UCL Recent Graduate Network USA launch event

Join our launch event to mark this special occasion, learn about how the UCL RGN can support you in your career development, and connect with fellow alumni in the US.

Hear from distinguished alumna Dr Nicole McKnight, CEO of Stellate Therapeutics and VP of the UCL Friends & Alumni Association. Nicole will offer her insights into the biotech industry, her student experience at UCL, and how to navigate professional uncertainty. 

Please feel free to share this event with other recent graduates based in the United States. 

We look forward to welcoming you!

Joonsoo, Austin and Dariusz
UCL Recent Graduate Network - USA Lead Alumni Volunteers

Alumni speaker: Dr Nicole McKnight (PhD Cancer Research UK 2011)

Nicole is CEO at Stellate Therapeutics, a neurodegeneration therapeutics company. She was the founding Managing Director of BioLabs@NYULangone and is co-founder of Keystone for Incubating Innovation in Life sciences Network (KiiLN), a non-profit accelerator for entrepreneurial scientists.

A former molecular and cell biologist, Nicole performed her postdoc research at Mount Sinai and PhD work at Cancer Research UK in the London Research Institute. She is a dual US/UK citizen, grew up in Massachusetts, and also trained at the University of Chicago and Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess.

Nicole is Vice-President of the UCL Friends & Alumni Association (UCLFAA), a US non-profit dedicated to raising awareness and support for research and education at UCL, and a volunteer with Leading Women in Technology’s WILpower Program.