Elena Itskovich, Ph.D.

Elena Itskovich, Ph.D.

Dr. Elena Itskovich, a scientist and member of ScienceAbroad’s advisory board manages the online ScienceAbroad community of over 5000 members. In addition to consulting for biotech startups, Elena is co-founder and president of Nest Catalyst, which collaborates with ScienceAbroad to provide entrepreneurship training to Israeli scientists. Elena is also the host and producer of the mAcademia podcast, a podcast for scientists interested in careers beyond academia.

Elena completed postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford university, earned her Ph.D. from University of Cambridge (where she was a Welcome Trust Scholar studying stem cell biology) and completed her Master’s studies at the Weizmann Institute, publishing academic papers in prestigious academic journals, including Cell and JEM.