Jessica Owens

Who is Jessica Owens?

Jessica Owens joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers in 2006 to

work on investments in pandemic preparedness and bio-defense. Jessica

brings experience in global public health and infectious disease

research from four years at the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention where she was a scientist in the Special Pathogens Branch.

Her work resulted in the discovery and demonstration of genetic shift

among Hantavirus strains. She also worked on the development of

PCR-based diagnostic assays and conducted Hantavirus field surveillance.Prior

to KPCB, Jessica worked in equity research covering the diagnostics

industry at Thomas Weisel Partners. She also worked in corporate

finance as part of the life sciences investment banking team at

Robertson Stephens. In addition, Jessica worked in Oncology RD

Project Finance at Genentech.Jessica received an MBA from

Harvard Business School, an MS from the Department of Cancer Biology at

Stanford University, and a BA in Biology from Agnes Scott College.