Grace Ahn

Grace Ahn is an accomplished engineer and educator with extensive experience in research and development. From September 2016 to 2021, Grace served as Engineer III and R&D Lead at Emulate, Inc., leading multimillion-dollar grants for organ-chips-in-space microgravity research and developing microfluidics hardware for autonomous biological experiments on the International Space Station. Prior roles include Engineer I at Emulate, Teaching Assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and various engineering positions at Olin College of Engineering, Barrett Technology, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Olin Robotics Laboratory. Most recently, Grace worked at Native Design in a design strategy role and held positions as Head of Strategic Partnerships and Business & Strategy Manager. Grace earned a degree from MIT with a perfect GPA of 5.0/5.0 and received a full tuition scholarship during graduate studies.