Shabnam Ziaee

Shabnam (Shae) Ziaee, PhD, currently serves as the Director of Business Development at Synthekine, having previously held the position of Associate Director of Business Development at Aligos Therapeutics. With a strong background in strategic alliance and business development honed at UCSF Innovation Ventures and Biotech Connection - Bay Area, Inc., Shabnam also contributed as an Associate Consultant at Huron and a Senior Associate at BluePrint Research Group, where extensive market research supported pharmaceutical strategies. Shabnam’s academic foundation includes a PhD in Cancer Biology from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a BS in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics from UCLA, along with notable research experience in cancer biology and tumor microenvironments.