• Emigrated from Tehran, Iran
  • Was unable to study Nuclear Engineering as she had planned.
  • UMass Lowell B.S. Engineering (Civil)
  • UMass Lowell M.S. Computer Science
  • MIT MBA
  • CEO, Privo Technologies
    • MIT 100 K Award winner
    • Nano delivery of insulin by chewing gum
    • Nano Drug Delivery
  • They are in the early stages of development of a company offering a platform for nano-delivery of drugs.
  • They are working in a very tough area of raising money to commercialize an emerging technology.
  • Case: Privo (pdf)