Vera is a Chemistry Fellow at Open Avenues Foundation. Vera brings broad experience in the fields of chemistry, nanoscience and materials science to the Safar team.
As a graduate student, she worked in the laboratory of Professor Tim Swager at MIT focused on carbon-nanotube based chemical sensing. While at MIT, she also spent her time at Sloan and HBX learning about venture creation and strategy
as well as interning at MP Healthcare Venture Management fund. She holds a BS in Chemistry and an MS in Chemistry from RWTH Aachen University, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from MIT.
Juan Carlos Garcia-Prieto is a Chemistry Global Talent Fellow at Open Avenues, where he works with students leading projects in Chemistry.
Juan Carlos Garcia-Prieto is an Associate Scientists, Analytical Development at Tome Biosciences where he works on developing and optimizing assays for the quantitation and characterization of biomolecules involved in gene editing
therapies.
Juan Carlos Garcia-Prieto has 3 years of experience in Analytical Development.
Prior to joining Tome, Juan Carlos Garcia-Prieto worked at Moderna analyzing and characterizing all the raw materials used to produce vaccines, as well as any other biomolecule used for research purposes.
He holds a degree in Chemistry.
A fun fact about Juan Carlos Garcia-Prieto: He has a 2yo French Bulldog named Bruno.
