Donna Shaw, PhD, is the Assistant Director of Life Sciences Licensing at UC San Diego’s Office of Innovation and Commercialization, a technology transfer resource connecting academic researchers with the business realm.

Yupeng He, PhD, is a computational biologist currently working as a Manager of Bioinformatics at Guardant Health.

Bridget Kohlnhofer, PhD, is a Scientist II currently working at Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Dan Knowland, PhD, is a Scientist currently working at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.

Justin D. Glenn, PhD, is a research scientist at REGENXBIO, Inc., a gene therapy company that strives to harness the curative potential of adeno-associated viruses to human disease.

Lawrence Fourgeaud, PhD, is a Senior Scientist within the Neuroimmunology team at Janssen’s Neuroscience R&D department.

Glenn Watson, PhD, is a Medical Science Liaison currently working at LivaNova on their Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy® System for drug-resistant epilepsy.

Yilan Shi, MS, is the CEO and co-founder of the company Simply Independent Inc., a venture-backed software startup operating out of the Launch Factory incubator in San Diego.

Elizabeth Rico-Bautista, PhD, is a Principal Scientist currently working at Crinetics Pharmaceuticals.

Jared Smith, PhD, is a Senior Scientist currently working as a Systems Neuroscience Project Leader at REGENXBIO Inc.