The Team
Melis Yilmaz Balban, PhD
Founder & CEO
Neuroscientist. Mom of two. Cat lady.
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Dr. Balban received her PhD from Harvard University and studied human stress responses and interventions as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford School of Medicine. She is the leading author on several peer reviewed articles on the stress response in high profile scientific journals.
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Outside of work: tennis, skiing, yoga
Henry D. Zhu
Software
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Software Engineer with expertise in Android development and distributed systems.
Background prior to Neurosmart includes working as a Software Engineer at Meta on observability (distributed tracing and logging to gain insights onto the performance, reliability,
and efficiency of messaging APIs).
Outside of work: spending time with my
wife and son, skiing, distance running
Vivian Vu (Yasutake)
Executive Assistant
​Chief wrangler with 15+ years in
fast paced environments.
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Outside of work: traveling, finding good eats, + spending QT with those I love​
Arozo Azimi
Researcher
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Research assistant with expertise in memory research and psycho-cognitive testing.
Outside of work: gardening, playing guitar,
unwinding with yoga