About Us

Bridging AI, microbiome science, and wellness.

Specialized Biotics exists to put real science behind natural products — and to build the data platform that makes each product better than the last.

Vision

A world where health is managed through science-backed insight.

We want natural products that actually work, backed by real evidence — not label claims.

Mission

Make a measurable impact on the health of millions.

We do this by connecting AI, microbiome science and wellness — building products and a data platform that improve together.

Leadership

Been there, done that.

A team that has previously built companies, run P&Ls, and brought microbiome science to market.

Sohang Chatterjee

CEO

Drives the vision and mission, and makes sure the whole team can do its best work.

Varun Majumdar

VP, AI

Leads M.A.I.D. platform product development, data ingestion, data analysis and IP.

Julie Button

VP, Microbiome Sciences

Owns product design, human study design, test criteria and data analysis.

Nikhil Ravindran

VP, Go-to-Market

Builds the tools, services and infrastructure for market- and consumer-facing work.

Tarun Vashishth

CISO

Owns data architecture, security and compliance.

Archie Menezes

VP, Finance & CBO

Leads partner acquisition and geographic expansion.

Scientific & Strategic Advisory Board

Deep expertise in microbiome science and drug development.

Advisors from Harvard, the Broad Institute, Wharton and Temple University guide our science and strategy.

Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP

Chief Medical Advisor

Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Senior Consultant in Hepatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Jennifer Wortman

Microbiome Genomics Advisor

25 years in human microbiome genomics. Formerly led bioinformatics and genome analysis at the Broad Institute.

Rahul Kapoor

Independent Director & Business Strategy Advisor

Chair, Management Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

J. Todd Abrams, PhD

Scientific Strategy Advisor

Executive Director of Innovation Nest; background in virology and immunology.