About Us
Meet The Team
The Xheme team is made up of materials scientists, engineers, cell biologists, organic chemists, and entrepreneurs. We’re a team with an audacious vision: a world in which technology benefits manufacturers, consumers, and the environment.
Dr. SSR Kumar Challa
CEO
A nanotechnologist with over two decades of experience in managing academic research centers and IP development.
Venu Nambula, MBA
Co-Founder
A finance and investment professional with over two decades of experience consulting for multinational companies.
Julia Rashba-Step, PhD
VP, Product Development & Partnerships
A senior pharmaceutical R&D executive with extensive technical leadership and relationship management experience.
Mallik Srivatsan
Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer
He is known for his broad, problem-solving approach to some of biotechnology’s most pressing unmet needs.
Dr. Ashlee Conway, PhD
VP Bioprocessing
Hematologist with experience in blood & cell/mAb therapies and blood bags.
Alexander D. Wissner-Gross, PhD (Chair)
An award-winning physicist, entrepreneur, advisor, and investor.
Paul von Kirchbach
A leading expert on sustainable polymers and circular carbon management.
Benjamin Le Quéré
Graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris, completed a PhD in Molecular Biology at the Pasteur Institute, and holds an MBA from the College des Ingénieurs of Paris.
