About Kristina Fontanez

Leveraging her multidisciplinary background in molecular biology and microbiology. Kristina has been a dynamic leader in the development of novel commercial life•science and genomics products including an innovative DNA sequencing platform and multiplex PCR assays for a droplet microfluidics platform.

Formerly. she was the principal scientist at Oiagen and. later. a senior scientist at Bio•Rad. She has deep expertise in assay development. biostatistics. bioinformatics. and all facets of the product development process. including agile•development principles.

Kristina obtained a BA from Princeton University and a PhD. from Harvard University: she completed postdoctoral work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.