Moving systems, innovation, and capacity forward.
Exploring how ideas move through materials, environments, and systems into the world.
Abenya works across innovation ecosystems to support how ideas move into adoption and impact at scale.
It explores how science, manufacturing, culture, and behavior determine whether ideas remain isolated or become realized in the world.
Travel, objects, and material experience expand perspective and strengthen systems of collaboration and innovation.
Modes of Engagement
Opportunity Sprint
Maximize what you already have. Move with clarity.
Identify underutilized resources, sharpen your positioning, and map aligned pathways across fragmented systems.
Workshops & Experiential Programming
Build the skills to navigate systems and create value.
Designed to help participants understand how to move across academia, industry, and policy
Advisory & Institutional Partnerships
Strategic guidance for navigating complexity and constraints.
Ongoing advisory supporting innovators and institutions in aligning resources, navigating fragments ecosystem, and building cross-sector partnerships
Observations from environments, material culture, and everyday objects inform how people move, decide, and build. These insights support both innovation strategy and the design of more intentional systems and experiences.
Alexis N. Peña, Ph.D.
Biomedical Engineer | Entrepreneur
Work spans biotech, materials innovation, and cross-sector collaboration with universities, national labs, and industry partners.
Featured in: Science, MIT Technology Review, Inside Higher Ed, EIX Exchange
Photo Credit: Argonne National Laboratory
Building Momentum in Fragmented Ecosystems.
Abenya supports innovators in navigating complexity, maximizing existing resources, and taking aligned action that compounds over time.
“Dr. Alexis Peña was my PI and mentor for the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship at Argonne National Laboratory, and over the past two years she has been an integral part of my development, always striving to “lift while she climbs.” Her mentorship shaped not only my growth as a researcher, but also my confidence and sense of who I am becoming, both professionally and personally.”
— Undergraduate Researcher“Over the last 10 months, I’ve been following Alexis’ advice and it has truly changed how I move through my work, helping me focus on what matters and build step by step toward a sustainable MVP. With her guidance, I feel more grounded, strategic, and in a completely different place than when we first met.”
— Founder“Working with Alexis during a customer discovery program was incredibly valuable; she listens deeply, understands complex ventures quickly, and offers feedback that is both honest and steadying. Her guidance sharpened my thinking, strengthened my approach, and made a real difference in my journey as a founder.”
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