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Michael Nitzsche
Hatton Research Group - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I really enjoy learning about ecology and the natural world
Neal Amin
Stanford University (for now!) I’m leaving to go full time on founding Collage Biosciences later this year.
Design, economics, music theory, psychology (I am a psychiatrist though my research isn’t specifically focused here).
Joseph Mooney
Postdoctoral Associate
I would say producing energy off grid and reduction of bi-products to generate fuel.
Zewen Zhang
Apple
Sport psychology
Chao Cao
Carnegie Mellon University / Boston Dynamics AI Institute
Manufacturing/Radar Technologies/Marketing/Recommendation System
Sulin Liu
MIT
urban planning, quantum mechanics, making espresso
Aditya Venkatramani
Harvard University
A lot actually! I've myself jumped fields from quantum physics to genomics. I am curious about neuroscience, emergent phenomena in biology, geology, various aspects of climate, quantum algorithms, philosophy of knowledge ...
Nils Burger
Chouchani Lab, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Previously, Murphy Lab at the University of Cambridge, UK
I find the current AI boom fascinating and I can't get enough of learning about more exciting areas where AI will change the planet and our lives
Assaf Magen
Voyant Bio
Wildlife/plant ecosystem sustainability
Jase Gehring
Streets Lab, UC Berkeley (previous Latent Labs, Arcadia Science, UW, Caltech, UC Berkeley)
I love being outside in nature and I take advantage of living in Northern California. I'm learning to play guitar, and I'm nurturing a long-held interest in woodworking
Jason Zhang
PhD Candidate in Biological Engineering at MIT
Machine learning and agriculture
Sebastian Kenny
Baker Lab, Institute for Protein Design
The food industry
Kwat Medetgul-Ernar
Stanford MD-PhD Program with PhD in Biophysics at Mark Davis Lab
Fitness.
Mariëlle van Kooten
Stanford University
Human hibernation, although this arguably strongly relates to mitochondria. Space exploration, from the research, machine, human body, and cultural perspective.
Kyungyong Seong
Ksenia Krasileva lab at the University of California, Berkeley
Robotics and mechanical engineering - I am curious about automation process. Machine learning - I will build my own models once I have enough data. Astronomy and planetary science - for fun, but also, will we be able grow plants in mars and moon?
Anubhav Sinha
Ed Boyden Lab, MIT
Honestly, almost anything science/engineering-y.
Rohan Kumar
CS PhD @ Yale working on quantum computing, advised by Yongshan Ding. Fully funded by an NSF fellowship. Prev. @UChicago (Undergrad), Oxford Physics (Research), and Super.tech (Quantum Computing startup now acquired by Infleqtion). Will be @MIT in Spring 2025, working on ML for quantum computing.
I love jazz and play the alto saxophone (though not as often as I'd like).
Boqiang Tu
MIT
Longevity, brain-computer interface, space exploration
Vikram Sundar
Sculpting Evolution Lab (Kevin Esvelt), MIT
Deep tech/underexplored solutions for climate change, pandemic prevention
Matthew Szedlock
Zheng Lab, Stanford University (PhD student). Previously worked at Soaring Co (drone startup based in Southern California) as a lead mechanical engineer. BS in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech.
I'm very interested in biotech, especially from a materials standpoint. I'm also curious about the aerospace industry, robotics, and 3D-printing.
Lucien Viala
Tesla, Imperial College
Robotics and applied AI for robotics, policy for a prosperous future (economy, energy, construction, taxation etc…), Energy, the future of compute, genetics… You’ll be hard pressed to find something I am not curious about.
Muntathar Al-Shimary
Doudna and Savage Labs UC Berkeley
It depends on what you mean. I'm curious about an exceptionally wide range of topics. Scientifically, I'm interested in neuroscience and the emergent properties of consciousness, protein evolution and the acquisition of domains through evolutionary history, creating protein allostery, genetic engineering in broad terms, the genetics of fungi and slime molds, DNA origami, and protein discovery.
Trent Weiss
MIT, Brushett Lab PhD Candidate (5th year)
While my focus is on electrochemistry and batteries, I'm broadly interested in any technologies/areas focused on the climate
Ravi Lal
Currently I am a graduate student in the Arnold lab at Caltech. Previously I performed an internship at Google X. I performed undergraduate research in the Keasling lab at UC Berkeley.
I am curious about drug discovery, laboratory automation, and the application of recent breakthroughs in analytical chemistry.
Yang Zhong
Device Research Lab (led by Evelyn Wang), MIT
Building, biomass utilization, carbon capture, AI
Kathleen (Katie) Sicinski
I received my PhD in Chemistry from Tufts University in 2021. My thesis focused on developing novel chemical methods to enhance the metabolic stability of therapeutic peptides in the GLP-1 peptide family, which includes hormones like Ozempic. This work resulted in a start-up company Velum, Inc founded by my PhD advisor Prof. Krishna Kumar. During my PhD, I had the privilege of representing Velum at the Tufts University $100k New Ventures Competition, where we secured 3rd place. After my PhD, I worked as a scientist for a start-up biotech company, PepGen, Inc. At PepGen, I saw the company go from series C fundraising to its initial public offering in 2022 and advanced into clinical trials for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. I was responsible for transitioning laboratory operations from Oxford, UK to Boston, MA and discovering new bioconjugation methods for delivery of therapeutic oligonucleotides into target cells. I then moved in 2022 to my current position at California Institute of Technology as a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Frances Arnold. In my current position, I utilize the powerful tools of directed evolution for protein engineering and apply machine learning methods to accelerate wet-lab discoveries. This is where I met my current co-founder, Ravi Lal. We have been working together to fast-track the iterative process of protein engineering by incorporating machine learning and high throughput analytical tools to deliver sustainable biocatalysts for the synthesis of molecules.
