Dr Mahendra Rao

Adjunct Faculty

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.