# Salena Prakah-Asante

> Building in healthtech & biotech | In Silico Drug Discovery @ Virtual Discovery

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/salena

Hi! I’m Salena, and I'm passionate about tackling real challenges through interdisciplinary approaches. I think a lot about personalized & preventative medicine, cybersecurity, and promoting a circular economy in the fashion industry. Let’s connect if you’d like to chat about tech, fashion, healthcare, sustainability, or anything in between!

## Work Experience
### Chief Executive Officer @ Virtual Discovery, Inc
Jan 2022 – Present
Supporting biotech, pharma, and academic labs discover better drugs. 

Virtual Discovery spun out of the Wagner Lab at Harvard Medical School in 2020 with the goal of reimaging drug discovery. Over the past 6 years, we have collaborated on 10s of projects across numerous indications. We leverage computational chemistry and cutting-edge tech to make the process of discovering and optimizing leads faster and more efficient

### Software Engineer @ Splunk
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
Tenant Services Team - Worked on a layer zero cloud service, doing anything from DNS resolution to automated customer data migration

### Research Assistant @ Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Research assistant at the Motion Analysis Lab, advised by Dr. Paolo Bonato. Completed Undergraduate Thesis: “Automated Interpretable Assessment of Tai Chi Exercise Proficiency with Machine Learning, Biomechanics, and Data Visualization"

### Software Engineer Intern @ Splunk
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Worked on Cloud O11y team to develop a feature that enables SLI/SLO metadata to be easily accessed

### Computer Science Instructor @ Juni Learning
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Taught Java, Python, JavaScript (d3, JQuery)/HTML/CSS, & Machine Learning courses

### Software Engineer Intern @ F5
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Full-stack development on zero trust security project


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science
Harvard University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023

### High School Diploma
Cranbrook Schools
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/salena-prakah-asante

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Last updated: 2026-03-23