Scientist at CARON | NIH Funded PI | UGA 40u40 | STEM Educator & TEDx Speaker
Angiosprouts interaction (within ECM) with Immunoisolating microgels
JITENDRA PANT, MEng, PhD
APPLICATION SCIENTIST
GLOBAL LIAISON-CELL & GENE THERAPY BIOINSTRUMENT INNOVATIONS
CARON PRODUCTS, US
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About
JITENDRA PANT, ME, PhD
APPLICATION SCIENTIST
GLOBAL LIAISON-CELL & GENE THERAPY BIOINSTRUMENT INNOVATIONS
CARON PRODUCTS, US
caronproducts.com
bigneat.com
Dr. Jitendra Pant is an Application Scientist (Global Liaison-Bioinstruments Innovation in Cell & Gene Therapy) at CARON PRODUCTS, US. Over the last 15+ years, Dr. Pant has worked with 4 Biotechnology and Biomedical Devices Companies, 8 research institutions in India, Germany, and the US, and have co-founded a Biomedical Device Company that attracted funding from NIH and CDC. After earning an undergraduate degree in B.Tech-Biotechnology in 2010 from the ICFAI University Dehradun, India, he joined Biocon Research Ltd, Bangalore and where he along with the members of the Bioprocess Development team developed the world’s first anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody for the treatment of Psoriasis (FDA approved) and the world’s first biosimilar of Herceptin for the treatment of Breast Cancer (FDA approved). In 2013, joined the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS-Pilani) University, one of only 5 Indian "Institutes of Eminence" to pursue an MEng degree with a research thesis on 'Anti-bacterial vascular catheters for overcoming biomedical device-related infections (BDRIs)'. In 2015, he started a Ph.D. at the University of Georgia College of Engineering. During this time, he initiated and sustained multiple collaborations with DoD, Medical College of Georgia, Inochi Care-India, and the University of Bayreuth-Germany. His doctoral research work was focused on engineering nitric oxide (NO) releasing platforms for biomedical device fabrication and tissue engineering applications. Post his Ph.D. studies, Dr. Pant co-founded Innoveta Biomedical LLC, GA, and received SBIR funding from NIH (PI) and CDC (Co-I) to commercialize these NO-releasing platforms for developing antithrombotic and antibacterial medical devices. In 2020, he joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan to develop BETA-CELL therapy for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment. Since Aug' 2021, he is leading the new product innovation at CARON PRODUCTS & its subsidiary BIGNEAT to support cell and gene therapy research.
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Education
Jan' 2015-Dec' 2018: Ph.D.-Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US (Valedictorian)
Aug' 2013-Jan' 2015: MEng-Biotechnology, Birla Institutes of Technology & Science (BITS-Pilani), University, India (among top 3)
Aug'2006-June 2010: B.Tech-Biotechnology, Faculty of Science & Technology, ICFAI University Dehradun, India (among top 5)
Professional Experience (Academic & Industrial)
Aug' 2022- Present: Application Scientist, Global Liaison-Cell & Gene Therapy Bioinstrument Innovations, CARON PRODUCTS, OH, US
June 2020-July 2022: JDRF funded Research Fellow, BME, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI, US
Dec' 2018-June 2020: Co-founder & PI (NIH), Innoveta Biomedical LLC, GA, US
Dec' 2018-June 2020: Research Engineer II, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US
Jan' 2015-Dec' 2018: Graduate Research Assistant, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US
Aug' 2015-Jan' 2015: Graduate Research Assistant, Biotechnology, Birla Institutes of Technology & Science, University, India
July 2011-July 2013: Process Development Scientist, Monoclonal Antibodies Bioprocess Development, Biocon Research Ltd, Bangaluru India
July 2010-July 2011: Junior Executive, Monoclonal Antibodies Bioprocess Development, Biocon Research Ltd, Bangaluru India
Visiting Scholarships and Internships
May 2017-Aug’ 2017: Visiting Scholar, Medical College of Georgia, GA
Jan’ 2015-May 2015: International Exchange Scholar, University of Georgia, US
Dec’ 2014-Jan’ 2015: Visiting Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India
Jan’ 2014- Jan’ 2014: Trainee, Winter Institute in Global Health organized by Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
Dec’ 2013-Jan’ 2014: Research Trainee, National Brain Research Center (NBRC), Manesar, India
Sep’ 2013-Sep’ 2013: Visiting Scientist, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Jan’ 2010- June 2010: QC-Research Intern, Regent Healthcare, Dehradun, India
May 2008- Aug’ 2008: Production-Research Intern, Prolabs Pvt Ltd, Roorkee, India
