. Prior to that, Nihal served as a Post Doctoral Researcher at MIT from January 2012 to July 2012.

Nihal Engin Vrana has a H.D.R. from the University of Strasbourg in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. They also have a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Dublin City University in Biomedical Engineering, as well as a Master of Science (M.Sc.) from Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University in Biotechnology. Finally, they have a Bachelor of Science - BS from Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University in Biology/Biological Sciences, General. They also have certification from Publons in Verified Peer Reviewer.

Some direct reports include Yijie Li - Researcher in Mechanical Engineering, Pulchérie Matsodoum Nguemté - Buisness Developer, and Philippe Lavalle - Co-Founder & CSO.