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Prashanthi Natarajan

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Associate Director, R&D at Natera
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Prashanthi Natarajan is an Associate Director of R&D at Natera, specializing in liquid biopsy and early cancer detection. With a PhD from the University of California, San Francisco, she has a track record of developing innovative oncology diagnostics, including significant contributions at both Natera and her previous role at Guardant Health.

She was a key contributor to Nateras Signatera assay, a paradigm-shifting technology for noninvasive cancer recurrence detection and therapy monitoring.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Associate Director, R&D
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Liquid Biopsy R&D
Her entire career, including her current role at Natera and past work at Guardant Health, is focused on advancing liquid biopsy technology.
Early Cancer Detection
She actively posts about joining Natera's Early Cancer Detection efforts and has co-authored research on assays for early-stage multi-cancer screening.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
Associate Director, R&D
Natera
11-2021 - 3-2023
Senior Manager, R&D
Natera
3-2020 - 11-2021
Manager, LUNAR technology development
Guardant Health
4-2019 - 3-2020
Senior Scientist
Natera
4-2018 - 3-2019
Scientist
Natera
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Education
2008 - 2015
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of California, San Francisco
2004 - 2008
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Fairleigh Dickinson University
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