'@@ -21,26 +21,28 @@ | relatives = | honors = [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholar]] -}}'''Ambika Bumb''' is an American biomedical scientist and businessperson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microscopic-diamonds-could-detect-cancer-before-it-spreads-1461651|title=Microscopic Diamonds Are Lighting The Way to Early Cancer Detection|last=Russon|first=Mary-Ann|date=2014-08-18|work=International Business Times UK|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en}}</ref> Bumb is a nanomedicine specialist who uses [[nanotechnology]] for the detection and treatment of disease. Her discoveries using [[nanodiamond]]s while working as [[postdoctoral researcher]] at the [[National Cancer Institute]] and the [[National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute]] led to the launch of the biotech [[Bikanta]]. Bumb is Deputy Executive Director at the [[Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Ambika Bumb, PhD |url=https://biodefensecommission.org/teams/ambika-bumb-phd/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense |language=en-US}}</ref> +}}'''Ambika Bumb''' is an American biomedical scientist and businessperson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microscopic-diamonds-could-detect-cancer-before-it-spreads-1461651|title=Microscopic Diamonds Are Lighting The Way to Early Cancer Detection|last=Russon|first=Mary-Ann|date=2014-08-18|work=International Business Times UK|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en}}</ref> Bumb is a nanomedicine specialist who uses [[nanotechnology]] for the detection and treatment of disease. Her discoveries using [[nanodiamond]]s while working as [[postdoctoral researcher]] at the [[National Cancer Institute]] and the [[National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute]] led to the launch of the biotech [[Bikanta]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marshallscholarship.org/applications/nih|title=NIH Marshall Scholarships|website=[[Marshall Scholarship]]|access-date=2017-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ott.nih.gov/opportunities-inventor/Ambika/Bumb|title=All Inventions from Dr. Ambika Bumb|website=[[NIH Office of Technology Transfer]]|access-date=2017-10-31|archive-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122557/https://www.ott.nih.gov/opportunities-inventor/Ambika/Bumb|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bumb is Deputy Executive Director at the [[Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Ambika Bumb, PhD |url=https://biodefensecommission.org/teams/ambika-bumb-phd/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense |language=en-US}}</ref> -== Early life and education == -Bumb was born to [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Jainism|Jain]] parents who immigrated to the [[United States]] for [[Higher education in the United States|higher education]]. Bumb graduated from [[Southside High School (Greenville, South Carolina)|Southside High School]] as [[valedictorian]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simon |first=Anna |date=June 2, 2002 |title=Clemson's scholarship program lures top scholars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/194055725/ |access-date=March 20, 2024 |work=The Greenville News |pages=B.1}}</ref> +== Early life == +Bumb was born to [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Jainism|Jain]] parents who immigrated to the [[United States]] for [[Higher education in the United States|higher education]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://youngjainprofessionals.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/ambika-bumb/|title=Ambika Bumb|date=2014-11-25|work=Young Jain Professionals|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en-US}}</ref> Her father was the first in his family to complete his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree, and her mother the first female in her town to get her college degree in a STEM field.<ref name=":0" /> Her maternal grandfather was a [[veterinarian]].<ref name=":0" /> Bumb graduated from [[Southside High School (Greenville, South Carolina)|Southside High School]] as [[valedictorian]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simon |first=Anna |date=June 2, 2002 |title=Clemson's scholarship program lures top scholars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/194055725/ |access-date=March 20, 2024 |work=The Greenville News |pages=B.1}}</ref> -Bumb graduated in 2005 with a [[Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering]] and a Minor in [[Economics]] from [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], while being recognized with the [[Helen E. Grenga]] Outstanding Woman Engineer and E. Jo Baker President's Scholar Awards.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://bme.gatech.edu/bme/ambika-bumb-and-xavier-lefebvre-honored-college-engineering-alumni-awards-induction-ceremony|title=Ambika Bumb and Xavier Lefebvre Honored at the College of Engineering Alumni Awards Induction Ceremony|last=Rich|first=Walter|date=2016-05-13|website=The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University School of Medicine|language=en|access-date=2017-10-31|archive-date=July 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717180354/https://bme.gatech.edu/bme/ambika-bumb-and-xavier-lefebvre-honored-college-engineering-alumni-awards-induction-ceremony|url-status=dead}}</ref> With an early interest in [[nanomedicine]], she conducted research focused on tracking quantum dots in bone and cartilage while also being an active leader in various campus organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marshall Scholarship for Georgia Tech Senior |url=https://www.khabar.com/magazine/around-town/marshall_scholarship_for_georgia_tech_senior.aspx |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.khabar.com}}</ref> +== Education == +Bumb graduated in 2005 with a [[Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering]] and a Minor in [[Economics]] from [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], while being recognized with the [[Helen E. Grenga]] Outstanding Woman Engineer and E. Jo Baker President's Scholar Awards.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://bme.gatech.edu/bme/ambika-bumb-and-xavier-lefebvre-honored-college-engineering-alumni-awards-induction-ceremony|title=Ambika Bumb and Xavier Lefebvre Honored at the College of Engineering Alumni Awards Induction Ceremony|last=Rich|first=Walter|date=2016-05-13|website=The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University School of Medicine|language=en|access-date=2017-10-31|archive-date=July 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717180354/https://bme.gatech.edu/bme/ambika-bumb-and-xavier-lefebvre-honored-college-engineering-alumni-awards-induction-ceremony|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.femalefounderstories.com/ambika-bumb.html|title=Ambika Bumb - Bikanta - YC Female Founder Stories|website=YC Female Founder Stories|language=en|access-date=2017-10-31}}</ref> With an early interest in [[nanomedicine]], she conducted research focused on tracking quantum dots in bone and cartilage while also being an active leader in various campus organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marshall Scholarship for Georgia Tech Senior |url=https://www.khabar.com/magazine/around-town/marshall_scholarship_for_georgia_tech_senior.aspx |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.khabar.com}}</ref> In 2008, Bumb completed her doctorate in Medical Engineering in three years from [[University of Oxford]] while also on the [[Marshall Scholarship]] and [[NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program|NIH-OxCam Program]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=McCook|first=Alison|date=2011-04-20|title=Education: Rethinking PhDs|journal=Nature News|language=en|volume=472|issue=7343|pages=280–282|doi=10.1038/472280a|pmid=21512549|bibcode=2011Natur.472..280M|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Fifty ninth annual report of the marshall aid commemoration commission for.