Pae is a General Partner at SOSV and CTO at IndieBio, where she is responsible for portfolio management and technical oversight.

Pae has invested in high risk solutions to intractable problems in both government and corporate contexts.  She applies rigorous science and engineering to transform emerging technologies into solutions for national defense, humanity, and the planet.  She is especially passionate about bridging engineered materials and systems to biology.

Prior to joining IndieBio, Pae served as the Scientific Director of Telefónica’s moonshot factory – Alpha (Barcelona), Science Director at the US Office of Naval Research – Global (Singapore), and technical consultant at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).  She holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from Duke (PhD) and Princeton (BS).