Founder, Caltech Professor at Aizentx
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Experience
- CaltechAssistant Professorcurrent2017 — presentPasadena, CA
- Barrier BiosciencesFounder and Chief Scientistcurrent2022 — present
- XtravaData Scientistcurrent2014 — presentSanta Clara, CA
- Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow2014 — 2018Stanford, CA
- Stanford Hospital & ClinicsInternal Medicine Resident2013 — 2014Stanford, CA
- UCLA Health SystemMedical Student - David Geffen School of Medicine2003 — 2013
- California Institute of TechnologyTeaching Assistant2005 — 2011
- MITTeaching Assistant (OME), Tutor (Department of Mathematics, OME), Grader (Department of Mathematics)2001 — 2003
Skills & more
Molecular BiologyMicroscopyProtein ChemistryPhysics
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- Founder, Caltech Professor at Aizentx
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- David Van Valen founded Aizentx.
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- David Van Valen studied at Caltech (PhD, Applied Physics); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Mathematics, Physics); UCLA (Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)).
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