About
Will Cao is co-founder and CEO of Pando Bioscience. She holds a Ph.D. in bioengineering and has published first-author papers in Cell and Nature Biotechnology.
Founder at Pando BioscienceYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Will went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Will can intro founders to Pando Bioscience's investors below.
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Experience
- Pando Bioscience (YC W23)Co-founder, CEOcurrent2023 — presentGreater Boston
- Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.Senior Design Engineer2020 — 2023Greater Boston Area
- Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.Biological Engineer2018 — 2020Greater Boston
- Duke UniversityPostdoc2017Durham, NC
- Bain & CompanyAdvance into Consulting Invitee2016Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
LinkedIn Recruiter1Cell Culture9Project Management4Research17PowerPoint4Microsoft Excel4Matlab21Data Analysis18Microsoft Office5Biomedical Engineering5Statistics2Microscopy4
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Fluorescence MicroscopyLaTeXData AnalyticsMolecular BiologyLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Will Cao?
- Will Cao is co-founder and CEO of Pando Bioscience. She holds a Ph.D. in bioengineering and has published first-author papers in Cell and Nature Biotechnology.
- Where does Will Cao work?
- Will Cao is Founder of Pando Bioscience.
- What companies did Will Cao found?
- Will Cao founded Pando Bioscience.
- Where did Will Cao go to school?
- Will Cao studied at Duke University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical/Medical Engineering); Duke University (Certificate Program, Nanoscience); Tsinghua University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering).
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Shared employers
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