As a private equity investor, Irina works closely with the Private Equity Team, global industry analysts and other research resources within the firm to identify, conduct due diligence on, and negotiate investments in private companies within the biotech sector. 

Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2019, Irina was an equity research vice president at Cowen and Co., covering small and mid-cap biotechnology companies (2017 – 2019). Previously, she worked in risk management within JPMorgan’s wholesale lending businesses (2014 – 2017).

Irina earned her PhD in microbiology from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York (2014) and her master of science in biomolecular sciences from Utrecht University in the Netherlands (2009). She also earned a BS in biochemistry and cell biology from Jacobs University in Germany (2007).