Julian Riba

About

Life science executive with experience in R&D, product management, business development, and sales & marketing. Passionate about products, entrepreneurship, developing go-to-market strategies, and building high performing teams. Engineer by training with strong background in single-cell handling, lab automation, liquid handling, cell culture, and molecular biology. Always focused on providing great products that solve real problems of my customers.

Experience

• Head of Global R&D Life Science Solutions at BICO
  Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

• CYTENA (9 yrs 9 mos)
  • CEO
    Jun 2021 - Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Our mission: Making the development of modern therapies faster, safer, and more affordable.

  • CSO
    Oct 2018 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Engineer
    Jan 2016 - Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Researcher & Project Manager at IMTEK, University of Freiburg
  Feb 2014 - Sep 2018 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Managed grant acquisition processes to secure funding for innovative research projects. • Led research and development initiatives in liquid handling, single-cell genomics, lab automation, and microfluidics. • Developed assays and tools for single-cell analysis and implemented machine learning techniques for cell image classification.

• Research Scholar at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
  Feb 2011 - Aug 2011 · 7 mos

  - microfluidic printhead design - ink rheology - battery electrode fabrication