Sumita Pennathur is the founder and CEO of LAXMI Therapeutics and a mechanical engineering professor at UC Santa Barbara.

Sumita has two degrees in aerospace engineering from MIT and a mechanical engineering PhD from Stanford. Some of her accomplishments include creating an improved breastpumping device, as well as developing groundbreaking research for type 1 diabetes.

Listen as she talks about finding confidence with her identity, her experiences as a woman in science and engineering, and finding motivation from motherhood.

Please enjoy this talk with Sumita Pennathur.