Dr. Laura Furmanski, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Bioinformatics Business Area, leads QIAGEN’s rapidly growing presence in bioinformatics, which is a key foundation of the strategy to address the rapidly growing needs of
customers to transform biological samples into valuable molecular insights. Dr. Furmanski joined QIAGEN in June 2014 from McKinsey & Company, where she was a partner in their Silicon Valley office and led a broad range of
projects involving med-tech and life science companies. She has a distinguished track record of working with experts in advanced medical fields, of delivering revenue growth through
scalable business models and of bringing unique
insights across the healthcare value chain. Dr. Furmanski has a B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University as well as a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience
from UCLA. In addition, Dr. Furmanski serves as
the vice chair of the Board of Directors for ReSurge International, a non-profit organization that provides reconstructive surgical care for poor children and adults who lack access and builds surgical capacity in developing countries.