Liisa Bayko is a Managing Director and senior research analyst covering the biotechnology industry.

Prior to joining JMP, Liisa was a Director and senior biotechnology analyst at Next Generation Equity Research. She previously served as an equity research associate at Prudential Equity Group and worked as a research analyst at Baker Brothers Investments, a biotechnology-focused asset management firm. She began her career at Pharmacia Corporation as a senior analyst in the strategy development group.

In 2011, Liisa ranked first among all stock pickers in the Pharmaceuticals category and fourth in the Biotechnology category  in the annual “Best on the Street” analyst survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal.  In 2010, she ranked second in the Biotechnology category.

Liisa holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, an MS in medical biophysics from the University of Toronto and a BS with honors from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.