Invests in
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Locations:
Min Investment:
$15,000,000.00Max Investment:
$20,000,000.00Target Investment:
$17,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- BS
Lists including Olga
Work Experience
2016
Partner, MRL Ventures Fund
2024
Principal, MRL Ventures Fund
2021 - 2024
Led investment in EyeBio, supported investment in VectorY
Senior Associate, MRL Ventures Fund
2018 - 2021
• Supported investments in Adagio Therapeutics, Ambagon Therapeutics, HotSpot Therapeutics, Lava Therapeutics, PAQ Therapeutics and Therini Bio
Principal Scientist, Exploratory Science Center (ESC)
2016 - 2018
• Founding member of ESC, member of ESC leadership team. • Conceived and implemented R&D strategy for the microbiome discovery at Merck spanning infectious diseases and immuno-oncology indications.
2021
Board Director
2021
Board Observer
2021 - 2021
Therini is a vascular biology company focused on discovering and developing therapeutics targeting fibrin, a new biological target for neurological and peripheral diseases.
2021
Board Observer
2021
PAQ is developing degrades for high priority oncology targets.
2020
Board Observer
2020
Ambagon is developing first-in-class drugs through targeted stabilization of protein complexes.
2022 - 2024
Board Observer
2022 - 2024
Merck and Co acquired EyeBio for a $1.3 billion upfront payment and up to $1.7 billion in future milestone payments for a potential value of $3 billion. EyeBio is building a broad and diverse pipeline of advanced therapies for eye diseases.
2021 - 2023
Board Observer
2021 - 2023
Acquired by Merck & Co for a total of up to $610MM. Caraway Therapeutics is developing small molecule therapeutics that activate the lysosome, the cell’s recycling center, to clear toxic materials and defective cellular components for the treatment of debilitating neurodegenerative and rare diseases diseases.
2015 - 2016
Senior Scientist
2015 - 2016
• As the first employee of Epiva Biosciences (merged with Evelo in 2016) intimately involved with operations and initial formulation of the strategic approach behind EDP1815, now in P2.
2012 - 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow
2012 - 2015
• Co-authored seven articles including publications in Nature, Cell, Science Translational Medicine. • Awarded an NIH Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32).
2010 - 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow
2010 - 2012
• Co-authored five articles including several publications in PNAS. • Awarded a Senior Research Training Fellowship from the American Lung Association. • Co-authored an issued patent (PCT/US2012/053091).