Jennifer Kan
Member at Global Women in Investor
Jennifer Kan
Member at Global Women in Investor
San Diego, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner at Climate Capital Bio
2022 - Current
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