The people behind the research

Javier Smith

Founder · Sales & Marketing · Damascus, Maryland

Exercise Psychology, West Virginia University · Digital Marketing Strategy, Harvard Business School Online

Founded Replenish after launching a health startup focused on medicinal mushrooms for people in cancer care, the work that grew into our peer-reviewed research. He blends experience in sales, political campaigning, history and marketing to bring the research to the people who need it.

Rebeka Ambrožič

Clinical Research · Slovenia

M.Sc. Molecular Medicine and Innovative Treatment, University of Groningen · Doctor of Medicine (in progress), University of Maribor

A medical student and clinical researcher whose passion lies in the overlap of neuroscience and oncology. Co-author of our peer-reviewed review of medicinal mushroom compounds in cancer care ↗.

Hoàng Nguyễn Văn

Head of Information Technology · Hanoi, Vietnam

M.Sc. & B.Eng., Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Leads technology at Replenish NutrAI, building the systems that bring the research to people's phones. Trained as a mechatronics and robotics engineer.

Orhan İzmirli

Backend Developer · Warsaw, Poland

Computer Science student

Builds the backend systems behind NutrAI: the APIs, databases and AI-powered retrieval that connect people to the research. Works mainly in Python, FastAPI, Java and Node.js.

Vasudha Maganti

Mobile Application Developer · San Diego, California

M.S. Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte · B.E. Information Science and Technology, CMR Institute of Technology

Builds the NutrAI mobile app. A full-stack engineer who loves building things that work at scale: clean APIs, reliable cloud systems and products real people actually use, with a graduate focus on AI and intelligent systems.

Huynh Duyen

App Tester · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

B.B.A., Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education · Software Testing Certificate, FPT Software

Tests the NutrAI app on web and mobile, making sure every user flow and feature runs smoothly, from functional and regression testing to usability, before it reaches the people who rely on it.

Ekin Filiz Atas

Design Lead · Istanbul, Türkiye

Bachelor's degree, Information Systems Engineering, Piri Reis University

Leads design at Replenish NutrAI, shaping how the app and our research look, feel and read. Trained as an information systems engineer.

Arafa Ahmad

User Interface Designer · Austin, Texas

B.A. Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin · M.Ed. Educational/Instructional Technology, Western Governors University

Designs the NutrAI experience, bringing a background in psychology and instructional design to make research easy to use and understand. Her work blends user research with thoughtful design to build experiences that are engaging, accessible and human-centered.