Kritika Chugh

Build health intelligence systems integrating biomarker and environmental data. Translate biological data into clear, user-facing recommendations. Design validation frameworks to ensure accuracy and reliability.

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer - Wooblo Inc. - USA

(2025-10)

• Build health intelligence systems integrating biomarker and environmental data.
• Translate biological data into clear, user-facing recommendations.
• Design validation frameworks to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support product development and data quality.
• Selected for Launch Founder University (Top 10%), Kernel, and Beta University.
• Contribute to scientific manuscripts supporting validation.

Graduate Researcher - University of Texas at Dallas - USA

(2024-01 - 2025-05)

• Conducted comparative genomic analysis of 44 Escherichia coli strains to identify variation in extended-core genes and improve pan-genome classification methods.
• Analyzed 50 soft-core genes using comparative genomics to identify gaps in clustering approaches.
• Applied synteny mapping to refine gene classification and improve pan-genome insights.
• Published and presented my findings in conferences and journals such as ICLR, BMC Genomics and ISCB.

Summer Intern - Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute - USA

(2024-05 - 2024-08)

• Evaluated the potency and selectivity of next-generation non-covalent BTK inhibitors in CLL models.
• Cultured and maintained 20+ patient-derived CLL clones.
• Performing nucleic acid extractions and prepared samples for downstream assays.
• Conducted cell viability assays (MTT, CellTiter-Glo) to generate dose-response curves.
• Ran Western blot analyses across 12+ clones to assess BTK pathway inhibition and protein expression changes.
• Generated 20+ publication-ready figures using ImageJ and GraphPad Prism.
• Mentored an undergraduate researcher, and managed lab operations (reagents, inventory, protocol compliance).

Product Manager (Clinical Research & Health Intelligence) - Rai Multispeciality Hospital - India

(2021-01 - 2023-07)

• Led development of clinical data systems, digitizing patient records and hospital workflows.
• Translated clinical needs into structured product requirements with physicians and administrators.
• Built dashboards to track patient outcomes, diagnostic trends, and operational KPIs.
• Streamlined documentation processes, reducing reporting effort and turnaround time by 45%.
• Established data governance and quality standards; trained 30+ staff on system adoption.

Research Fellow - Jawaharlal Nehru University - India

(2020-06 - 2020-11)

• Uncovered pseudogenes as cancer biomarkers through extensive literature research.
• Established a comprehensive human exon database for laboratory research.
• Utilized biological tools like Ensembl; Primer 3, BLAST, I-TASSER, and Interpro for gene database construction.

Research Associate - Translational Health Science and Technology Institute - India

(2018-12 - 2019-06)

• Investigated RNA-RdRp protein interactions in Hepatitis E Virus using Yeast-three hybrid system (Y3H).
• Engineered RdRp mutants in pGADT7 vector to identify key RNA-binding regions.
• Evaluated data and authored the HEV Project Report.
• Shedded light on the constraints of yeast-three hybrid screening in examining RNA-protein interactions in vivo.

MS - Molecular & Cell Biology - University of Texas, Dallas (2023-08 - 2025-05)

Master of Science - Zoology - University of Delhi, India (2016-06 - 2018-06)

Bachelor of Science - Zoology (Honors) - University of Delhi, India (2012-06 - 2015-06)