Kellen WEF Events
The Kellen WEF Events bring biotech leaders to campus to discuss the industry, demystify therapeutic development, and reflect on the varied paths to leadership positions in biotech and pharma.
Upcoming Events
July 8-10, 2025
Managing Science & Scientists: A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers at Rockefeller University
This career development workshop will teach management best practices in academic science through the utilization of case studies, discussions, and hands-on exercises. The application period for this workshop will begin in early May. Open to Rockefeller University later-stage graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research associates.
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Dean’s Office.
Previous Events
January 23, 2025
CANDID CONVERSATION
Kate Bredbenner, Ph.D. ’20(opens in new window)
Senior Manager, Product Marketing Growth and Innovation, Wiley
Founder, SimpleBiologist
November 14, 2024
CANDID CONVERSATION
Elena Matthews, CFA
Private Wealth Advisor
Goldman Sachs
Rockefeller University Supporter
July 10, 2024
CANDID CONVERSATION
Krithika Venkataraman, Ph.D. ’22(opens in new window)
Scientist, Neuroscience Collaborations
Scientific Lead, Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain
Simons Foundation
July 9-11, 2024
Managing Science & Scientists: A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers at Rockefeller University
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Dean’s Office.
June 11, 2024
CANDID CONVERSATION
Leigh Baxt, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Director, Biology
Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute
February 27, 2024
ADVENTURER’S GUIDE TO BIOTECH
Interactive Workshop for Early-Career Rockefeller Researchers
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Robertson Therapeutic Development Fund and Traverse Biotech(opens in new window)
July 11-13, 2023
Managing Science & Scientists: A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers at Rockefeller University
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Dean’s Office.
April 11, 2023
Startup Summit @ The Rockefeller University
An afternoon of presentations and discussions that showcased leading edge researchers from Rockefeller labs.
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Office of Technology Transfer
March 1, 2023
A GUIDE FOR THE BIOTECH ADVENTURER:
Interactive Workshop for Early-Career Rockefeller Researchers
Co-Hosted by Rockefeller University’s Robertson Therapeutic Development Fund and Traverse Biotech(opens in new window)
September 29, 2022
CANDID CONVERSATION
Shruti Naik, Ph.D.(opens in new window)
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Rockefeller Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013–2018
Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The Rockefeller University
December 2, 2021
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PATHWAYS IN BIOSCIENCE: FOUR PERSPECTIVES BEYOND THE BENCH
Host:
Karen Akinsanya, Ph.D.
EVP, Chief Biomedical Scientist, and Head of R&D
Schrödinger
Rockefeller University Trustee
Panelists:
Leigh Baxt, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Biology
Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute
Jeanne Farrell, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
Office of Technology Transfer
Rockefeller University
Jessica Hopfield, Ph.D. ’91
Healthcare Strategist and Investor
President, J Hopfield Consulting
March 24, 2021
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Demystifying the Therapeutic Development Ecosystem: A Roadmap of What You Need to Know
Speaker:
Brandy Houser, Ph.D.(opens in new window)
NYC Site Head, Celdara Medical
Co-Founder
Traverse Biotech, Women Accelerators and Fiddlehead Foundation
Hosted by:
Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Genome Maintenance
Rockefeller University
December 2, 2020
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CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN LEADERS IN BIOSCIENCE
Inaugural Speaker:
Karen Akinsanya, Ph.D.(opens in new window)
EVP, Chief Biomedical Scientist, and Head of R&D
Schrödinger
In Conversation with:
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor
Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development
Rockefeller University