Van N. Truskett
Observer · DISC type icVan N. Truskett is the Venture Discovery Director at Big Idea Ventures, where she architects venture-backable companies from frontier science, focusing on food, agriculture, and advanced materials. With a PhD from Johns Hopkins, she excels at commercializing university-originated intellectual property and previously directed technology innovation at The University of Texas at Austin.
She is passionate about creating a healthier planet by developing and scaling sustainable technologies. This is demonstrated through her board memberships at BioCloak, which replaces petroleum-based coatings, and PlantSustain, which provides large-scale biological solutions for agriculture. Van is also a dedicated philanthropist, having made planned gifts to support research at UT Austin.
Unique fact: Van is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and holds over 50 U. S. and international patents.
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