Katerina Popova, PhD

Vice President, Research Analyst at Aquilo Capital Management
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Experience

    • United States
    • Investment Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President, Research Analyst
      • Jun 2021 - Present
    • Biotechnology Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Independent Consultant
      • Jun 2022 - Present

      San Francisco, California, United States Prioritize discovery programs for clinical development based on proprietary high throughput data, medical need, and competitive landscape

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PhD Student, Weissman Lab
      • Sep 2016 - Dec 2021

      UCSF Dissertation: Understanding the ER Membrane protein Complex (EMC): A complete dissection of its cellular context and function using whole-genome CRISPRi genetic interaction screens - Managed teams and projects on tight timelines, contributed strategy and implementation in multi-institutional collaborations (CZ Biohub, Caltech, UChicago, Max Planck Institute) leading to discoveries in protein folding pathways and mechanisms of viral infection published in top-tier journals (eLife, 2019;… Show more Dissertation: Understanding the ER Membrane protein Complex (EMC): A complete dissection of its cellular context and function using whole-genome CRISPRi genetic interaction screens - Managed teams and projects on tight timelines, contributed strategy and implementation in multi-institutional collaborations (CZ Biohub, Caltech, UChicago, Max Planck Institute) leading to discoveries in protein folding pathways and mechanisms of viral infection published in top-tier journals (eLife, 2019; eLife, 2018) - Presented work at institution-wide events and international conferences – UCSF Retreat Tahoe, 2017, 2019 (150+ attendees); Cold Spring Harbor Lab, 2018 (300+ attendees); MIT Recruitment, 2020 - Mentored and trained graduate students and research associates. Tutored graduate students in graduate courses. Show less

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • ADvantage Intern
      • May 2021 - May 2021

      San Francisco, California, United States Offer received at end of internship

    • United States
    • Biotechnology Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Consultant
      • Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

      - Assessed market opportunities for a novel NGS library prep solution for a life-sciences company - Won the 2020 Putnam Associates-BCBA Case Competition

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Consultant
      • 2019 - 2020

      Placed 2nd in the 2020 Harvard/MIT Case Competition

    • Research Associate in Laboratory of Benjamin Ebert
      • May 2014 - Jul 2016

      Cambridge, MA - Developed models of human cancers and established high-throughput methods for validation of CRISPR/Cas9 engineered cells leading to publications in top journals (Cell Stem Cell, 2017)

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 2013 - May 2014

      Smith College Department of Biological Sciences Research collateral damage on human microbiome by broad-spectrum and narrow-spectrum antibiotics

    • Administrative Assistant
      • Jan 2011 - May 2014

      Smith College Alumnae House

    • Mailroom Assistant
      • Jan 2011 - May 2012

      Office of Admission

    • France
    • Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Reserch Intern
      • Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

      Department of Communication Molecules & Adaptation of Microorganisms Studied the regulation of bacterial peptides with therapeutic potential

    • Summer Research Intern
      • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

      Analyzed and compared the structure of narrow-spectrum antibiotics, colicins, using computational tools

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences
    2019 - 2021
  • University of California, San Francisco
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
    2016 - 2021
  • Smith College
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Summa Cum Laude, Biological Sciences, Genetics, Evolution & Molecular Biosciences Track
    2010 - 2014
  • Université Paris Diderot
    2012 - 2013
  • Middlebury College
    Middlebury Language Schools, French Language and Literature
    2012 - 2012
  • High School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Burgas, Bulgaria
    High School Diploma, Mathematics, English
    2002 - 2010
  • University of California, San Francisco

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