Priya Karmali, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer at Capstan Therapeutics

Speaker

Priya Karmali, PhD. is Chief Technology Officer at Capstan Therapeutics and leads all aspects of technology development. Priya has over 20 years of experience in the field of lipid nanoparticle delivered nucleic acid therapeutics from discovery through development. Prior to Capstan, Priya served as Vice President of Technology Innovation and Development at Arcturus Therapeutics. Previously, Priya held positions of increasing responsibility at Regulus Therapeutics and Nitto. Priya has a PhD in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (India) where her doctoral research was focused on development of novel liposomal nucleic acid delivery systems for use in non-viral gene therapy and DNA vaccination. She pursued her postdoctoral research at Sanford-Burnham-Preby’s-Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA focusing on developing targeted nanoparticles for drug delivery. Priya is an author and co-inventor on over 70 publications and patents in the field.