Our people

A team of scientists, clinicians and engineers

SensoBrain was founded by Stanford scientists, clinicians and engineers.

Leadership

Murat Baday, PhD

Murat Baday, PhD

CEO & Co-Founder

  • 15+ years in diagnostics, microfluidics and imaging
  • Co-founded Smartlens and Nanoeye
  • 7+ patents
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Jagriti Jaiswal, MBA

Jagriti Jaiswal, MBA

Business, Finance & Strategy

  • Investment professional
  • Transformation consultant
  • Experience in research, banking & finance and VC industries
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Murat Citir, PhD

Murat Citir, PhD

CTO

  • 20+ years in spectroscopy, laser and imaging systems
  • Former Professor of Chemistry
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Elif Sare Koytak, MD

Elif Sare Koytak, MD

Internal Medicine | Medical Entrepreneur

  • Internal Medicine physician and medical entrepreneur
  • AI in Medicine innovator
  • Bridges clinical expertise with breakthrough healthcare technology
Lawrence Recht, MD

Lawrence Recht, MD

Clinical Co-founder

  • Professor of Neurology, Stanford
  • Chief of Adult Neuro-Oncology, Stanford
  • Chair of Stanford Cancer Center Scientific Review Committee
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Chirag Patel, MD, PhD, MSE

Chirag Patel, MD, PhD, MSE

Clinical Co-founder — Neuro-Oncology

  • Clinical neuro-oncology
  • Neuroimaging and molecular imaging
  • Research in biomedical engineering, seizure prediction and traumatic spinal cord injury
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Scientific & Clinical Advisors

Our advisors have been building sensing technologies and blood, CSF and AI biomarkers to help the early diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases.

Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD

Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery

  • Co-Director, Stanford Brain Tumor Center
  • Brain tumors and brain metastases
  • PI, Gephart Lab
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Ismail Emre Araci, PhD

Ismail Emre Araci, PhD

Bioengineering & Microfluidic Sensing

  • Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Santa Clara University
  • Co-founder and Scientific Advisor, Smartlens
  • Expert in biomedical microfluidics, optical sensing and continuous physiological pressure monitoring
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Kelly Mahaney, MD

Kelly Mahaney, MD

Pediatric Neurosurgery, Stanford

  • Hydrocephalus
  • Pediatric neurosurgical care
Ryan Spitler, PhD

Ryan Spitler, PhD

Stanford Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics Center

  • Deputy director of the Precision Health and Integrated Diagnostics Center at Stanford
  • Business development
  • Diagnostics and sensor technologies
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Tansel Kendirli, MD

Tansel Kendirli, MD

Neurology

  • Epilepsy
  • Sleep disorders
  • Neuro-oncology
  • Clinical pharmacology
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