6x founder
Dino Di Carlo
Professor and Entrepreneur
Discover drugs that control how much cells "squeeze" to treat disease
Experience
Career
2024UCLA Department of Bioengineering
Chair · 2024 – Present
- 2016
UCLA Department of Bioengineering
Vice Chair · 2016 – 2024
2015UCLA
Professor · Greater Los Angeles Area · 2015 – Present
- 2012
UCLA
Associate Professor · 2012 – 2015
- 2008
UCLA
Assistant Professor · 2008 – 2012
2016The University of Tokyo
Visiting Professor · 2016 – Present
2020Partillion Bioscience
Co-founderCo-Founder and Board Member · 2020 – Present
2012CytoVale
Co-founderCo-founder and Board Member · 2012 – Present
2017Forcyte Biotechnologies, Inc
Co-founderCo-Founder and Board Member · 2017 – 2026
2024Saku Biosciences
Co-founderCo-Founder and Board Member · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · 2024 – 2026
2010Cue Health Inc.
Scientific Advisor · 2010 – 2024
2014Tempo Therapeutics
Co-founderCo-founder and Board Member · 2014 – 2024
2012Vortex Biosciences, Inc.
Co-founderCo-founder and Board Member · 2012 – 2020
2006Massachusetts General Hospital
Postdoctoral Fellow · 2006 – 2008
Bio
Dino Di Carlo is a Professor, inventor, and entrepreneur with >50 issued patents. He is the Armond and Elena Hairapetian endowed chair in Engineering and Medicine at UCLA. His academic research has focused at the interface of micro & nanosystems, data science, and the ultimate limits of biology (single cells and molecules). Over the last 10 years, Dr. Di Carlo co-founded seven startup companies in life science research tools, diagnostics, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries.