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'''Serving as UIF Since: '''Spring 2018 [[File:Jessica Aldrich2.jpg|right|Jessica Aldrich2.jpg]]<br/>'''School:'''University of Florida<br/>'''What does she do now:''' PhD in Biomedical Engineering at UF, Assistant Community Manager at Startup Grind<br/>'''What that means:''' A full time student who also works on community management and community development for founders and entrepreneurs world wide.
'''Contact her about:''' Design thinking workshops, communications workshops, facilitating design competitions, high school programming, Pop-up events, guest lectures and public speaking, community development, relational leadership, Startup Grind, and trying to do too many things at once.<br/>'''E-Mail:'''nbsp;jxaldrich@gmail.com<br/>'''Phone:''' 785-250-3916
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<br/> Jessica Aldrich is a University Innovation Fellow at the University of Florida. She completed her BS/MS in biomedical engineering at Wichita State University in 2018/2019 (respectively). During her undergraduate career, Jessica studied Biomedical Engineering with minors in Math and General Business. She spent her freshman year as a student athlete playing volleyball at Avila University before transferring to Wichita State. After graduation, Jessica spent the summer working on her thesis and spent a few weeks in Europe taking a course in design from the University of Twente. Since completing her Masters degree, Jessica started interning with Startup Grind and works on the Community team and connects founders and entrepreneurs around the globe. She moved to Florida and began her PhD in fall 2019.