|last=Commemoration.|first=Commission, Marshall Aid|publisher=Tso|year=2013|isbn=978-0108512209|pages=25|oclc=925437833}}</ref> She developed a triple-reporting nanoparticle and showed the technology's transferability across different disease types with studies in cancer and [[multiple sclerosis]]. The [[Magnetism|magnetic]] [[nanoparticle]]s demonstrated strong potential in cancer diagnostics and therapy.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/fever-pitch|title=Fever Pitch|last=Vara|first=Vauhini|date=2014-08-20|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en-US}}</ref> Upon graduation, she continued on to two post-doctoral fellowships at the [[National Cancer Institute]] (2009-2011) and [[National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute|National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute]] (2011-2013).{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} == Career == -Her breakthroughs in the areas of nanomedicine and diagnostics have led to multiple patents, publications, and the spin out of her biotech company [[Bikanta]] that is using nanodiamonds to allow academics and doctors to study and address disease at the cellular level. Bikanta was among the early biotechnology startups to receive funding from Y Combinator, and was a recipient of the California Life Science Institute's FAST Award, and named 1 of 4 Best Diagnostics Startups of 2015 by QB3.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alliance Appoints Alumni Directors Drs. Bumb and Maciejewski – International Biomedical Alliance |url=https://biomedalliance.org/2019/05/22/alliance-appoints-alumni-directors-drs-bumb-and-maciejewski/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> +Her breakthroughs in the areas of nanomedicine and diagnostics have led to multiple patents, publications, and the spin out of her biotech company [[Bikanta]]<ref name=":5" /> that is using nanodiamonds to allow academics and doctors to study and address disease at the cellular level. Bikanta was among the early biotechnology startups to receive funding from Y Combinator, and was a recipient of the California Life Science Institute's FAST Award, and named 1 of 4 Best Diagnostics Startups of 2015 by QB3.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alliance Appoints Alumni Directors Drs. Bumb and Maciejewski – International Biomedical Alliance |url=https://biomedalliance.org/2019/05/22/alliance-appoints-alumni-directors-drs-bumb-and-maciejewski/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> As Bikanta prepared to move the technology into clinical trials, the [[Theranos]] scandal went public and many investors pulled out of the diagnostics space.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Varghese |first=Sanjana |date= 2019-02-13|title=The spectre of Theranos looms large over the diagnostic world |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/blood-startups-theranos-diagnostics |magazine=Wired |access-date=2021-08-09}}</ref> Bikanta was unable to raise the funding to proceed with the clinical trials.<ref name="BCROPodcast">{{cite podcast |url=https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/podcast/ambika-bumb/ |title=Ambika Bumb |website=The Bioinformatics CRO |host=Grant Belgard |date=2021-03-16 |access-date=2021-08-09}}</ref> -Complementary to her scientific and commercial interests, Bumb has also been involved in national science policy initiatives, particularly related to nanotechnology.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/23/a-nano-step-for-man-a-giant-leap-for-mankind/|title=A Nano Step For Man, A Giant Leap For Mankind|last=Bumb|first=Ambika|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2017-12-12|language=en}}</ref> After Bikanta, Bumb began working as Health Science and Technology Advisor for the [[United States Department of State Operations Center|Secretary of State]] in the office of Crisis Management and Strategy in December 2019, where she played a role in the government response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="BCROPodcast" /> Later, she transferred to President Joe Biden's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, her new role being the Deputy Executive Director.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Ambika Bumb, BME 05 |url=https://www.gtalumni.org/s/1481/alumni/19/interior.aspx?pgid=21302&gid=21&cid=47781 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Georgia Tech Alumni Association}}</ref> +Complementary to her scientific and commercial interests, Bumb has also been involved in national science policy initiatives, particularly related to nanotechnology.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/23/a-nano-step-for-man-a-giant-leap-for-mankind/|title=A Nano Step For Man, A Giant Leap For Mankind|last=Bumb|first=Ambika|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2017-12-12|language=en}}</ref> After Bikanta, Bumb began working as Health Science and Technology Advisor for the [[United States Department of State Operations Center|Secretary of State]] in the office of Crisis Management and Strategy in December 2019, where she played a role in the government response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="BCROPodcast" /> Later, she transferred to President Joe Biden's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, her new role being the Deputy Executive Director.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Ambika Bumb, BME 05 |url=https://www.gtalumni.org/s/1481/alumni/19/interior.aspx?pgid=21302&gid=21&cid=47781 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Georgia Tech Alumni Association}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> Bumb was featured as a female role model to empower young girls by Career Girls.<ref>{{Citation|last=Bikanta|title=Ambika Bumb CareerGirls Interview|date=2017-04-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNSgv-yw8Uk|access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref> == Personal life == -Bumb practices [[Jainism]] and has been a dancer from an early age.<ref name=":7" /> +Bumb practices [[Jainism]]<ref name=":0" /> and has been a dancer from an early age..<ref name=":7" /> == Awards and recognition == +* [[Marshall Scholarship]]<ref name=":1" /> * The Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni Award - [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]<ref name=":2" /> '