Hixon

Kimberlee Hixon

Technology Specialist
Boston

I am focused on supporting client innovation through the protection of their intellectual property.

Dr. Kimberlee “Kim” Hixon leverages her previous experience in biochemistry, immunology and cancer biology to impact patent prosecution in the life science industry.

Kim earned her Ph.D. in biological and biomedical sciences from Harvard University. Her dissertation focused on the regulation of chromatin remodeling in immune cell development and hematologic cancers.
 

Education

  • Harvard University, Ph.D., Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 2025 
  • Simmons University, B.Sc., Biochemistry and Sociology, 2017

Experience

  • Provided IP diligence support to Genmab A/S (NASDAQ: GMAB), an international biotech company specializing in antibody therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases, in its acquisition of Merus for $8B, expanding Genmab’s late-stage pipeline
  • Business Development Fellow, Harvard University
  • Mini-MBA Harvard GSAS Business Club, Harvard University 

Publications

  • Battistello, Hixon, and Comstock et al., “Stepwise activities of mSWI/SNF family chromatin remodeling complexes direct T cell activation and exhaustion.” Molecular cell vol. 83,8 (2023): 1216-1236.e12. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2023.02.026