I design products that simplify complex, high-stakes workflows.

Founding and Principal Designer

AI software for biopharma R&D, where I launched 5 products 0 to 1, used by 16 of top 20 pharma

Design Team Lead

YC-backed science apps, where I scaled UXR and design

Featured by Google Design

For designing trust into human-centered AI

Featured by Google Design

For designing trust into human-centered AI

Some of My Education

Human-Centered
Strategy Certification

MSc. Biomedical
Communications

BSc. Biological Sciences

Hello!

My lab

Current personal project

An iOS and web app that helps me focus my day on two priorities

Claude + Codex as build agents
Cross-platform design
Shared design system and database

An iOS and web app that helps me focus my day on two priorities

Claude + Codex as build agents
Cross-platform design
Shared design system and database

An iOS and web app that helps me focus my day on two priorities

Claude + Codex as build agents
Cross-platform design
Shared design system and database

Featured projects

Shipped BenchSci’s first GenAI feature, saving scientists hours of research time

Led a cross-functional team
Established company’s AI-first direction
Resulted in a new fundraising round

Shipped BenchSci’s first GenAI feature, saving scientists hours of research time

Led a cross-functional team
Established company’s AI-first direction
Resulted in a new fundraising round

Shipped BenchSci’s first GenAI feature, saving scientists hours of research time

Led a cross-functional team
Established company’s AI-first direction
Resulted in a new fundraising round

Led BenchSci's shift from conventional UX patterns to AI-native UX patterns

Designed for trust and control in multi-agentic AI
Made key trade-offs to ship quickly

Led BenchSci's shift from conventional UX patterns to AI-native UX patterns

Designed for trust and control in multi-agentic AI
Made key trade-offs to ship quickly

Led BenchSci's shift from conventional UX patterns to AI-native UX patterns

Designed for trust and control in multi-agentic AI
Made key trade-offs to ship quickly

Drove and shipped a 0→1 product to speed up drug target assessments

Self-initiated a 0 to 1 project
Formed and led a cross-functional team
Ran contextual user research
Led to enterprise sales

Drove and shipped a 0→1 product to speed up drug target assessments

Self-initiated a 0 to 1 project
Formed and led a cross-functional team
Ran contextual user research
Led to enterprise sales

Drove and shipped a 0→1 product to speed up drug target assessments

Self-initiated a 0 to 1 project
Formed and led a cross-functional team
Ran contextual user research
Led to enterprise sales

Enabled BioRender to run rigorous research despite there being no user research team

Built a research standards framework
Created a Claude UX plugin

Enabled BioRender to run rigorous research despite there being no user research team

Built a research standards framework
Created a Claude UX plugin

Enabled BioRender to run rigorous research despite there being no user research team

Built a research standards framework
Created a Claude UX plugin

From people I've worked with

"Matan built and scaled the design team as the startup rapidly grew from 20 to 300+ employees. All while keeping UX at the core of the company’s strategy. And through it all, he executed at startup speed, delivering human-centered AI products that mattered."

Marin - Partner @Gradient (Google's AI VC)

"Matan built and scaled the design team as the startup rapidly grew from 20 to 300+ employees. All while keeping UX at the core of the company’s strategy. And through it all, he executed at startup speed, delivering human-centered AI products that mattered."

Marin Licina - Partner @Gradient (Google's AI VC)

"Has a high standard for good design - he won't settle for half-assed work."

Steph - Principal PM @BenchSci

"Has a high standard for good design - he won't settle for half-assed work."

Steph Prezioso - Ex-Principal PM @BenchSci

"Matan's appetite for improvement helped create a strong culture among designers at BenchSci."

Jeremy - Product Director @BenchSci

"Matan's appetite for improvement helped create a strong culture among designers at BenchSci."

Jeremy Seath - Ex-Product Director @BenchSci

"Matan not only thrives in complexity but can also unite people and move great ideas forward."

Julie - PM @BenchSci

"Matan not only thrives in complexity but can also unite people and move great ideas forward."

Julie Xu - Ex-PM @BenchSci

"Matan brings a rare combination of deep life sciences knowledge and strong UX design expertise, a combination that's genuinely hard to find."

Shiz - Co-Founder & CEO @BioRender

"Matan brings a rare combination of deep life sciences knowledge and strong UX design expertise, a combination that's genuinely hard to find."

Marin Licina - Partner @Gradient (Google's AI VC)

"Thoughtful and meticulous, he considers every detail, resulting in highly usable and clean designs. He approaches his work with a calm and levelheaded demeanor, always remaining composed, and anchoring teams with his steadying influence."

Simon - CMO @BenchSci

"Thoughtful and meticulous, he considers every detail, resulting in highly usable and clean designs. He approaches his work with a calm and levelheaded demeanor, always remaining composed, and anchoring teams with his steadying influence."

Simon Smith - Ex-CMO @BenchSci

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Earlier work

AR for organic chemistry

Designed and developed a mobile app for chemistry education, with research demonstrating improved spatial learning outcomes.

  • Unity development

  • iOS and Android

Interactive anatomy

Designed tools to help explain anatomy and procedures to surgeons and patients.

Branding and identity

Created visual and brand identities for a variety of organizations.

Literature companion app

Designed an app to connect people with classic literature through audio readings and discussion.

VR anatomy module

Built a VR environment with Unity3D to help teach anatomy, with spatial understanding in mind.