Ionica Sciences Employee Directory
Biotechnology ResearchNew York, United States2-10 Employees
Ionica Sciences is a biotechnology research company based in Ithaca, New York, founded in 2013. It develops platforms that apply spectroscopic techniques to detect biologically relevant targets such as pathogens, hormones, and other disease indicators, with the goal of enabling inexpensive assays for point-of-care use that require minimal preparation, instrumentation, or operator training. The co-founders bring together decades of experience in chemistry, vibrational spectroscopy, molecular biology, and biotechnology to advance detection technologies. The company collaborates with researchers at Cornell University and the City College of New York and is currently engaged in a DARPA-funded effort to detect and quantify biologically relevant molecules at picogram-per-milliliter levels. It anticipates bringing an FDA-approved assay based on this approach to market within three to five years.