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Mariana Matus Garcia is the CEO and Cofounder of Biobot Analytics, the world’s first company to commercialize wastewater epidemiology. Under her leadership, Biobot has pioneered the transformation of wastewater data into actionable public health insights, helping communities monitor and improve health outcomes on a large scale. Founded as an MIT spinoff in Cambridge, MA, Biobot participated in Y Combinator in 2018 and has raised over $40 million in financing. Recognized as a major innovator, Biobot earned a spot on the CNBC Disruptor 50 list and was named one of Time Magazine’s TIME100 Most Influential Companies in 2022.
Prior to Biobot, Mariana conducted pioneering research at MIT in the emerging field of wastewater epidemiology. She has been recognized for her leadership and impact in health tech, named one of C&EN’s Trailblazing Women in Chemistry in 2020, among Newsweek’s America’s 50 Greatest Disruptors in 2021, and Boston Globe’s #8 Tech Power Player in 2022. TIME100 NEXT also recognized her as an industry innovator in 2022. In 2023, she was honored to join the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellowship.
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