CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Dr Mahendra Rao

Email Id: rao1789@gmail.com


 

Research interest:

1. Stem cell biology (iPSC, etc.)

2. Regenerative Medicine

 

Professional Experience:

1. Postdoctoral fellow Case Western Reserve University, 1990 - 1993

2. Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, 1994 - 2000

3. Consultant, Amedica Corporation 1996 – 2001, Geron 1998 – 2001, Stem Cell Inc. 1998 – 2001

4. Section Chief, NIH, 2000 – 2006

5. Director, Thermogenesis, 2008 – 2010

6. Adjunct Professor, Buck Institute For Age Research, 2008 - Jun 2011

7. VP Regenerative Medicine, Life Technologies, 2006 – 2011

8. Director - NIH Center for Regenerative Medicine, National Institutes of Health 2011 – 2014

9. Chief Executive Officer, panCELLa, 2020 – 2021

10. Chief Executive Officer, IMPLANT THERAPEUTICS, 2021 – 2023

11. Pluristyx, CSO, 2023 - 2024

12. Founder and CSO, Implant Bio, m Baltimore, Maryland Area, 2023 – present

13. Chief Scientific Officer, Vita Therapeutics

 

Scholastics:

MD (MBBS) from Bombay University in India

PhD in Developmental Neurobiology from the California Institute of Technology.