A coalition of founders, faculty, researchers, and partner organizations building the operating layer for AI at UC San Diego.
CS at UC San Diego. Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Emerging Intelligence (LEI), building Educational Virtual Agents and the Smart Learning Hub on top of LLM reasoning methodologies. Graduate student researcher in the Human eXtended Intelligence Lab (UCSD Design Lab × Qualcomm Institute), where he develops the AI Living Assistant for the LifeSaver Project: multimodal LLMs that parse sensor, audio, and video data into queryable health signals, plus the project's robotics pipeline. Has led 30+ contributors across MuseScore+, the Virtual Trial Room, and a Skin Lesion Detector.
Raj is a serial deep technology entrepreneur and life sciences company builder with more than $100M raised in venture funding and over 50 issued patents. He has founded and led companies that translate frontier research into real-world platforms, from chip-based cancer detection technology at Biological Dynamics to virtual biology at Sigil Biosciences. As Co-Founder and Board Chairman of the Real-World AI Network, Raj brings a founder's perspective on how emerging technologies move from the lab into products, companies, and societal impact. He holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UC San Diego.
RAIN is not a replacement; it's an integrator. We work alongside the most active student organizations at UC San Diego.
An advisory body of Workplaces · Investors · Students · Deans · Operational staff · Mentors, providing strategic guidance, external credibility, and long-term continuity to the program.
Ph.D. Bioengineering, UCSD. Founder of Biological Dynamics (cancer biomarker detection from blood). Forbes 30 Under 30. Decade of operating experience translating university research into venture-backed companies.
Investor, mentor, and operator with deep experience scaling product and partnership functions across enterprise technology. Advises early-stage AI founders on go-to-market and strategic partnerships.
Co-founder of Perfect Day, the pioneering precision-fermentation company that built the first commercial animal-free dairy protein. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts. Brings deep operating experience from idea to global biotech category-creator.
