Ben Hwang
Chairman/CEO
Full Bio
Ben Hwang, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Profusa, Inc.
Ben currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Profusa, a company that has created a wear-and-forget way to stream biochemical data from inside the body to a smart device outside the body, truly transforming the way we measure health and wellness. From his early exposure as an undergraduate research fellow at the lab of Leroy Hood at Caltech, where the automated DNA sequencer was developed, to bringing cutting edge life sciences tools to the market at Life Technologies Corporation (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), Ben has seen first-hand the transformative impact that science and technology have to change our world. Prior toProfusa, Ben served in a variety of leadership roles at Life Technologies Corporation, including as President of the Asia Pacific Region and Head of the qPCR Division. A former management consultant at McKinsey and Company, Ben earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Biology from the Johns Hopkins University.