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Prachee Avasthi

Investor

Head of Open Science at Astera Institute

Berkeley, California, United States

About

Neuroscience PhD who previously served as Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine. Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Arcadia Science, and former president of the ASAPbio Board of Directors, now leads open science initiatives at Astera.

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Experience

  1. Arcadia ScienceCo-founder and CSOcurrent2021 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
  2. Astera InstituteHead of Open Sciencecurrent2024 — present
  3. Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthAssociate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology2020 — 2024
  4. University of Kansas Medical CenterAssistant Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology2015 — 2020Kansas City, Kansas, United States
  5. University of California, San FranciscoPostdoctoral Fellow2009 — 2015

Education

  1. University of UtahDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Science - BS, Molecular and Integrative Physiology1997 — 2000

Same school

Also attended University of Utah66

Eric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKelly KoVice President of Technology Ventures and Innovation at Flare Capital PartnersTravis HeathAdministrative Partner & CFO at Signal Peak VenturesJason LangInvestor at EPIC VENTURESGeoff SwindleInvestor at EPIC VENTURESTommy AhlquistInvestor at EPIC VENTURES

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Also attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign259

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPrashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesPaul BragielCo-founder at Golden Gate VenturesGreg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth1

Ericka Tamayo-GuevaraAnalyst at The Engine Ventures

Also worked at University of Kansas Medical Center3

Dini MehtaExecutive-in-Residence at Peak XV PartnersTerry HuangInvestor at COREangelsDr Philippe ProchassonVenture Partner/CTO at Earth First Food Ventures

Also worked at University of California, San Francisco47

Logan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechDavid KaufmanInvestor at Third Rock VenturesFrancisco GimenezInvestment Team at 8VCHani GoodarziFounder, Tahoe Therapeutics at Amplify PartnersMichael FischbachBio Advisor at Amplify PartnersDr. ChettipallyVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc

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Colleagues at Astera Institute

Anika Gupta
COO – Foundation at Astera Institute
Dileep George
Head of AI Research at Astera Institute
Doris Tsao
Chief Scientist – Neuro at Astera Institute
Eli Dourado
Head of Strategic Investments at Astera Institute
Jed McCaleb
Investor at Pantera Capital
Rebecca (Becky) Pferdehirt
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Seemay Chou
Co-Founder & President – Foundation at Astera Institute