About Us

Ashley handles marketing activities for Jumar and assists with the execution of events at the incubator. She strives to create a positive experience for our residents by ensuring they have access to ample support, meaningful connections, and abundant learning opportunities.

Before joining Jumar, she was a strategist in a marketing agency, where she drove brand awareness for startups in various industries. She also has a degree in communications and journalism. On the weekends, you’ll find Ashley hiking Melbourne's trails or uncovering the city's tastiest bites!

Mohana manages the health and education programs for the entrepreneurs and health tech founders here at Jumar and the wider Bio Ecosystem. Her focus is on supporting residents along their journey along with establishing and maintaining new relationships.

She has worked for Educational, NFP and Commercial organisations, with almost 20 years of experience in Project and Program Management. Mohana holds a BSc in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and a Diploma in Project Management. A world traveler, she relishes new experiences.  

Andreas is the Operational Compliance and Biosafety Officer at Jumar. His role involves overseeing the legal & regulatory compliance of all laboratory operations occurring in the bioincubator. Complementary to this, he will be working alongside the facilities manager for the embedding and streamlining of technical and biosafety practices in the labs and for the backend of Jumar, ensuring that safety and integrity in the facility is maintained.

Andreas joins us having previously worked across both academia and industry as a research officer and scientific technician respectively. His previous experience saw him involved in a range of technical, database and safety related initiatives ensuring the day to day operations of wetlabs and offices ran as smoothly as possible. Outside the lab Andreas is an fervent rock climber and an avid foodie with a serious passion for ice-cream.

Michael is the Community Facilities Manager at Jumar. His role involves providing front facing assistance from reception to the residents on matters both the office and laboratory related. Michael is also tasked with taking care and overseeing the backend operations of all of our facilities with a focus on the laboratory.

Michael's previous role was as a Laboratory Operations Manager, where he was responsible for all the operational aspects within the lab which included a wide array of tasks covering, Lab Equipment/Processes/ Upgrades, IT, Purchasing and OHS. Anytime problems arose Michael was commonly the first point of contact for a solution. Michael was also the operator for Melbourne's infamous star observation wheel, where he was at the controls keeping it running.

Camille manages Jumar Bioincubator, ensuring we have a thriving biotech community of diverse biopharma and medtech startups with the support they need to accelerate product development. Camille leads the Jumar team, maintains connections with all residents and across the ecosystem and curates the events and programs to create a culture of innovation and acceleration. Camille drives Jumar's contribution to the broader biotech ecosystem in Australia.

Camille has experience across clinical, scientific, business development and commercialisation roles in the biopharma sector, working in Australia and Canada. Camille has built on her academic medical research experience to facilitate the translation of Australia's world class research into clinical solutions. Camille has a strong track record in managing projects in early stage translational, STEM infrastructure and health policy. Prior to joining Jumar Bio, Camille held life sciences consulting and business development roles developing strong ties with biotech companies at all stages of product development and with key peak bodies including Ausbiotech, MTPConnect and BioMelbourne Network.  

Ellie supports the residents of Jumar Bioincubator by managing the health programs for the health tech founders and entrepreneurs. Ellie is also your first point of contact when you arrive at Jumar Bioincubator. She provides support for all our residents’ needs as well as assisting with management of internal and external events at the incubator.

Ellie is a cultural chameleon that loves socialising! She was born and raised in Sweden and is ethnically Persian so she can easily adapt to European and Middle eastern customs. Ellie’s professional experience has mainly been in the translational health research sector and biotech start-ups. She has managed a governmental funding program where she looked after Australian researchers nationwide and provided them with support. Ellie’s educational background was completed in Sweden and includes a M.Sc. in Bioengineering and a M.Sc. in Bioentrepreneurship and she conducted her master’s thesis in the US at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health sciences and Technology. Ellie is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Chloe is the Business Development Coordinator at Jumar. Her role involves supporting the General Manager in developing a thriving and diverse biotech community in the incubator. Her focus is on strengthening and maintaining connections with all residents and the broader bio ecosystem, and ensuring day-to-day administration runs smoothly.

Chloe has predominantly worked in the government sector in a variety of administrative and project management roles. Her experience with a wide variety of stakeholders has given her a great understanding of the needs of others and assisting them achieve their goals. Chloe holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Fine Art and is a practicing artist. In her free time, you’ll find her checking out a new exhibition or hanging out in her studio.