Michael Deem is currently a General Partner with SmartHealth Catalyzer and CEO of a startup. He was previously an Entrepreneur in Residence at Khosla Ventures. At Khosla, Michael was responsible for reviewing companies for portfolio inclusion, incubating startups, and mentoring portfolio companies. He worked in the life science and sustainability areas. Michael is an American engineer, scientist, and inventor.
Michael W Deem

Dr. Deem was with Rice University from 2002-2020. At Rice, he was the John W. Cox Professor of Bioengineering and Physics & Astronomy. He was chair of Bioengineering Department from 2014 to 2017. He was the founding director of the Graduate Program in Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology. This was the first PhD program in the US with ‘Synthetic Biology’ in the title.

Michael’s expertise lies in the life sciences and nanoporous materials. The Michael Deem Rice University group made many contributions. Among Michael’s fields of specializations are synthetic biology, evolution, vaccines, statistical mechanics, and zeolites.

Michael was an assistant and associate professor at UCLA, 1996-2002. He received his BS from the California Institute of Technology, PhD from UC Berkeley. He received a postdoctoral fellowship from Harvard University.