AZ

Alicia Zheng

Member at Global Women in Investor

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview

Work Experience

PA

Plum Alley

  • Investor

    2021 - Current

    Plum Alley invests in Series A B2B companies with a Female Founder in frontier technology and healthcare breakthroughs that will impact our lives and how we live on the planet.

AR

All Raise

  • Associate Cohort

    2021 - 2022

    Accelerating the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous, equitable future.

NL

NYU Langone Health

  • Laboratory Manager

    2016 - 2019

    - Helped build up a new pancreatic cancer research laboratory - Kimmelman lab at Department of Radiation Oncology as the 1st team member. Led lab planning; managed startup projects; supported team growth by 5X within the first year. - Took charge of sourcing and purchasing; conducted due diligence and negotiated with vendors; managed 6 public and private grants; helped with budgeting, spending control and grant financial reports. - Supported research projects; supervised research animals; completed full colony import from Jackson Laboratory. - Maintained databases and inventories; engaged in cross-functional collaborations with various divisions/departments. - Partnered with Technology Opportunities & Ventures to facilitate technology & material transfers. - Drafted and maintained animal study, biosafety and other research protocols.

  • Research Associate

    2012 - 2016

    - Managed and ran operations of a neuroscience research laboratory at Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine. - Assisted with research projects, managed lab expenditures, database, equipment, and research animals.

NY

New York University

  • Office Assistant

    2011 - 2012

    Office of Sustainability - Prepared monthly budget & spending report for ten departments including CoGen Power Plant and Energy Fund. - Prepared application for New York State’s economic development initiative - ReCharge NY. - Helped with invoice/payment processing for vendors and NYC Department of Transportation.

Io

Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Research Assistant

    2009 - 2010

    - Launched a molecular study of grass tribe Stipeae and Miscanthus, an ornamental crop and biofuel, at the State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany. - Helped organize an international workshop to launch "Flora of Pan-Himalayas" project in collaborations with 11 countries.

XT

Xanterra Travel Collection

  • Summer Intern

    2008 - 2008

Education

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