Jennifer Kan

Managing Partner at Climate Capital Bio

2022

Backing biotech and frontier technology founders building climate solutions.

Member

2022

Advisor

2022 - 2022

Co-Founder & President

2020 - 2021

- Co-founded a venture-backed health tech startup that helps care and medical facilities hire healthcare professionals - Founding business development lead - Completed YC Build Sprint (Winter 2021) and Stanford Rebuild (2020)

Senior Sustainable Investing Fellow

2022 - 2022

Built bridges between financial assets and impact opportunities via advisory and asset management services. Designed financial products and built ecosystems for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

Scientific and Technical Consultant

2019 - 2021

Expert consultant to biotech, medtech, and chemical startups, companies, university technology transfer offices, and funding organizations.

Scientific Consultant

2019 - 2020

Enzyme technology consultant and product launch speaker for Lancôme.

Postdoctoral Scholar

2015 - 2019

- Lead protein engineer in the laboratory of Frances H. Arnold (2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) - Published 12 peer-reviewed publications on protein engineering and synthetic biology (inc. 2 first-authored Science and Nature papers). Inventor of 6 patents. - Raised $1.4M in grants and awards from government, foundations, and enterprises for research and technology transfer projects - Worked with startups and Fortune 500 companies to use biology to solve problems and launch products. - Invited speaker at Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, Cambridge

Helmsley Fellow in Synthetic Biology

2017 - 2017

Research Fellow

2012 - 2015

(2012-2014 on intermission)

JSPS Research Fellow

2012 - 2014