Ian Johnston

Ian has a background in biomedical engineering and life sciences consulting. Coming from his prior position at Putnam Associates, Ian brings experience in addressing key business and therapeutic development questions for biopharmaceutical and health-care clients. He also holds a PhD in Pharmacology from UPenn where his research focused on the microfluidic modeling of the cardiovascular system to understand various hematologic pathologies and investigate novel therapeutics. Additionally, during this time, Ian worked at the Penn Center of Innovation assessing technologies from the UPenn community for their patent-ability and market potential; these technologies spanned realms such as diagnostics, digital health, medical devices, research tools, and novel therapeutic platforms. Ian also functioned as the vice president of consulting for the UPenn-Wharton health-care consulting club. Ian received his BS in biomedical engineering from Rutgers University where he served on the engineering class government.