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Jan Jensen founded Trailhead Biosystems in 2017 and served as its CEO until departing on October 31, 2025, remaining a member of the company's board of directors. Trailhead Biosystems combines developmental and stem cell biology with hardware and software to produce human cells for applications including organ modeling, disease study, and drug discovery, and developed a high-dimensional design of experiments (HD-DoE) method. Jensen holds a PhD and has areas of expertise in cell biology, biochemistry, cell culture, mathematical modeling, and quality-by-design principles.
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Experience
- Trailhead BiosystemsMember Board of Directorscurrent2015 — presentCleveland, Ohio, United States
- Trailhead BiosystemsCSO/CTO2025
- Trailhead BiosystemsCEO/CSO2020 — 2025Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Trailhead BiosystemsCEO/CSO2017 — 2020Greater Cleveland
- Trailhead BiosystemsChief Scientific Officer and Founder2015 — 202010000 Cedar Ave, Room 3-139, Cleveland, OH, 44106
- Cleveland ClinicDiabetes Research Director2007 — 2020Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Cleveland ClinicAsso Staff2007 — 2020
- OH-Alive - a cell therapy innovator platformScientific Director2013 — 2015GCIC building, Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH
- Pancreatic Progenitor ProjectProgram Director2007 — 2012
- University of Colorado Health Sciences CenterAssociate Professor2007
- University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences CenterAsst. Prof.2001 — 2007
- Novo Nordisk A/Sscientist1997 — 2001
- Novo Nordisk A/SPhD student1991 — 1998Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Skills & more
Strategic Planning1Corporate Governance1Strategic PartnershipsLarge-scale ProjectsScienceGenomics14Developmental Biology13Diabetes14Bioinformatics21Stem Cell Research3Cell Biology21Molecular Biology15
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BiochemistryCell CultureImmunologyLifesciencesAnimal ModelsCellDrug DiscoveryIn VivoBiotechnologyLanguages Danish · English · French · German
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- Who is Jan Jensen?
- Jan Jensen founded Trailhead Biosystems in 2017 and served as its CEO until departing on October 31, 2025, remaining a member of the company's board of directors. Trailhead Biosystems combines developmental and stem cell biology with hardware and software to produce human cells for applications including organ modeling, disease study, and drug discovery, and developed a high-dimensional design of experiments (HD-DoE) method. Jensen holds a PhD and has areas of expertise in cell biology, biochemistry, cell culture, mathematical modeling, and quality-by-design principles.
- Where does Jan Jensen work?
- Jan Jensen is Founder of Trailhead Biosystems.
- What companies did Jan Jensen found?
- Jan Jensen founded Trailhead Biosystems.
- Where did Jan Jensen go to school?
- Jan Jensen studied at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen (M.Sc, PhD, Biochemistry); Holstebro Gymnasium (Student, Mat/Fys).
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