Ali Afshar

CEO/Co-Founder at Mytos

Ali Afshar has a diverse work experience. Ali is the CEO and co-founder of Mytos, a company that builds machines to automate growing mammalian cells for biotech companies. Ali's role at Mytos involves overseeing the development of these machines, which allow customers to produce high-quality and reproducible cells for testing and development.

In addition to their role at Mytos, Ali is also a non-executive director at Liberatii and an advisor at Querix. Ali previously co-founded and served as CEO of Vellum Devices Ltd. Ali also worked as a software intern at Querix and as a research assistant at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC).

Overall, Ali Afshar's work experience showcases their expertise in biotech, automation, and leadership roles.

Ali Afshar's education history begins in 2005 when they attended Winchester College. During their time there, they studied physics, chemistry, maths, further maths, and Russian. After graduating from Winchester College in 2010, they went on to pursue a Master of Science (MSc) degree in physics at UCL from 2010 to 2014.

In 2014, Afshar enrolled at Imperial College London, where they obtained a Master of Research (MRes) degree in plastic electronic materials with a focus on flexible and printable electronics. Ali continued their studies at Imperial College London from 2015 to 2018, earning a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in printable inorganic photovoltaics.

In 2018, they briefly attended Y Combinator, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned for this period.

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