Stan is a neuroscientist, social entrepreneur, and corporate development executive. His business experience spans biomedical research, academic technology transfer, and creating startups from early-stage research innovations. Currently, he is the Director of Investments at Third Culture Capital, an early-stage healthcare venture capital firm. In his prior roles at MIT, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Emulate, he has negotiated and executed well over a hundred licensing and strategic partnership deals with pharma, biotech, and healthcare companies, managed patent portfolios, developed go-to-market strategies, and helped secure over $100M in equity financing. Stan has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Behavior from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Biology from Florida A&M University.