Puneet Souda

Puneet Souda is a Senior Research Analyst at Leerink Partners covering Life Science Tools and Diagnostics.

Prior to joining the Firm in 2014, Mr. Souda was a Senior Associate at Citigroup covering Medical Devices. Before joining Wall Street, Mr. Souda spent over a decade in core and basic research labs at UCLA and Purdue University. In this work, he was a customer and collaborator of many Life Science Tools and Diagnostic companies. Mr. Souda has direct experience in the acquisition, management, and utilization of many life sciences technologies for molecular analysis and diagnostics. He has co-authored over 45 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has built an extensive network of colleagues and collaborators among academic lab researchers and Life Science Tools suppliers.

Mr. Souda earned a BA in Biology from Purdue University, undertook graduate study in biotechnology, and earned an MBA from the University of California, San Diego.