Rishi Chandrakumar

Rishi Chandrakumar's work experience begins with their role as a Research Associate II in Discovery Biology at Tenaya Therapeutics, starting in January 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Research Associate in Process Development at BlueRock Therapeutics from July 2021 to January 2022, where they actively contributed to the development, implementation, and successful execution of scalable and automated cGMP compliant processes. They also performed cell-based characterization assays and effectively communicated scientific concepts/data/strategy in internal venues.

Before their role at BlueRock Therapeutics, Rishi worked as a Quality Control Technologist at Affinity Biologicals Inc. from December 2020 to July 2021. They also gained experience as an Honours Thesis Student at Western University from September 2019 to April 2020. Furthermore, they worked as a Summer Research Assistant at York University and the University of Toronto in 2018, and as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at Western University and York University in 2017.

Rishi Chandrakumar attended Western University from 2016 to 2020, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Biological Sciences, with a general focus.