Eli Bartholomew

MSc Biomaterial Engineering student at DTU with 1 year of industry experience in pharmaceutical R&D and data analysis. Proficient in Python, Excel, and Power BI. Track record of producing quantitative outputs for executive and partner-level stakeholders in a regulated biotech environment. Interests span pharma, consulting, data, and commercial operations.

R&D Associate at NovaSterilis Inc. (2024-08 – 2025-06)

Supercritical CO2 sterilization, B2B biotech

• Designed first comparative D-value sterilization study at the company; compiled multi-variable dataset used in Medtronic partnership discussions
• Built KPI dashboards and data summaries in Excel and Power BI for C-level and sales teams across 3+ concurrent projects
• Maintained SharePoint system tracking 100+ biomaterial samples, workflows, and regulatory documents
• Authored 5+ SOPs and redesigned ISO-compliant chemical waste procedures, passing all internal compliance audits
• Supported B2B marketing and regulatory compliance across pharma, clinical, and tissue engineering product lines

Administration and Finance at DTU Management Council (2025-09 – Present)

• Coordinate events connecting 100+ engineering students with pharma, finance, and consulting firms
• Manage company outreach pipeline and logistics across interdisciplinary stakeholders

Founder, Tennis Partner App at CourtConnect (2025 – Present)

Building a location-based app that matches tennis players by skill level and proximity; solo project addressing the lack of any practical tool for finding local partners at the right level

Materials Design Engineer at DTU Tailored Materials Research Group (2025-09 – Present)

Developing silica-based bioink rheology for extrusion 3D-bioprinting of contractile muscle tissue (Prof. Johan Ulrik Lind)

Research Fellow at The Chronic Pain Research Consortium (CPRC) (2023-05 – 2023-08)

• Quantified MX1 protein expression in DRG neurons via confocal microscopy and qPCR; contributed to peer-reviewed publication
• Developed antigen retrieval protocol adopted as official lab SOP; presented at national Pain Research Symposium

Researcher at The Chronic Pain Research Consortium (CPRC) (2021-12 – 2024-05)

Chronic pain research using in-vivo nerve injury models, immunostaining, and RNA sequencing

MSc in Biomaterial Engineering for Medicine – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) (2025 – 2027)

BS in Molecular Biology – Duquesne University (2020 – 2024)