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Aegea Biotechnologies: George Maltzeos

Jul 28, 2020

Aegea Biotechnologies said that it has hired George Maltzeos as chief engineer to help expedite the development of the company's point-of-care lateral flow molecular SARS-CoV-2 test being developed in collaboration with Tauriga Sciences. Maltzeos previously served as director of the California Institute of Technology Global Health Initiative where he helped secure $4.5 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop point-of-care clinical diagnostics for developing countries. He also previously founded and served as chief engineer for Helixis, which was acquired by Illumina in 2010. Maltzeos holds a PhD in electrical engineering from CalTech and a BS from Columbia University.

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