Experience

Penn Center for Innovation

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director, PCI Ventures

  • Feb 2023 - Present



EpiVario, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Deka Biosciences, Inc

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Oct 2021 - Feb 2023



Echo

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director, Life Sciences

  • May 2021 - Feb 2023



IVIVA Medical Inc

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Nov 2020 - May 2021



WI Harper Group

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Jan 2020 - May 2021

  • Sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities in the biotech and medtech sectors• Conducting scientific and technical due diligence, including mechanism of action, preclinical and clinical data, IP due diligence, market research, and competitive landscaping• Drafting investment memorandum outlining investment thesis and recommendation to the investment committee • Executing transactions; working with legal counsel on investment documents and closing investments• Management of portfolio companies, including attending board meetings, supporting companies in different aspects, monitoring company progress, managing periodic reports, and processing execution documents• Representing the firm and building relationships with entrepreneurs, universities, incubators, accelerators, financial venture funds, corporate venture capital funds, service providers (e.g. law firms, investment banks) and other stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem Show less

• Senior Associate

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2019

• Venture Capital Fellow

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2018



Microbio Group

• Taiwan
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • Sep 2016 - Apr 2017

  • International Business Development • Drug Out-Licensing • Analysis of Investment Opportunities • International Business Development • Drug Out-Licensing • Analysis of Investment Opportunities



The Netherlands Cancer Institute

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Systems biology approaches to understand the physiology of regulatory T cells and to manipulate its functions • Applying the knowledge to advance immunotherapy of cancer and infectious diseases • CRIPSR/Cas9 genome editing • Systems biology approaches to understand the physiology of regulatory T cells and to manipulate its functions • Applying the knowledge to advance immunotherapy of cancer and infectious diseases • CRIPSR/Cas9 genome editing



Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB)

• Germany
• Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Mar 2013 - Sep 2014

  Working on epigenetic regulation in early embryonic development Working on epigenetic regulation in early embryonic development



GeneTex, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Project Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Establishing world’s biggest antibody portfolio for the zebrafish research community • Coordination of external collaboration with academic partners in the US and Europe • Providing strategic direction during the implementation stages • Training team members on development processes and monitoring team performance • Representing GeneTex at international conferences • Strategic negotiation with Sigma-Aldrich for product out-licensing • Participation in producing marketing materials Show less



Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

• Tübingen Area, Germany

• Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Doktorandin)

  • Jul 2006 - Jun 2010

  Tracing Tissue Specific Reporter Lines Reveals Heterogeneity Across the Dorso-Ventral Axis in Zebrafish Enveloping Layer Tracing Tissue Specific Reporter Lines Reveals Heterogeneity Across the Dorso-Ventral Axis in Zebrafish Enveloping Layer



Academia Sinica

• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 2001 - Jun 2003

  • Conducting research projects in molecular physiology of osmoregulation • Assisting administrative affairs • Conducting research projects in molecular physiology of osmoregulation • Assisting administrative affairs