• Empowering the next generation of biotech founders across Chicago

    Nucleate Chicago is a student-led community advancing the next generation of biotech entrepreneurs by bridging the gap between academic discovery and venture creation. We connect trainees, researchers, clinicians, and aspiring founders with mentors, industry experts, investors, and educational programming across Chicago's life science ecosystem. Through collaborative initiatives and founder-focused programming, our chapter helps early-stage teams access the knowledge, network, and resources needed to translate scientific breakthroughs into impactful biotechnology ventures.

Advisors

Mentors/Experts

Attrayee (Atty) Chakraborty

Diana Abbasi

Vineet Agrawal

Ahmet Bakirbas

Christian Boada

Michael Boyne

Korey Brownstein

Mary Burton

Shuwen Cao

Charles Deeter

Mark Fisher

Jennifer Fried

Setri Fugar

Ignacio Gajer

Dimitra Georganopoulou

Luca Giani

Shaurya Gilani

Kirt Gill

Stephen Grant

Nelson Grihalde

Ozge Guney-Altay

Zack Gurard-Levin

Patrick Hennessey

Hendra Hoang

Lori Holder

Bin Huang

Abe Janis

Khalid K. Alam

Jamie Kasuboski

Josh Kittleson

Collin Larkin

Eydis Lima

Shyama Majumdar

Alyssa Master

Ryan Meyers

Kristen Mittal

Manuel Mohr

Alessandro Mora

Rebecca Motley

Erik Musalem

Joshua N Leonard

Brett Newswanger

Kim Parker Howard

Lyle Ralson

Michael Rosen

Anju Samy

Blake Sanders

Michael Schultz

Erica Scott

David Smoller

Allisa Song

Samantha Tabone

Wendy Thompson

Dennis Trujillo

Elaine Vong

Wadsworth Williams

Yang Zheng

Sponsors

We thank our Sponsors who support our free-to-all, open-to-all mission. As a volunteer led organization, we are supported entirely through sponsorships and donations to organize our educational programming.