Luis R. Soenksen is a serial entrepreneur and medical device expert currently acting as MIT’s first Venture Builder in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare. Luis holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT as well as a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology, and a Master’s of Science in Bioengineering from Johns Hopkins University. His training includes medical device design, development and manufacturing, as well as clinical testing and deployment of healthcare ventures. More fundamentally Luis has made significant contributions to the fields of bio-design education, bioengineering, tissue engineering, synthetic biology and artificial intelligence. Luis work has been published in various high impact journals such as Science, research that has also led to several patented biomedical technologies and collaborated in the creation of 4 start-up companies internationally. LinkedIn
