About
The team behind Sapho Bio
Sapho Bio's purpose is to accelerate pharmaceutical release testing — enabling precision medicines and critical products to move from production to patients faster, more reliably, and with less operational friction.
Team members
Industry experts
Investors
Trusted by pharmacies and partners:
Mission
Values
Our values unite our team
Make it count
We love to read — everything from books to research papers. There is long lineage of very intelligent humans behind each one of us and fortunately many of them passed on their knowledge through writing
Our communication is direct and incompressible. We strive to eliminate ambiguity. We think clearly and simply and this is reflected in our communications
We distill an ownership mentality throughout the organization, one in which each person takes pride in executing well within their domain and delivering great results
We have an intense attention to detail. The small things do matter
We are deeply passionate about our work here. Our customers, team, and investors are attracted to this and it comes across in all our collaborations
Leadership TEAM
Built by scientists.
Run for perfection.
Abraham Chaibi
CEO
Founded a high-frequency trading firm specializing in black box price prediction models. Enjoys reading and learning about science applications improving American lives.
John McSpedon
CTO
First employee at Merantix, a Berlin-based AI accelerator. Optimized protein materials at Cambrium GmbH. Mined metagenomes for gene editing tools at Arc Institute. Enjoys cycling and rock climbing.
Pavel Ryzhov, PhD
Head of Growth
Biomedicine leader focused on translating complex scientific ideas into clear, compelling growth strategy.
Eunice Pacheco
Head of People
As the Head of People at Sapho Bio, I am passionate about creating workplaces where people feel valued, engaged, and empowered to do their best work. 12 years of experience at ADP.
Cameron Bravo, PhD
Operations Research Scientist
Experimental high-energy particle physicist with 15 years of experience. Helped build equipment used at CERN. Expertise in large datasets, scientific operations, and instrumentation.
Santhosh Karanth, PhD
Research Scientist
Over a decade in assay development and screening. Specializes in metabolism and genetics. Experience spanning genome editing, biologics, small molecules, and diagnostics.
Ali Palla, PhD
Research Scientist
PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UCSF. A decade of protein biochemistry and RNA biology experience studying chromatin modification. Enjoys reading, gaming, and exploring cities.
Investors
Supported by leading investors
Advisory Board
Guided by industry experts
Scientific Advisor
Expert in thermodynamics of modified nucleotides. Professor at the University of Maryland.
Scientific Advisor
Expert in drug discovery, assay design, and analytical chemistry. Has contributed to therapeutic and bioanalytic assay inventions.
Scientific Advisor
Expert in Rheumatology, Nutrition, and Clinical Epidemiology. Former Global Head of Musculoskeletal Translational Medicine at Novartis.
