Our Team

Meet the passionate experts behind Labshare. Our diverse team combines expertise in laboratory science, software development, and business to create the best inventory management solution for labs.

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Mingyo Kang

CEO & Co-Founder

Mika is a bioengineering student at Rice University. Through her research positions at MD Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University, she has seen firsthand the significant wastage of lab reagents and equipment. Mika co-founded Labshare—a platform that enables scientists to share surplus reagents and unused lab supplies across institutions—to solve this issue.

Experience

  • Research Assistant at MD Anderson Cancer Center's IDEAS Lab
  • Research Assistant at Rice University's Mikos Lab
  • B.S. in Bioengineering, Rice University
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John Tian

CTO & Co-Founder

John is a computer science student at Rice University and CTO of Labshare, where he applies his experience from RiceApps, embedded systems research, and internships at Wealthfront and General Atomics to build scalable, user-focused infrastructure. His work across brokerage infrastructure, real-time data processing, wireless systems, and nonprofit software equips him with the technical and product insight needed to drive Labshare's development and impact.

Experience

  • Software Engineering Intern at Wealthfront
  • Software Engineering Intern at General Atomics
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Rice University
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Daniel Kuo

Co-Founder

Daniel is a computer science student at Rice University and co-founder of Labshare. His experiences with software engineering for AI-powered SaaS pricing at PROS, containerized infrastructure in his personal Docker-based homelab, and AR telemetry integrations for astronaut spacesuits directly inform Labshare's scalable backend and user-centric design.

Experience

  • Software Engineering Intern at PROS
  • Developer at Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS)
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Rice University
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Arnan Bawa

Co-Founder

Arnan is a computer science and mathematics student at Rice University and co-founder of Labshare. His experience leading development at RiceApps for the Houston Ballet's Nutcracker Market and his internship with Google's ads infrastructure team shapes his approach to building scalable, user-focused software. These roles have informed Labshare's technical architecture and usability.

Experience

  • Software Engineeing Intern at Google
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Rice University
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Vismay Ravikumar

Software Engineering Intern

Vismay is a computer science and electrical engineering student at Rice University. He has seen the budget constraints of labs firsthand and is excited to help labs save money and time by using Labshare, and brings with him experience designing user interfaces and scalable databases

Experience

  • Software Engineeing Intern at CHIA
  • Research Assistant at MD Anderson Cancer Center's Shang Lab
  • Research Assistant at Dartmouth's Levy Lab
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

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