Saurabh Malani, PhD — Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Fermeate

About Saurabh Malani, PhD

Saurabh Malani, PhD is Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Fermeate. Location: San Francisco, California, United States.

Skills

Research
PowerPoint
Data Analysis

Additional experience

Activate Fellow, Activate Berkeley at Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road.
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Started June 2026

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Princeton University
Bachelor’s Degree, University of California, Berkeley

Current role

Title: Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Company: Fermeate
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Started: November 2024

About Fermeate

Backed by IndieBio and SOSV, Fermeate is the first startup in the world to apply optogenetics and photomolecular gene circuits to microbial based biomanufacturing. Photomolecular gene circuits open a new era in biomanufacturing. Essentially, software-like level of control, and fast on/off switching that allows biology to live up to the ideal of “programmability.”At Fermeate, we are committed to making sustainable bio-based products cost-competitive. By integrating optogenetics, advanced hardware, and AI/ML algorithms, we pioneer optogenetics for biomanufacturing, and our platform empowers partners to significantly improve their fermentation economics, delivering dramatic gains in titer, rate, and yield.———Winner of the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein @ NUS × Enterprise Singapore “Sustainable Protein Startup Competition” at the Asia‑Pacific Agri‑Food Innovation Summit 2025.Also supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Blueprint The Engine, and NSF I-Corps Hub Northeast Region.

Industry: Biotechnology Research
Company size: 2-10
Website: fermeate.com

About Saurabh Malani, PhD

Skills

Additional experience

Activate Fellow, Activate Berkeley at Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road.

Education