# Eduardo Abeliuk

> Eduardo Abeliuk is the founder and CEO of TeselaGen Biotechnology, a Silicon Valley company building AI agents and enterprise software for biological R&D. A Chilean-born physicist and electrical engineer with a Stanford PhD, he sits at the intersection of biology, artificial intelligence, and software - treating DNA as data and lab work as something that ought to be automated. Before biotech he built a Facebook app that hit a million users in weeks and an edtech platform across Latin America. He holds multiple US patents in computational biology and synthetic biology and his academic work has been cited more than a thousand times.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at TeselaGen Biotechnology
- **Organizations:** TeselaGen Biotechnology, Umine (formerly Classroom.tv), KissMe LLC, Stanford University
- **From:** Santiago, Chile
- **Nationality:** Chilean (United States-based)
- **Education:** Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, M.S., Bioengineering, Stanford University, Eng., Electrical Engineering (Highest Honors), University of Chile, B.S., Physics (Highest Honors), University of Chile, B.S., Electrical Engineering (Highest Honors), University of Chile
- **Known for:** Founder and CEO of TeselaGen Biotechnology, Co-developed a technique coupling high-throughput DNA sequencing with transposon mutagenesis to identify an organism's essential genome, Predicted novel small RNA molecules during his PhD, including CrfA RNA linked to carbon starvation

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Wins first place in Chile's National Physics Olympiad
- **2002-2003** — Completes triple degree at University of Chile in Physics and Electrical Engineering, all with highest honors
- **2007** — Co-founds KissMe, a viral Facebook app that reaches one million users in about four weeks
- **2008** — Earns M.S. in Bioengineering from Stanford; part of Stanford's 'Facebook Class'
- **2009** — KissMe LLC is acquired
- **2011** — Completes Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford, researching bacterial cell division
- **2011** — Co-founds TeselaGen Biotech, a synthetic-biology spin-off linked to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, supported by the NSF
- **2015** — Granted US Patent 9150916 on identifying the essential genome of an organism
- **2026** — Leads TeselaGen as it ships AI agents for library design, lab protocols and optimization

## Achievements

- Founder and CEO of TeselaGen Biotechnology
- Co-developed a technique coupling high-throughput DNA sequencing with transposon mutagenesis to identify an organism's essential genome
- Predicted novel small RNA molecules during his PhD, including CrfA RNA linked to carbon starvation
- Holds multiple US patents (including US9150916) across computational biology and synthetic biology
- Academic work cited more than 1,200 times
- Built KissMe, a Facebook app that reached one million users within weeks
- Roberto Ovalle Aguirre Award (2004) for best engineering thesis from the Chilean Institute of Engineers
- First place, Chile's National Physics Olympiad (1996); valedictorian at Santiago College

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Leads TeselaGen as it pivots its platform toward AI agents for biological R&D - library design, protocols and optimization.

## Links

- Website: https://www.abeliuk.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardoabeliuk
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/teselagen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Teselagen

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Last updated: 2026-06-24