Han Cao, Ph.D.
Startup Keynote Speaker
From Bio to Nano, From Idea to IPO
Dr. Han Cao is the Co-founder, President and CEO of Dimension Genomics. Dr Cao previously founded BioNano Genomics, as a spin out of Nanostructure Lab at Electrical Engineering Department of the Princeton University where he was working on a multimillion dollar project funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Dr. Cao is the key co-inventor of the company’s core single-molecule nanoscale whole genome analysis technology, he obtained over $10 M funding from multiple federal government agencies to commercialize the platform technology at BioNano Genomics and has served on many special contracts and grant review panels. BioNano Genomics has grown from a single person company to the stage of commercial products launched and installed on 4 continents with revenue. He oversees the scientific and technical direction of future applications, technology and product development at BioNano Genomics.
Prior to that, Dr Cao was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Human Gene Therapy of University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Dr. Cao received a B.S. degree from the University of Science and Technology of China and a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Delaware.
