Alicia Zheng
Member at Global Women in Investor
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
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.
Member
2022
Member
2022
100 Women in Finance is an investment and finance firm.
Associate Cohort
2021 - 2022
Accelerating the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous, equitable future.
All Raise is a nonprofit on a mission to accelerate the success of female founders and funders to build a more prosperous equitable future.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Sequoia Capital, Pivotal Ventures, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Reid Hoffman Foundation, Silicon Valley Bank and Pivotal Ventures.
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.
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.
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.
Summer Intern
2008 - 2008
Xanterra Parks & Resorts is a global diversified travel & hospitality company.