Laura Melahn joined GV (formerly Google Ventures) in 2011 and is a partner on the investing team. Previously, she established GV’s marketing function, working with the fund's portfolio companies on branding and growth.[1]

Laura Melahn
Born
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University

Melahn named Calico, Alphabet’s company aiming to slow aging and counteract age-related diseases. Previously, she worked on the Google marketing team, where she developed the Street View snowmobile for the 2010 Winter Olympics and expanded Street View to cover all 50 U.S. states.[2]

Education

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Melahn studied molecular biology and graduated with honors from Princeton University. She conducted research at the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii and at University of Oxford in the biochemistry department.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Google Ventures Expands Portfolio and Team". August 9, 2011. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Oahu, Maui now on Google Street View". The Honolulu Advertiser.
  3. ^ "News from the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  4. ^ Fogelgren, Ben; Kuroyama, Mari C.; McBratney‐Owen, Brandeis; Spence, Allyson A.; Malahn, Laura E.; Anawati, Mireille K.; Cabatbat, Chantelle; Alarcon, Vernadeth B.; Marikawa, Yusuke; Lozanoff, Scott (July 2008). "Misexpression of Six2 is Associated with Heritable Frontonasal Dysplasia and Renal Hypoplasia in 3H1 Br Mice". Developmental Dynamics. 237 (7): 1767–1779. doi:10.1002/dvdy.21587. PMC 2955765. PMID 18570229.