Jeff Ozdemir
FounderFounder at Kernal Biologics
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
FoundedKernal Biologics · YC
About
Jeff Ozdemir holds a PhD in Molecular Genetics from UT Southwestern Medical Center and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. He previously taught biochemistry at MIT before co-founding Kernal Biologics.
Founder at Kernal BiologicsYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Jeff went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Kernal Biologics's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jeff can intro founders to Kernal Biologics's investors below.
Kernal Biologics's investors · 7
Asymmetry VenturesRichmond · $125K – $500K checksCivilization Ventures Management, LlcTiburon · $1M – $10M checksFoundersX VenturesSilicon ValleyHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checksHummingbird VenturesSingapore · $500K – $10M checksSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020
Co-founders at Kernal Biologics
Experience
- Kernal BiologicsHead of Platformcurrent2017 — present
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MITES Biochemistry Instructor2016 — 2018MIT
- Boston University School of MedicinePostdoctoral Researcher2015 — 2017
- Harvard Medical SchoolResearch Fellow2011 — 2015Boston, Massachusetts
- Brigham and Women's HospitalPostdoctoral Fellow2011 — 2015
- UT SouthwesternResearch Associate2011UT Southwestern Medical Center
- UT SouthwesternResearch Assistant2004 — 2011Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Sabanci UniversitySummer intern2003Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
- University of AberdeenSummer intern2002Greater Aberdeen Area
Skills & more
Design Thinking1Machine Learning Algorithms7Artificial Intelligence (AI)7Statistical Data Analysis5Data Science6Data Mining5Java1Large Language Models (LLM)6Machine Learning5Data Analysis17Science8Biochemistry29
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BioinformaticsTeachingBiotechnologyMolecular BiologyBiologyCell CultureGeneticsProtein ExpressionMatlabRCancerScientific WritingLanguages English · Turkish
- Data Science and Machine Learning — MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
- Grammar Fundamentals — LinkedIn
- Public Speaking Fundamentals — LinkedIn
- Writing Recommendations — LinkedIn
- Giving Your Elevator Pitch — LinkedIn
- Writing Proposals — LinkedIn
- Writing Articles — LinkedIn
- Writing Technical Reports — LinkedIn
- Writing Email — LinkedIn
- Insights on Graphic Design — LinkedIn
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jeff Ozdemir?
- Jeff Ozdemir holds a PhD in Molecular Genetics from UT Southwestern Medical Center and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. He previously taught biochemistry at MIT before co-founding Kernal Biologics.
- Where does Jeff Ozdemir work?
- Jeff Ozdemir is Founder of Kernal Biologics.
- What companies did Jeff Ozdemir found?
- Jeff Ozdemir founded Kernal Biologics.
- Where did Jeff Ozdemir go to school?
- Jeff Ozdemir studied at UT Southwestern Medical Center (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology and Genetics); Bilkent University (B.S., Molecular Biology and Genetics).
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