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
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.

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

Mauro Maccarrone, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Maccarrone is Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at the Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila (Italy). He is also Head of the Lipid Neurochemistry Unit at the European Center for Brain Research - IRCCS Santa
For his research activity, he has received the 4th Royan International Research Award for Reproductive Biomedicine (2003), the 2007 IACM Award for Basic Research, the 2016 ICRS Mechoulam Award, and the 2020 Tu Youyou Award.
Dr. Maccarrone served as President of the International Cannabinoid Research Society in 2010-2011, Chair of the 2015 Gordon Research Conference on Cannabinoid Function in the CNS and is a founding member of the European Cannabinoid Research Alliance. Previous roles include visiting Professor at Leiden University (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, The Netherlands) in 2017, faculty member of The Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, since 2019, and visiting Professor at Cambridge University (Department of Psychology, U.K.) in 2019 as well as at National University of Rosario (Argentina) in 2021.
Dr. Maccarrone has authored more than 500 published papers and is a holder of 8 issued patents. He is listed among the Top Italian Scientists.