KL
Kendall Lemons (He/Him)
PhD Student, Cornell University

September 2023 — Present
Remote
Building on past investment experiences to invest venture capital into startup companies founded by underrepresented founders.
October 2022 — Present
New York, NY
Creating physics-based models to make therapeutic discovery more efficient.
May 2022 — August 2022
Palo Alto, CA
Conducted deep tech due diligence. Created investment thesis centered around the development of software for biotech companies and institutions.
June 2021 — August 2021
Houston, TX
Worked under Dr. Christine Peterson in the department of biostatistics. Used population level statistical analysis to determine the connection between the gut microbiome and late stage pancreatic cancer outcomes.
May 2021 — August 2021
San Francisco, CA
Developed an investment thesis centered around the use of artificial intelligence for inefficiencies in drug discovery and development.
May 2021 — May 2022
Boston, MA
Worked with Dr. Andrew Emili to develop a pipeline for wet lab scientists. The pipeline handled raw data collected from CETSA experiments and created insights concerning potential drug candidates.
June 2020 — August 2020
New York, NY
Introduced to the fundamentals of biomedical research at Cornell University's medical school, Weill Cornell. Constructed an NSF grant, proposing the development of a novel gene regulatory network utilizing both DNA methylation and histone modifications.
January 2020 — October 2021
Houston, TX
First undergraduate student under Dr. Xiaoqian Jiang. Developed dynamic and interactive models to aggregate and display information related to early COVID-19 treatment options. Developed AI models to determine key metrics for the early diagnosis of sepsis in conjunction with physicians from Duke Medical School.
May 2019 — August 2019
Orlando, FL
Designed travel safe device for the transportation of missile prototypes for off site testing.

Weill Cornell Medical College

PhD in Computational Biology and Medicine

July 2022 — Present

Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships

Tri-Institutional Fellow, NIH F31 Awardee

Prairie View A&M University

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics

July 2017 — May 2022

Activities and Societies

The Honors Program

Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships

Regents Scholar, Black Venture Capital Consortium (Cohort 2)

📖 Grad School Prep

Application reviews, interview prep, etc.

✍🏾 Essay Feedback

Feedback for graduate school admission essays

Design
Investing
Start Ups
Technology

Skills

Data Analysis
Engineering
Venture Capital