Over a century of biotech and software experience  

Every member of our team understands what it’s like to work in a lab and feel held back. That’s why we built Monomer.

Meet the Team

We’re creating a new infrastructure for scientists to uncover the hidden world of living cells and make meaningful discoveries faster than ever.
Jimmy Sastra, PhD

CEO and Co-founder

Jimmy has 18 years of experience in robotics, applied optimization, and lab automation. As VP of Engineering at Strateos, the world’s first biology cloud lab, he brought up over 20 automated workcells with unique workflows in biological assays, chemistry, and synthetic biology. In his free time, he loves running triathlons.

Mark Zhang

CTO and Co-founder

Mark has 10 years of experience developing user-centric AI analytics and bioinformatics software. He was an early engineer at Kensho, an MIT/Harvard-based startup that became the largest AI acquisition in history to date. On the non-profit side, Mark has helped train scientists around the world, including bat hunters in Madagascar, to track infectious disease using high-throughput sequencing.

Amit Gupta

COO

Amit has 20+ years of experience across a multitude of technology companies. Over the last decade, he has been an executive building software companies in wet lab (Benchling), bioinformatics (Seqera/Nextflow), lab automation (Monomer Bio), and security (Lookout Mobile Security). He has also made a dozen investments across life sciences software, health tech, and generative AI.

Denise Williams

Account Executive

Sam Alberg

Account Executive

Damon Doucet

Tech Lead & Product Manager

Casey Kraft, PhD

Head of Customer Experience

Yang Choo

Software Engineer

Jon Staryuk

Software Engineer

Albert Kim

Automation Engineer

Carter Allen

Application Scientist

David Xiao

Software Engineer

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