Hi, I'm Avra.

I joined Riff (formerly Databutton) in 2023 as an early team member when it was a 7-person startup. Since then, we've raised our Series A, and I now focus fully on growth engineering, where I build and run the growth stack with a focus on fast iterations, clear metrics, and measurable outcomes.

I come from academia with a PhD in Biophysics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Biological Research Centre in Szeged. My research focused on photosynthesis and energy transfer in cyanobacteria using time-resolved spectroscopy and kinetic modeling. Read my thesis ↗