Pankaj Karande
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Focuses on engineering peptides as novel drugs, drug carriers, affinity agents, and biomaterials for medical applications
Diagnostics Vaccine Design Drug Delivery Drug Discovery Peptide Engineering
Keith Gary
Director of Program Development · Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute
Trained neuroscientist that moved from academia to leveraging regional life sciences assets for economic development.
Biotechnology and Economic Development Science Education and Workforce Development Neuropeptides
Jonathan S. Dordick
Howard P. Isermann Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering & Co-Director, Heparin Applied Research Center · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Applies biological principles to advance bioengineering and biomanufacturing, stem cell engineering, and drug discovery
Drug Discovery Biomanufacturing Biochemical Engineering Biochemistry Chemistry
Stephen Mayfield
Director, California Center for Algae Biotechnology Co-director, Food & Fuel for the 21st Century Professor · UC San Diego
Stephen Mayfield's research analyses the structures and proteins in algae.
Pharmaceuticals Biofuel Algae Molecular Genetics Protein Biochemistry
Jacob Elmer, PhD
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering | College of Engineering · Villanova University
Jacob Elmer, PhD, is an expert in genetic engineering, GMOs, and gene therapy
CRISPR-Cas9 Hemoglobin Immunotherapy GMOs Genetic Engineering