About - Gateway Biosciences

About Us

Our Mission

Gateway Biosciences delivers cutting-edge solutions to empower scientists around the globe to make groundbreaking scientific discoveries and utilize scientific applications to improve health and well-being.

We make adopting innovative solutions simpler by:

1. Bringing unique and cutting-edge solutions to your lab from innovative suppliers around the world

2. Transparent pricing policies and global business standards delivered at a local level.

3. Supporting your applications with proper training and technical expertise

Let us deliver innovative solutions for your science needs.

Our team has extensive experience and expertise in serving your scientific needs. They are all highly qualified and are passionate about providing the best solutions for your applications.

Our Team

Matt Levy, M.B.A. Managing Director
Matt Levy, M.B.A.
Managing Director

Matt Levy is a co-Founder and Managing Partner of Gateway Biosciences. Matt has 20 years of international business development experience in the life sciences industry.

“As a company, we are highly focused on expanding the reach of innovative solutions and making more options available to emerging and growing markets.”

Matt’s career has been focused on the Asia Pacific region including Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo where he resided. Throughout his career, Matt has worked for multinational companies of all sizes including IBM, Applied Biosystems, Luminex and most recently, Affymetrix as the VP, Commercial Operations for Asia Pacific.

Matt completed his BS and MS from California State University, East Bay as well as a MBA from Carnegie Mellon University with concentrations in Strategy, Finance and Entrepreneurship.

Christopher Yoo, PhD Managing Director
Christopher Yoo, PhD
Managing Director

Chris Yoo is a co-Founder and Managing Partner of Gateway Biosciences.
Over the past twenty years, Chris has provided leadership and expertise to help accelerate the adoption of new systems and technologies by the medical research industry. Additionally, Chris has held management positions at traditional life sciences companies such as Applied Biosystems and IBM, and held advisory roles with Cisco, Oracle, and various other entities that span the Healthcare and Life Sciences industries. ​

“Innovation is not about having a great new idea; it is about a game-changing way of implementing ideas. Great ideas fail all the time. Great innovations never do.”

Chris completed his postdoctoral training at U.C. Berkeley, received his Ph.D. from Yale University School of Medicine in Cell and Molecular Biology, and finished his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania with a dual major in History and Biology.

Regional Managers

Nikhilesh Desai Managing Director – South Asia
Nikhilesh Desai
Managing Director – South Asia

Nikhilesh is a pharmaceutical Industry professional with more than 15 years of work experience in drug discovery, development and commercialization.

Nikhilesh completed his Masters of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Texas, Austin and his Masters in Business Administration at the Institute of Technology and Management, Haryana, India.

Ning Shen Country Manager – China
Ning Shen
Country Manager – China

Ning “Jerry” Shen brings 15 years of sales experience in the China market. Jerry has extensive experience in the areas of bioscience and healthcare having worked with Bio-Rad, Merck Millipore, GE Heathcare and Affymetrix.

Jerry received his B.S. in Biochemical Engineering from Beijing Union University.

Vivek Kumar Country Manager – UAE and India
Vivek Kumar
Country Manager – UAE and India

Vivek Kumar has 20 years of Sales and Marketing experience in the Healthcare and Life Sciences with experience in Middle East, Africa and India markets. He is passionate about innovative technologies to perform clinical genomics and other areas of advanced science and medicine.

Vivek holds an M.S. in Biotechnology and graduated with a specialization in Microbiology from Kurukshetra University, India.

Pardeep Gupta
Country Manager – India

Pardeep is a Pharmaceutical and Biotech professional with more than 13 years of diverse Industry experiences in the Analytical domain of Drug Discovery, Generic Drugs Formulations and Raw Materials Qualification. He has worked in various multinational companies including Novartis, Lupin and Concord Biotech etc.

Pardeep holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry, M.Phil. (Masters of Philosophy) and a Doctorate degree in Analytical Chemistry awarded by Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-INDIA.

Thabata Caruzo PhD Country Manager – Brazil
Thabata Caruzo PhD
Country Manager – Brazil

Thabata Caruzo has over 12 years of experience on molecular virology research and over 14 years of experience working for multinational companies such as Becton Dickinson, Molecular Devices and Affymetrix in various roles such as scientific/product support, technical sales and operations.

Thabata received her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Science and PhD in Science (with an emphasis on Molecular Virology) from the University of São Paulo – USP (Brazil) and completed her Post-Doc, as an Associated Researcher in Molecular Virology, at the Campinas State University – UNICAMP (Brazil).

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