QB3 seeks to accelerate the commercialization of innovations from UCSF, UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz.  Neena leads QB3's efforts to establish alliances with industry partners, which includes partnerships between industry partners and startups as well as faculty collaborations with industry scientists. QB3 currently has partnerships with Calico, Roche, Bayer, Takeda and Johnson & Johnson.  Neena leads the effort for primeUC, a UC-wide startup event to fund and showcase exciting startups emerging from the UC system, and manages other grant funding programs at QB3, including the Bridging the Gap program.  She also works to advise campus-affiliated venture funds emerging from the UC system. Neena received her PhD from CalTech in Chemistry and has an undergraduate degree from MIT.