About
Ashley Zehnder is a veterinarian-scientist and the co-founder and CEO of Fauna Bio, a Berkeley/Emeryville biotech using comparative genomics and extreme-mammal biology to discover human therapeutics. She earned a PhD in Cancer Biology from Stanford, has published in journals including Cell, Nature, and Nature Medicine, and is active in mentoring and public speaking across biotech, AI-enabled drug discovery, and longevity-related communities.
Areas of interest
biotechdrug discoverycomparative genomicsAI in life scienceslongevitycardiometabolic diseaseobesityheart failureanimal biologytranslational medicinecancer biologyveterinary medicine