Principal Designer • Builder • Mentor

Principal Designer •
Builder •
Mentor •

Principal Designer •
Builder •
Mentor •

I design AI products that people can trust when making decisions.

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Founding designer at BenchSci

Founding designer at BenchSci

  • AI software for biopharma R&D

  • 50K+ scientists across 16 of top 20 pharma

  • $200M+ raised, including TCV and Google’s AI fund

  • Google Cloud partner, integrating DeepMind models

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10+ years, 5+ products launched

10+ years, 5+ products launched

Designed 0→1 for scientists, clinicians, and consumers

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Designed UX patterns for trust in AI

Designed UX patterns for trust in AI

Shipped in agentic workflows and image generation

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Featured by Google Design

Featured by Google Design

Showcased designing trust into human-centered AI

YC-backed science illustration tool

AI solutions for preclinical R&D

Clinician and patient education

BSc. General Biology

MSc. Biomedical
Communications

Human-Centered
Strategy Certificate

Featured projects

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

Led a cross-functional teamEstablished company’s AI-first directionResulted in a new fundraising round

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

Led a cross-functional teamEstablished company’s AI-first directionResulted in a new fundraising round

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

Designed user oversight into multi-agentic AIMade key trade-offs to ship quickly

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

Designed user oversight into multi-agentic AIMade 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 projectFormed and led cross-functional teamRan contextual user researchLed to enterprise sales

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

Self-Initiated a 0 to 1 projectFormed and led cross-functional teamRan contextual user researchLed to enterprise sales

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

Built a research standards frameworkCreated a Claude UX plugin

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

Built a research standards frameworkCreated a Claude UX plugin

Current personal project

An iOS and web app that helps you focus your day on two priorities

Designed and built it solo, with Claude and Codex as build agents

MobileWebSelf-Coded

An iOS and web app that helps you focus your day on two priorities

Designed and built it solo, with Claude and Codex as build agents

MobileWebSelf-Coded

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."

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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)

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

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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)

"Matan won't settle for half-assed work."

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Steph - Ex-Principal PM @BenchSci

"Matan won't settle for half-assed work."

Steph Prezioso - Ex-Principal PM @BenchSci

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

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Julie - Ex-PM @BenchSci

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

Julie Xu - Ex-PM @BenchSci

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

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Jeremy - Ex-Product Director @BenchSci

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

Jeremy Seath - Ex-Product Director @BenchSci

"Combined with his deep knowledge of user experience and biology, this makes Matan an incredibly valuable team member."

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Simon - Ex-CMO @BenchSci

"Combined with his deep knowledge of user experience and biology, this makes Matan an incredibly valuable team member."

Simon Smith - Ex-CMO @BenchSci

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Earlier works

Interactive anatomy

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

VR anatomy module

Explored how immersive environments can improve spatial understanding of anatomy.

AR for organic chemistry

Built app for students to visualize and manipulate chemical structures.

Branding and identity

Created visual and brand identities to build trust before the user has touched a single feature.

Literature companion app

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