Mostafa Ronaghi

Mostafa Ronaghi (Persian: مصطفی رونقی; born 1968) is an Iranian molecular biologist, specializing in DNA sequencing methodology.

He co-invented Molecular Inversion Probe assay and co-founded ParAllele BioScience to develop this multiplexed technology for genetic testing.

In 2005, he co-founded NextBio, a search engine for life science data that was acquired by Illumina in 2013.

In 2008, Ronaghi and Helmy Eltoukhy co-founded Avantome, a DNA sequencing company that was acquired by Illumina in July 2008.

[5][6] Among his approximately 50 peer-reviewed journal articles are the publications describing Pyrosequencing and Molecular Inversion Probe assays and other techniques: He also holds about 20 patents.