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.