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Merryn Tawhai

Investor

Director at Cure Kids Ventures

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

About

Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute and board director at Cure Kids Ventures, leading research in computational physiology of the respiratory system, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Experience

  1. Auckland Bioengineering InstituteDirectorcurrent2023 — present
  2. Cure Kids VenturesIndependent Directorcurrent2023 — present
  3. The University of AucklandProfessor of Bioengineeringcurrent2014 — present
  4. The University of AucklandAssociate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) for PBRF2015 — 2019
  5. Biomedical Engineering SocietyAssociate Editor for ‘Annals of Biomedical Engineering’current2012 — present
  6. Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI)Associate Editor for 'Pulmonary Circulation'current2010 — present
  7. University of IowaAdjunct Professorcurrent2007 — present
  8. University of CanterburyAdjunct Professor, Dept. Mechanical Engineering2020 — 2024
  9. Izon ScienceIndependent Director2020 — 2023
  10. Auckland Bioengineering InstituteDeputy Director2013 — 2023
  11. Medical Technologies Centre of Research Excellence (Medtech CoRE)Director2018 — 2021New Zealand
  12. PhysiologyEditorial Board Member2012 — 2021
  13. The University of AucklandAssociate Professor2010 — 2013
  14. The University of AucklandSenior Research Fellow2005 — 2009
  15. The University of AucklandResearch Fellow2002 — 2004

Education

  1. University of AucklandPhD, Engineering Science2001
  2. University of AucklandME, Engineering Science1996
  3. University of AucklandBE, Engineering Science1994

Colleagues at Cure Kids Ventures

Franceska Banga
Chair of the Board at Cure Kids Ventures
Howard Moore
Director at Cure Kids Ventures
Matthew McMahon
Chief Investment Manager at Cure Kids Ventures
Matthew Payton
Director at Cure Kids Ventures
Molly Yang
Investment Principal at Cure Kids Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Merryn Tawhai work?
Merryn Tawhai is Director at Cure Kids Ventures.

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Also attended University of Auckland111

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Shared employers

Also worked at Auckland Bioengineering Institute1

Eric ShenFounding Partner at Flatmate Ventures

Also worked at The University of Auckland21

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Also worked at University of Iowa9

Ryan LongAssociate at Tri-Valley VenturesJack WarningPortfolio at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALKevin SchirooLead DataOps Engineer at Camber PartnersSusanna HarrisDirector of Platform at Breakout VenturesAlex KopelyanPartner at SOSVYifan LaiPrincipal at Wellington Management

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Also worked at University of Canterbury7

Maggie PeacockSenior Marketing Executive at Icehouse VenturesHesh DantanarayanaInvestment Director at Advent PartnersGraham ScownChief Executive Officer at Founder Catalyst (Ministry of Awesome)Dr Stuart LansleyInvestor at Motion CapitalMichael GoldsteinPartner at AfterWork VenturesMark BillinghurstPartner at Super Ventures

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