Subha B. Basu

About Subha B. Basu

A career split across many roads: scientist, consultant, marketer, professor, entrepreneurMy current portfolio includes: 1. Converge Advisory Group (Founder)- A start-up management consultancy focused on drug development strategy to analyze the scientific, clinical and commercial evidence to progress therapeutics through clinical trials and into market. PrimerProf (Founder)- An online, self-paced curriculum specifically for professionals in pharma / biotech, to teach the basics of what we do: analyze the value of a drug in an indication / disease. New York University (Adjunct Professor)- Appointed to the Tandon School of Engineering, teaching graduate courses in Immunology, Pharma Asset Strategy4. State University of New York, Old Westbury - Appointed to the Department of Biological Sciences, teaching Microbiology Lab. Career Highlights- Basic science contributions to genomics, neuroscience, immunology and rare diseases- Member of Human Genome Project (LLNL), Chromosome 19- Sold, managed and led over $5M in strategy consulting engagements- Grew start-up business to net positive margins in 3 years- Helped re-track 3,$100M+ Phase clinical trials- Managed $50M+ product portfolio to 15% annual growth- Product Development, Concept to Launch, on 2 Cell Culture Media Products- Developed and taught novel course on Pharma Asset Strategy at Top Tier University (NYU)- Published two peer-reviewed papers- Trained and coached over 50 consultants and market researchers- Worked in Academia (Stanford), Government (National Lab), Fortune 500 (BD, IQVIA), Start-up (Converge)Academics- AB - University of California, Berkeley: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- PhD - State University of New York, Downstate Brooklyn: Microbiology & Immunology, Neuroscience- Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Stanford University: Neuroscience (Down syndrome, Batten Disease)- MBA - Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper: General ManagementData and Technologies- Quid, Natural Language Processing - employed to use in analyzing vast arrays of data quickly- Learning Management Software - Content developer using BrightSpace and Thinkific platforms- Tableau - Developed Rare Disease Database, to analyze diseases with 15+ attributes- SAP CRM - Transitioned excel-based sales informatics to CRM software- Various Portfolio Management and Product Management Softwares- Bioinformatics - Cosmid Contig Assembly as part of Human Genome Project

Experience

1. Adjunct Professor

   Nyu Tandon School Of Engineering

   Sep 2022 — Present

   Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringPharma Asset Strategy (Graduate): Fall 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025Immunology (Graduate): Spring 2023, 2024, 2025

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  A.B., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  1990 — 1994

• State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University

  Ph.D., Microbiology & Immunology, Neurobiology

  1995 — 2001

• Stanford University School of Medicine

  Post-doctoral Fellowship, Neuroscience

  2001 — 2005

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

  MBA, General Management

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Management
• Market Research
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Business Development
• Management Consulting
• Business
• Neuroscience
• Research
• Data Analysis
• Product Launch
• Strategy
• Financial Modeling
• Biotechnology
• Strategy Development
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Technical Presentations
• Customer Presentations
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Life Sciences
• Marketing Strategy
• Analysis (Business, Market, Competitive, Financial)
• Crm
• Lifesciences