Davide Marini

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I am an entrepreneur naturally attracted to solving ambitious and technically complex challenges that require the convergence of different disciplines, especially chemistry, biology, computer science and engineering. A rather nonlinear career path led me to cofound and lead Inkbit, an MIT spinout that developed Vision-Controlled Jetting (VCJ), a scalable additive manufacturing process that can build complex, multi-material objects in a single print, eliminating the need for assembly. The development of VCJ required converging state-of-the-art techniques in optics, chemistry, and computer vision. The technology was published in Nature. Prior to Inkbit, I had the fortune of being invited to cofound and lead Firefly BioWorks, an MIT spinout that developed a novel assay for multiplexed detection of microRNA on standard flow cytometers. The technology relied on individually encoded and DNA-functionalized hydrogel microparticles manufactured by flow lithography. The technology was published in Science. Prior to Firefly, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston, where I developed nanomaterials for sensing and drug delivery applications in the ar

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