Anindya Roy
Anindya Roy is currently Co-Founder and CSO at Lila Biologics, where he also serves as Executive Officer and Director. He is a chemical biologist and protein designer.
Uncommon Thinkers 2025: Solar spacecraft, sci-fi biology, destroying PFAS, beyond AI chatbots, and better social media
On this special episode of the GeekWire Podcast, recorded backstage at the GeekWire Gala at the Showbox Sodo, we sit down with five of the inventors, scientists, and entrepreneurs selected as the Seattle region's 2025 Uncommon Thinkers, in partnership with Greater Seattle Partners. Jeff Thornburg spent years building rocket engines for Elon Musk at SpaceX and Paul Allen at Stratolaunch. Now, as CEO of Portal Space Systems, he's moved past chemical rockets to revive a concept NASA studied decades ago but never pursued — a spacecraft powered by focused sunlight. He calls it a "steam engine for space." Read the…
Organizations
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Lila Biologics Executive Officer, Director 2023–present, Co-founder · current
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https://www.lila.bio/ Co-Founder and CSO 2023–present · current
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University of Washington Senior Fellow 2014–2023 · past
Education
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Arizona State University Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemistry and Biochemistry · 2008–2013
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Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Master of Science (M.Sc.), Chemistry · 2006–2008
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University of Calcutta Bachelor's degree · 2003–2006
