Arun Prasad Manoharan Ph.D

Chief Technology Officer at Prime Discoveries

Dallas, Texas, United States

About Arun Prasad Manoharan Ph.D

Arun Prasad Manoharan Ph.D is Chief Technology Officer at Prime Discoveries. Location: Dallas, Texas, United States.

- Dr.Arun Manoharan (CSO) has two engineering degrees and a PhD in Bioinformatics from University of Michigan. - Dr.Manoharan is well versed in multi-Omics (Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, metaGenomics, metaTranscriptomics, metabolomics) , Bioinformatics and AI and Machine Learning and has published in Science, Nature, Molcell and PNAS and holds multiple patents. - He has led projects in several Companies including Genentech, Dow Agrosciences, Recombine, CooperGenomics, Prime Discoveries and TMRW Life Sciences. Dr.Manoharan developed several products in specialties including cardiology, ophthalmology ,neurology and cancer at Recombine which resulted in its acquisition for ~$100 million. - He is also an invited grant reviewer for the NIH. - Dr.Manoharan was pivotal in several high profile projects including modEncode, Immunochip and ExomeArray Consortium. - Dr.Manoharan has worked in autoimmune conditions like Lupus, AMD, RA, Diabetes, Asthma, Alzheimers and has developed several clinical products in carrier screening and fertility which has helped >200,000 couples during pregnancy. - Dr Manoharan developed novel, patented, rapid (<30 min) diagnostics in Microbiome discovery and detection for various pathogen infections including COVID, Influenza, RSV, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Drug Resistant Strains for pandemic readiness and control Core Imperatives & Expertise: Enterprise Data Platforms | Databricks Ecosystem | Snowflake | Azure & AWS Cloud Architecture | Production AI/ML Frameworks | Generative AI (GenAI) Deployment | Automated ETL/ELT Pipelines | Data Governance & Lineage | PHI Protection & HIPAA Compliance | CLIA/CAP Regulatory Standards | High-Throughput Genomic Sequencing (NGS) | Cross-Functional Team Leadership | Technology & Genomic Science Alignment.

Skills

  • Data Architecture
  • GWAS
  • Dataiku

Additional experience

  • Entrepreneur in Residence

    Stony Brook University

    Started July 2025

Education

  • PhD, University of Michigan
  • B.Tech, Anna University Chennai