Founders Fellowship
Meet our Founders Fellow alumni
Our 2024-2025 Fellows
Jun Beom Pyo, PhD
Developing a sensor platform technology that accurately and continuously measures blood oxygen levels regardless of skin pigment content or body movement.
Chinaemerem “Chinae” Daniel
Working on a comprehensive platform that combats financial scams targeting the elderly – a problem that accounts for $28 billion in losses annually. Her digital platform will give older adults greater financial security.
Cole Hagen
Using technology to analyze older adult movements, then use that information to assist with virtual healthcare and mobility-based interventions.
J.M. Kim
Developing a mobile augmented reality experience to help aging adults stay physically, mentally, and socially active.
Afsaneh Razi, PhD
Developing an AI-driven epilepsy monitoring app targeted at self-care functionality for older adults.
Our 2023-2024 Fellows
Daniel Baker
From the University of Pennsylvania, Danial is working to unite the fields of cell therapy and longevity to generate translational cellular products to ameliorate aging and its associated pathologies.
Yazmin Feliz
From Columbia University, Yazmin is developing low-cost ultrasound prototypes.
Divya Gowdar
Founded NubGenix Consulting, a quality and regulatory consulting firm who provides services related to design and implementation of Quality Management System (QMS), establishing regulatory, quality and compliance strategies for product launch and streamlining workflows.
Aravind Krishnan
From the University of Pennsylvania, founded ToxiSense, a biotech venture developing more sustainable and cost-effective bacterial endotoxin assays by engineering a plant biosensor system.
Our 2022-2023 Fellows
Raquel Hollatz
Founded Nesys, a food label that monitors perishables and produce for freshness, indicating the current state of shelf life and helping to reduce waste.
Ian Dardani
Providing life sciences researchers over 100X the amount of biological samples in just a few days, to accelerate understanding of disease biology and new therapeutic approaches.
Kristina Li
Developing a digital platform that democratizes drug development to improve access to healthcare.
Validate your business idea with the Founders Fellowship.
This 12-month program offers hands-on startup experience for life sciences entrepreneurs interested in transforming ideas into business reality. Founders will validate their business ideas receive expert guidance on building a company, a stipend, access to a lab, and more.
