Scientific Advisory Board

Vikramaditya G. Yadav, PhD

Scientific Advisor

Dr. Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and serves as the Chair of the Biotechnology Division of the

Chemical Institute of Canada.

He has been recognized by Medicine Maker journal as one of the 100 most influential people in drug development and manufacturing. He joined UBC, Canada’s pre-eminent center for biotechnology research, in the summer of 2014 and has since established a world-leading, industry-connected research group that works on wide-ranging topics such as metagenomics, plant chemistry, tissue engineering, drug discovery and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Dr. Yadav received his Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His graduate work focused on enzyme and microbial metabolic engineering for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, and conducted post-doctoral research in biophysics and biological thermodynamics at Harvard University. Dr. Yadav received his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

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Steven Dinh, Sc.D.

Scientific Advisor

Dr. Dinh is a senior executive with an established record of success in building and leading multinational organizations to develop and commercialize small molecule and biologics drug products. He has over 30 years of experience in industry, holding leadership

roles of increasing responsibilities, and serving as Chief Scientific Officer in global pharmaceutical companies. His accomplishments in pharmaceutical product development and drug delivery technology innovations have resulted in over 60 patent publications, 6 NDA approvals and the successful commercialization of 9 products to serve the unmet needs of patients. He serves on the Board of Advisors in the College of Arts, Sciences and Education at FIU, and provides guidance to entrepreneurship and innovation. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Therapeutic Delivery. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He received his doctoral degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Mauro Maccarrone, PhD

Scientific Advisor

Dr. Maccaronne is Professor and Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Campus Bio-Medico, University of Rome. He also serves as Director of the Laboratory of Lipid Neurochemistry of the European Center for Brain Research-IRCCS

Santa Lucia Foundation in Rome.

Dr. Maccarrone served as the President of the International Cannabinoid Research Society and was the recipient of their 2016 Mechoulam Award. He also served as Chair of the 2015 Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid Function in the CNS, and is a founding member of the European Cannabinoid Research Alliance. In addition to having authored more than 460 published papers, he is the holder of eight issued patents.

Dr. Maccarrone serves as referee on the editorial boards to numerous scientific journals, including Science, Nature Medicine, JAMA, PNAS, Blood, Brain, Journal of Neuroscience, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Cannabinoids and Cannabinoid Research. He is also Editor of Biochemistry for the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS).

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