Lizzie Ngo

Founding President

2024 - Current

Director Board of Directors

2022

Founding VP Strategy & Ops

2021 - 2022

Principal

2022

Senior Associate

2020 - 2022

Associate

2018 - 2020

Postdoctoral Research Associate

2018 - 2018

• Lead translation of anti-cancer drug screening platform as continuation in PhD lab. • Founded and led NSF-funded MIT i-Corps team of 5 to explore commercial potential of technology. • Conducted >20 market research interviews. Wrote and won grant ($3,000) to support this effort. • Selected for Snapshot Pitch in front of 80+ industry experts. • Led startup team to semi-final pitch at Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize. • Designed curriculum and organized speakers for MIT and Harvard-funded BiomedStartup course. • Raised $750K in grant funding for commercialization of carcinogenic DNA damage detection tool.

PhD in Biological Engineering

2011 - 2018

• Developed new cell-based assays with significant improvement compared to current standard for cell survival (250-fold reduced materials, 80% improved speed, and 90% reduced labor time) and DNA damage (500% increased sensitivity and 1000-fold increased speed). • Named inventor on worldwide patent application for new cell survival quantification technology. • Raised $300K in grant funding for applications of DNA repair in personalized cancer treatment. • Mentored 5 undergraduates and taught biotech class with 30 students.

VentureLabs Summer Fellow

2018 - 2018

Co-Chair of New Technology Special Interest Group

2017 - 2018

• Design meeting content and coordinate speakers for annual meeting. • Created “What’s new in biotech?“ segment and gave first presentation.

Scarlet Listeners Supervisor

2010 - 2011

• Provided emotional support and referrals to over 50 callers. • Trained 20+ new counselors and supervised a team of 4.