The Scientific Advisory Board is chaired by Dr. Colin W. Dykes, Chief Scientific Officer. Current members are :

Dr. Thomas Anantharaman
Dr. Anantharaman is a senior research scientist in the Bioinformatics Group of New York University, where he is working on technologies for low cost DNA Sequencing and Comparative Genomic Hybridization. Dr Anantharaman was awarded a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering from Banaras Hindu University (India) and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon (Pittsburg). He co-developed the first Grandmaster level chess computer Deep Thought in 1988, co-developed the hardware for SPHINX, the first real time speaker-independent speech recognition system in 1989 and was awarded the Fredkin Memorial prize for pioneering work in Artificial Intelligence in 1997. He co-developed the whole-genome Optical Mapping technology at New York University starting in 1995.

Mr. Douglas Freitag
Mr. Freitag is the President of Bayside Materials Technology, a company established in 1993 to help companies with federal business development, government affairs, and technology transition. Clients include Dow Corning, General Electric and Goodrich. Mr. Freitag has over 25 years of experience in advanced materials and manufacturing with areas of technical expertise include: microelectronics, electronic substrates, wideband semiconductors, microsystems, flat panel displays, composite materials, nanotechnology, biosensors, coatings, advanced ceramics, fuel cells, photonics, renewable energy, energy storage, water purification, and various weapon systems. Mr. Freitag served as the Manager for High Temperature Materials while at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control where he was responsible for providing leading edge advanced materials and manufacturing technologies for use in a range aerospace and defense products. He has published and presented over sixty papers, has been issued several patents, organized and chaired numerous technical sessions at national meetings, and participated in various government panels in support of the advanced materials industry. Mr. Freitag s education includes a Masters of Science and Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University where he graduated with highest honors.

Professor Bhubaneswar (Bud) Mishra
Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics & Cell Biology, Courant Institute & NYU School of Medicine, New York University
Prof. Bud Mishra is a professor of computer science and mathematics at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and a professor of cell biology at NYU School of Medicine. He founded the NYU/Courant Bioinformatics Group, a multi-disciplinary group working on research at the interface of computer science and biology. He has developed several sophisticated algorithms and statistical analysis tools to attack biological problems that range from deciphering the genome of pathogens (E. coli, P. falciparum, etc.) to understanding chromosomal aberrations and their relation to cancer genetics. The group s work will eventually lead to diagnostics, therapy, vaccines and drugs for various infectious and genetic diseases. Prof. Mishra has a degree in Physics from Utkal University, in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, and MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie-Mellon University. He has industrial experience in Computer Science (Tartan Laboratories, and ATTAP), Finance (Tudor Investment and PRF, LLC), Robotics and Biotechnology. His research has ranged from compilers, algorithms and complexity, logic, and algebra to robotics, finance, internet, and biology. He also holds adjunct professorships at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. From 2001-04, he was a professor at the Watson School of Biological Science, Cold Spring Harbor Lab.

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