Sana Raisfirooz

Physics × Biology × Engineering

Supported by Emergent Ventures and Interact Fellowship.

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01 About

At UofT, I built implantable devices that got tested in rats at the Franklin Lab and did simulations for novel drug delivery methods at the Miller Lab. I also designed transducers to merge biology and engineered devices at the nanoscale at Berkeley EECS and broke power supplies at MIT.

I finished my Physics and Math degree in 2.5 years, and spent time at Age1, a longevity-focused venture fund.

Before, I was on the business consulting path — I worked at a YC and YC-China company. I was also a profiting Notion Youtuber.

My journey to biotech started when I got into the first cohort of the Dojo House at Boston. Prior, I was selected for a Canadian Space Fellowship, launched one of my designs for the International Space Station on a parabolic flight, was the youngest member on a graduate cube satellite team that launched via SpaceX, and electrocuted mycelium for a NASA NIAC company.

Outside of school, I used to work at a Michelin restaurant.

02 Projects

Full project write-ups at sanarfz.notion.site/project

Marx Generator

Marx Generator ~100kV

Tesla Coil

Tesla Coil

Making Superconductors!

Making Superconductors!

Biological Transducers x CMOS

Biological Transducers x CMOS

fMRI Data Analysis

fMRI Data Analysis

Ionocraft

Ionocraft ~30kV

Using Lasers for Drug Delivery

Using Lasers for Drug Delivery

Sanity Check: Can Plants 'Talk'?

Sanity Check: Can Plants ‘Talk’?

Implantable FlexPCB

Implantable FlexPCB

Electrocuting Fungi

Electrocuting Fungi

Using Light to Trap my Shoe Bacteria

Using Light to Trap my Shoe Bacteria

Growing Crystals with Memory

Growing Crystals with Memory