Evgeniia Simonova
Evgeniia
Simonova
Chief Project Officer
Rapid Bio

Biography

Chief Project Officer, Raid Bio. Rapid Bio is a technological leader of the Skolkovo Innovation Center and among top-5 MedTech companies in Russia.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Master’s in Project Management (RIT, USA), PhD candidate at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Agrarian and Technological Institute, RUDN University, MBA student at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

Key professional and scientific achievements:

  • Winner of the 5th and 7th China-Russia Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship Competitions (CRIEC 2023, 2025).
  • SuSong Cup (Xiamen, China) – Top-25 project among BRICS countries – Reprotest project.
  • Delegate to the WHO-UNAIDS annual IVD diagnostics meeting, Geneva.
  • Winner of the State level competition «Women for a Healthy Society 2025» (Eurasian Women’s Forum, Roscongress, St. Petersburg International Economic Forum) in the «Health-Preserving Technologies» category.
  • Winner of the SKOLKOVO MBA Grant Competition.
  • Finalist of the «Business Prestige: Woman Creator – 2026» Award.
  • Author and lecturer of the course «Project Management in Biotech» for the Master’s program «Innovation Management» at the Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University (2024–2025). Author of case studies and expert for the «Young Solutions for Biomedical Technology» Championship.
  • Member of the State Examination Committee at ITMO University in the field of «Molecular Biology» (2025).
  • Speaker: StartUp Village 2025, Sber Summit, Congress of Young Scientists