Georgina Sorrosal de Luna

Georgina Sorrosal, has a Bachelor of Science (B.S) in Biotechnology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), PhD in Genetics from the University of Barcelona (UB) and Master’s Degree in Management of Business Aspects of Science and Technology from Barcelona School of Management (UPF).
More than 5 years of research in Developmental Genetics and Control of Cell Growth at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) in Barcelona, being the author of several scientific publications.
Experience as a Project Manager in drug development at the biotech company Advancell, S.A, and experience as a Portfolio Manager and Business Development at the Knowledge Transfer and Innovation unit at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research in Barcelona (VHIR).
She also created the working group “ASBTEC and business” through the non-profit Association of Biotechnologists of Catalonia (ASBTEC), with whom she collaborated some years ago, to foster relations between science research and biotech companies.

Since May 2016, she has been working as Investment analyst at Healthequity, a venture capital firm, and collaborating with the Entrepreneurship in Healthcare program at CoMB (Official Medical Association of Barcelona) coaching entrepreneurs in the life-science sector.
She also coaches entrepreneurs and at the Tech4Health accelerator program at the Ship2b foundation for social entrepreneurship. She has also participated recently as a mentor in the “Science & Partners” program of the Fundació Bosch i Gimpera (University of Barcelona), and in the “Women Entrepreneurs in Health Innovation” workshop organized by IESE business school and “EIT-health catapult” workshop of the EIT-health European initiative.