eWEAR/Golden Seeds International Women’s Day Event

Bao is K.K. Lee Professor of Chemical Engineering, and by courtesy, a Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Stanford University. Bao directs the Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiate (eWEAR) and the Taiwan Science and Technology Hub @ Stanford. She is a CZ Biohub investigator since 2022 and an Arc Institute Innovation Investigator since 2023.

Prior to joining Stanford in 2004, she was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies from 1995-2004. She received her Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1995.  She has more than 700 refereed publications and over 80 US patents with a Google Scholar H-Index 206 and is one of the world’s most highly cited scholars in the fields of chemistry and material science. She is one of the Clarivate Citation Laureates in Chemistry for her pioneering work on skin-inspired electronics.

Bao is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. She a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Science. She has been serving on the Board of Directors of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation and scientific affair committee from 2022. She is an advisor for the Science for America, a solutions incubator to address urgent challenges, driven by an unprecedented alliance of leading philanthropic organizations.

Bao is a recipient of the VinFuture Prize Female Innovator 2022, the ACS Chemistry of Materials Award 2022, MRS Mid-Career Award in 2021, AICHE Alpha Chi Sigma Award 2021, ACS Central Science Disruptor and Innovator Prize in 2020, Gibbs Medal 2020, Wilhelm Exner Medal 2018, ACS Award on Applied Polymer Science 2017, L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award 2017.

Bao is a co-founder and on the Board of Directors for C3 Nano and PyrAmes, both are silicon-valley venture funded start-ups. Research inventions from her group have been licensed and are foundational technologies of multiple start-ups founded by her students. Bao serves as an advisor for Fusion Venture

Connie Chan is a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she focuses on investing in consumer technology. Connie joined the firm in 2011 as a deal partner on the investment team before becoming a general partner in 2018. She serves on the boards of Cider, Whatnot, and KoBold.

Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Connie worked at HP leading its webOS efforts in China. She started her career as a private equity investor at Elevation Partners, investing in media and entertainment. Connie is well-known across Silicon Valley for her deep knowledge of the Chinese consumer technology landscape and is often tapped as an expert to translate how trends may move from Asia to the west.

Connie won a Sidney award for her writing on WeChat and is a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. She received her B.A. in Economics and M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

Michele Colucci is a thought leader in venture capital, a lawyer, an investor, a serial entrepreneur, and a philanthropist. She holds five patents in technology and has established companies across legal, technology, retail, and entertainment sectors. Her vast experience in highly regulated industries has addressed various issues from management to legal matters. As a venture capitalist specializing in medical technology, Colucci is dedicated to influencing the healthcare field by investing in companies that enhance diagnostic decisions for doctors through AI and big data applications. She has served on the board of directors for public and private companies such as Global Indemnity Group, Nephrosant, Optina Diagnostics, NOWDiagnostics, GLX Analytix, Biotia, and Delphi Diagnostics. Colucci has been a frequent guest lecturer at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. In 2017, she was appointed West Coast Ambassador by the Nobel Laureate Foundation and recognized as one of ‘Women of Influence’ by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. In 2023, Silicon Valley Magazine honored her as the ‘Top MedTech Investor.’ Colucci obtained her B.A. and J.D. from Georgetown University and an M.F.A from the AFI.

Xina is the Co-founder & CEO of PyrAmes, a start-up based on Stanford Prof. Zhenan Bao’s research on electronic skin.  Over the past 40 years, she has led interdisciplinary teams that have transformed advanced materials research into innovative commercial products for photonics, telecommunications, optoelectronics, and consumer electronics applications, first at AT&T Bell Labs and then at several startups in Silicon Valley.  Xina has SB and SM degrees from MIT and a PhD from Princeton, all in Chemical Engineering. She is a registered patent agent with the US Patent Office and has more than 30 issued patents. 

Madhu has 25 years of experience in executive leadership roles across manufacturing, supply chain, sales and product management spanning various industries such as electronics packaging, conductive adhesives, medical devices, LED lighting and engineered plastics. She was the youngest and first female Plant Manager appointed at Philips Lighting. She has led and executed various company transformations and acquisitions. Madhu received her degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.