Joanne Kanaan, cofounder of Omini

Opinion

August 1, 2023

5 lessons for academic founders swapping the lab bench for the boardroom

From negotiating lab space to leaving your ego at the door, here's how academic founders can get company building right

Joanne Kanaan

6 min read

A career in science no longer just means lab work, research papers and publishing in journals. More and more, scientific talent is entering tech by commercialising research and launching companies in everything from AI and quantum to drug discovery and carbon capture. 

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Joanne Kanaan

Joanne Kanaan is the cofounder of Omini. She studied a masters in systems biology and a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris before launching Omini at Entrepreneur First in Paris.

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