2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
Dr. Jake Reder
BSc '97, Honours Chemistry
Jake is Cofounder, Director, and CEO of Celdara Medical, LLC, and Director of New Ventures at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Focused on translational research and medical innovation, Celdara has repeatedly been one of the fastest-growing companies in its region. Jake has studied, worked, and taught in Canada, Germany, and the United States. His career includes corporate roles at Cabot Corporation and venture investing at PolyTechnos Venture-Partners. He serves on numerous boards, including the New Hampshire Academy of Science. There, he led the creation of the Fanger Center, which includes well-equipped labs for middle- and high-school scientists and engineers. He has testified before Congress on issues of governmental support for entrepreneurship, serves on the Small Business Advisory Committee for United States Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and was appointed by Governors Hassan and then Sununu to the NH Innovation Research Center’s Board of Directors. A Tibbetts Awardee, Jake was also selected by the US SBA as NH Small Business Person of the Year, and currently serves on SBA’s Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee. Jake earned a BSc with First Class Honors from the University of Waterloo, and a PhD in Chemistry as a Brown-Wetherill Fellow at Purdue University and Ludwig Maximilians Universität.