CHICAGO BIOTECH EXCHANGE
The Chicago Biotech Exchange is a nonprofit organization fostering collaboration across Chicago’s life sciences community — including biotechnology, academia, and the pharmaceutical industry. Our inaugural event will take place on November 3, 2025.

Event Speakers — November 3, 2025
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Lisa Dhar, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Innovation and New Ventures, Northwestern University
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Geoffrey Duyk, M.D., Ph.D.
CEO, Grove Biopharma
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Ryan Fukushima, MBA
Chief Operating Officer, Tempus
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Nathan Gianneschi, Ph.D.
Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, and Pharmacology, Northwestern University
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Shana Kelley, Ph.D.
President, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago, Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
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Dimitri Krainc, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Co-founder, Vanqua Bio
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Richard Morimoto, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
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Milan Mrksich, Ph.D.
Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University
Uniting Chicago’s Biotech Community
Uniting Chicago’s Biotech Community