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Sandra Panem, PhD

Dr. Panem joined Cross Atlantic Partners in 2000 as a Managing Partner. Previously, she was President of Vector Fund Management, where she was responsible for the start-up, capital raising, and management of the asset management affiliate of Vector Securities International. Operations included the management of the Vector Later-Stage Equity Fund, L.P., and Vector Later-Stage Equity Fund II, L.P., private partnerships committing $240 million to equity investments in the emerging life science and healthcare industries. Prior to joining Vector, Dr. Panem served as Vice President and Portfolio Manager for the Oppenheimer Global Bio Tech Fund, a $200 million mutual fund that invested in public and private biotechnology companies. Prior to Oppenheimer, Dr. Panem was Vice President at Salomon Brothers Venture Capital, a $40 million fund focused on early and later-stage life science and technology investments. Dr. Panem was also an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago and a Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and is the author of several books and papers concerning the commercialization of new medical technologies. Currently, she holds directorships in Martek Biosciences Corporation (MATK), Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR), Labcyte, and Gene-IT. She is a director of the New York Biotechnology Association. She received a B.S. Degree in Biochemistry (‘66) and a Ph. D. in Microbiology (‘70) from the University of Chicago.