Jeff Chen

Jeff Chen is a Managing Director and the Head of Healthcare at Alkeon Capital Management, focusing on the healthcare and life science sectors. He has led investments across biotech, pharma, diagnostics, medical devices, tools, contracted research organizations, and contracted development and manufacturing organizations.‍

Jeff previously served as Vice President and Research Analyst covering biotechs at Cowen and Company. He has over a decade of academic research and held research positions at Max Planck Institute in Germany and at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Cellular Molecular Medicine/Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University with seminal work on learning and memory in neurocognitive disorders.