I am interesting in learning about the financial aspects of starting a company and/or investing in others.
Paul Weitekamp
SpaceX
Aerospace, grid energy storage, engine and pump design, Artificial Intelligence, and Nuclear Reactors
Simon Roy
Former Tesla and Lyft embedded systems engineer. Currently independent.
Psychology, investing and space!
Sierra Lore
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
neurotech (specifically fUS BCI and spine-computer interfaces) and space exploration
Zach Rosenthal
Birdwood Therapeutics
- computational approaches for generative small molecule/protein discovery; - immunology/immuno-oncology; (sort of related to my research but sort of not) aging/longevity biology
Dhruva Katrekar
Currently at Arc Institute. Previously Shape Therapeutics and UC San Diego.
Climate tech, psychology, history
Michael Massen-Hane
MIT
I am interested in the pursuit of deploying human settlements on Mars and ultimately terraforming the planet for human habitation. This curiosity drove me towards chemical engineering, a knowledge set that enables planet level transformation.
Jacob van de Lindt
MIT
Yes! I'd love to interact with people interested in biotechnology and aerospace. Both are fields with similar requirements in terms of risks and engineering difficulty.
Sasha Gao
Brushett group at MIT
Developing soft skills (leadership, influence skills, public speaking, etc.). I'm also very into skiing and piano and always seek to become better.
Marika Ziesack
Current: Senior Scientist at Wyss Institute at Harvard University; Past: CTO at Circe Bioscience Inc.
Sports (Taekwon-Do, running, rock climbing), wine (I plan to retire on a bio-enhanced vineyard, ask me about it ;)), languages (currently learning french and spanish)
Stepan Tymoshenko
Mammoth Biosciences Inc., ex-Zymergen, PhD and post-doc from EPFL and University of Geneva (Switzerland)
Biophysics, space travel, and underwater ecosystems
Nicolas Sawaya
Azulene Labs (previous: Intel Labs; Harvard @Aspuru-Guzik group)
Climate policy; electrification of the grid; decarbonizing heavy industry.
Neel Parikshak
Regeneron, UCSF, UCLA
Pure mathematics, science fiction, food science
Nelson van de Lindt
NuScale Power, Elementl
The integration of tech into our startup. Specifically, how we can leverage a software product in the earlier stages.
Jolyn Gisselberg
Currently working on the startup, but previously at Google X and Stanford.
I'm really exciting to see how people are thinking about AI beyond protein modeling.
Neil Tay
UCSF
Physics, astrophysics, and space travel.
Justin Bult
Currently work at Tesla in Cell Manufacturing. I previously worked at Corning Glass, Dow Chemical, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and NASA MSFC.
governmental structures
Jaime Roquero Gimenez
Just quit my job at Adela Bio to focus on building.
I am curious about the local history.
Younhun Kim
Current: Mass General Brigham (Previous: MIT)
1. Biological/Bacterial engineering, 2. Multi-agent systems in robotics, 3. Statistics and math that hasn't yet made their way into practice, but show promise, 4. anything related to tackling the impending climate crisis. 5. STEM-oriented outreach opportunities
Utkarsh Sharma
Postdoc at Mass General Brigham (Brigham and Women's Hospital))
solutions for climate change; urban and rural planning for our large population; solutions for overhauling our bloated financial system; human psychology and its pitfalls; pure math and the nature of numbers; the nature of reality.
Karl Krauth
Currently a postdoc at Stanford University in a microfluidics lab, previously I did my PhD in machine learning at UC Berkeley.
Right now I'm particularly curious about mechanical engineering/manufacturing, chemistry, optics, and computer graphics.
Daniel Moore
Currently at Anduril Industries, and have been for a few years. Before that I was at an EV startup, and doing prototype engineering for Fiat Chrysler before that.
For areas of study, I’m curious about Biology, Mathematics, and Applied Physics (think Fusion or Quantum Computing)
Alex Powers
Stanford (I just finished PhD from Stanford, I still do research there)
Gene editing, neurodegenerative diseases, microbiome, microfluidics, robotics, educational technology, productivity
Laura Vasquez Bolanos
Loyal longevity startup, formerly Cornell, UCSD bioengineering
I am curious by psychedelic therapeutics and our understanding of the brain. I wonder sometimes if we’ll figure out how to hack our subconsciousness and the future of Pharma is less small molecules and more regeneration by targeting the right region in the brain to heal yourself. Also curious to see the rate of biology learnings as AI progresses and what data collection is going to be key for that as well.
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