Dr. Setu Kasera

I provide analyses and insights on technical and business development to inform strategic decisions. I mainly support start-up and early stage companies in chemistry and biotechnology-related industries.

I am engaged as an external consultant, offering services ranging from market opportunity evaluation, API cost driver determination to basic scientific research (primary and secondary) for molecular target identification for novel antimicrobial drug discovery. I also worked with an associate company in the UK conducting market analysis for potential opportunities for them in the nutraceutical industry.

I established and maintained relationships with technology partners, supported management of R&D activities, financial reporting and prepared reports to present to the company board.

I started as an intern at Acidophil Ltd, where I was involved in various aspects of the biotech-based projects (examples: technology and investor scouting, report preparation, scientific research, grant writing)

I led market research to direct the development of the fast and cheap platform technology developed during my PhD towards point-of-care diagnostics for disease detection. My business idea, which focused on ‘early warning in healthcare’, drew interest from several investors and commercial partners. The sensor continues to be developed at the University of Cambridge for creation of a home-based integrated health-monitoring system.

Supremolecular chemistry, nano photonics, chemical sensors, medical diagnostics.

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Chemistry modules: Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry Biology modules: Natural Products, Pharmacology, Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology