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Suman Kumar Kalavagunta
Graduate, Stanford Center for Professional Development
BioSuman is a technology and engineering leader with over 20 years of experience building and scaling large-scale platforms across commerce, payments, loyalty, and digital experiences. Most recently, he served as a Director of Engineering at Mastercard, leading engineering organizations responsible for platforms serving millions of users.
His interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, distributed systems, platform architecture, and building technology that solves complex real-world problems. He is currently pursuing Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate to deepen his expertise in AI and its application to modern products and platforms.
Outside of technology, Suman is a lifelong chess player, former state champion in India, and co-founder of Chess Brains Academy, an initiative created from his passion for chess and education. -
Seraphine Kamayirese
Postdoctoral Scholar, Bioengineering
BioI am a protein and peptide biochemist with a focus on biophysical characterization, structural activity relationship (SAR)study, and design and optimization of peptides targeting disease-relevant proteins. My Ph.D. research focused on designing and optimizing ligands that target the 14-3-3ε protein to disrupt its interaction with the cell cycle regulator CDC25A, an interaction known to suppress apoptosis in squamous cell carcinoma. Inhibiting this pathway is expected to promote apoptosis in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. At Stanford University, I am expanding my research to study antimicrobial peptidoids and peptides such as LL-37 and their interactions with amyloid beta peptides, and the potential application of the resulting complexes as antiviral therapeutics. I bring strong experience in rational peptide design, structural activity relationship studies, molecular dynamics simulations, peptides and peptoids synthesis and purification, protein expression, and biophysical assays. My research has led to multiple peer-reviewed publications, presentations at national and international conferences, and awards, including the Young Investigator Poster Award at the American Peptide Symposium.
