Gareth H.

Entrepreneurial Biomedical Engineer with 30 years of experience in medtech and biotech startups. Co-founder of Medical Nanotechnologies (cancer nanomedicine) and founding VP of Science and Technology at Xanapath (cancer diagnostics). Experienced in technology transfer, spin-offs, company creation, and early-stage funding. I have been involved with medtech and biotech startups since 1994, beginning with my grad school days at the University of Minnesota. One of my primary startup roles was submitting grants to support early-stage product development. As a result, I have considerable experience in grant writing focused on medtech and biotech product development, particularly with SBIR and STTR applications. As an entrepreneur, I also have experience in leveraging non-dilutive funding to help build startups. Regarding grants, I've been a Principal Investigator (PI), have helped bring in over $30 million in grants, and have been a grant reviewer. Scientific Review activities Reviewer: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Review panelist: NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) Review panelist: NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Centers Reviewer: Optical Society of America Reviewer: Cell & Gene Therapy Insights Reviewer: Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Reviewer: Current Materials Science Early-stage Funding activities Screening Committee: The Cancer Fund Venture Scout: Ada Ventures Healthtech Mentor: MassChallenge Projects and technologies that I have worked on in the past include: - hyperspectral imaging for multiplexed tumor analysis - retinal scanning for diagnosing traumatic brain injury - peripheral nerve implants for advanced upper-limb prosthetics - microfluidic separation of proteins for downstream analysis - deep brain stimulation - vagus nerve stimulation - nanomanipulators for cell-based research - targeted hyperthermal cancer therapy - nanoparticle-based drug delivery My education comprises: - BS in Chemical Engineering (University of Cincinnati) with a focus on polymer science - PhD in Biomedical Engineering, minor in Electrical Engineering (University of Minnesota) - MBA in Entrepreneurship (University of Dallas)