Hari Bhaskaran
Founder, Cisterna Biologics (YC S22)
Experience
Career
2022Cisterna Biologics
FounderFounder · Carlsbad, California, United States · 2022 – Present
2021The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Senior Scientist · San Diego, California, United States · 2021 – 2022
2019Arcturus Therapeutics
Scientist II · San diego, California · 2019 – 2021
2016Arcturus Therapeutics
Scientist I · San diego, California · 2016 – 2018
2015Stratos Genomics
Scientist · Greater Seattle Area · 2015 – 2016
2013The Scripps Research Institute
Research Scientist · 2013 – 2014
2011Oregon Health & Science University
Associate Scientist · 2011 – 2013
- 2008
University of California, Santa Barbara
Postdoctoral Fellow · Santa Barbara, California · 2008 – 2011
Bio
Hari Bhaskaran's journey with RNAs started with ribozymes (catalytic RNAs) almost 20 years ago in the labs of Rick Russell at UT Austin. His PhD work was focused on mechanistic understanding of RNA folding, culminating in a seminal publication in Nature (see Bhaskaran and Russell, 2007). Since then, he has held positions of increasing responsibilities in both academia and industry. He is the author of several publications and industry patents.