Physicists in the Wild

Cristina Escoda - String Theory PhD to Venture Capital & Angel Investing

Aggie Branczyk Season 1 Episode 9

Aggie Branczyk interviews Cristina Escoda, who did her PhD in string theory, and is now the co-founder & managing partner of an early-stage biotech venture capital firm, an angel investor, and a writer. Cristina’s remarkable career takes her from physics & philosophy, to film school, to an MBA, to working on the trading floor in New York, to a hedge fund, and a stint doing data science at a life sciences startup, before joining the world of VC. In this episode, she shares how she’s interwoven her love for science and creative endeavours, and gives some words of wisdom to current physics PhD students.

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Opening music by Alexey Ivanov from Pixabay.

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Aggie works at IBM as a Technical Program Manager for the Quantum Working Groups, and the opinions shared in this podcast are her own and are not in any way endorsed by IBM.