
From agricultural engineering in Buenos Aires to research leadership and startup building, Maria Beconi has made a career of giving scientific ideas an organization. Along the way, there was a table full of cupcakes and a two-mile swim.

After leading research inside larger institutions, Young Whan Park co-founded Avelos Therapeutics in Seoul. His next chapter turns on a practical question: how much can a small company accomplish when experience, resources, and responsibility are shared?