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Joy Ku
Research Technical Manager, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance
Current Role at StanfordJoy Ku is focused on biocomputation and the advancement of their use through teaching, science communications, community building, and the promotion of research resource sharing efforts, particularly as related to reproducibility and open-source science.
She is currently Senior Director of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford (https://humanperformance.stanford.edu) and also leads the education and outreach efforts for the overall Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, which consists of institutions across the country, including Salk, UC San Diego, the University of Kansas, the University of Oregon, and the Women's Health, Sports & Performance Institute. The Alliance's mission is to discover biological principles to optimize human performance and catalyze innovations in human health.
Dr. Ku is also the Director of Promotions and Didactic Interactions for the NIH-funded Restore Center (https://restore.stanford.edu), as well as the Director of Education and Communications for the Mobilize Center (https://mobilize.stanford.edu), an NIH Biomedical Technology Resource Center. Both Centers provide tools, infrastructure, and training to support the research community. The Mobilize Center's emphasis is on biomechanical modeling and machine learning algorithms to provide new insights into human movement from data sources, such as wearables, video, and medical images. The Restore Center's mission is to advance rehabilitation research using mobile sensor and video technology for real-world assessments of movement and factors affecting movement.
She also manages SimTK (https://simtk.org), a software, model, and data-sharing platform for the biocomputation research community. -
Jing Kuang
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Development and External Relations
BioJing Kuang is a venture capitalist and strategic investor who bridges the gap between massive-scale capital markets and the agile world of early-stage innovation. As the Founding Partner at Y Plus Ventures, she focuses on investing in early-stage AI startups in Silicon Valley, helping founders navigate the critical transition from technological breakthroughs to scalable, market-ready business models. Her investment thesis emphasizes the practical application of artificial intelligence and the development of robust infrastructure for the next generation of consumer tech enterprises.
With a deep background in global finance, Jing brings extensive operational and transactional expertise to her portfolio companies. She previously served as President & CEO of Yongjia Capital, where she orchestrated complex financial strategies and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In this role, she oversaw over $50 billion USD transactions, managing high-stakes deal structuring, due diligence, and strategic integration across distinct market cycles and geographies.
Deeply committed to the educational pipeline of the venture industry, Jing is the Founder and Instructor of the RootedIn VC Fellowship at Stanford. Through this program, she teaches Stanford students in the mechanics of venture capital investment, deal sourcing, decision making and portfolio management. She extends this educational commitment as a Teaching Facilitator for Executive Education at the Stanford d.school, and globally as a Guest Lecturer at the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Peking University, bridging the gap between academic theory and real-world investment practice.
Jing plays a central role in the Stanford ecosystem, serving as Co-President of Stanford GSB Asian Alumni Chapter, President of Stanford GSB Venture Capital Alumni Chapter, and sitting on the Investment Committee for Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs.
Jing holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Peking University.
