Dr. Richard Hoopes is a seasoned molecular biologist, entrepreneur, and industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in both industry and academia, primarily focused on addressing the challenges of human disease and aging. Before co-founding NeuTherX, he served as CEO and Co-founder of NanoPore Bio, a pioneering personal health diagnostics startup. Richard has held pivotal roles in diagnostic product development, strategic planning, business development, operations, and fundraising at Mumolex Corp and Epitype Corp.

As a professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University for over a decade, he conducted extensive research on the genetics of inherited human metabolic diseases. Dr. Hoopes earned his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and completed his postdoctoral work at DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Corp.

Dr. Mitradas Panicker is an expert in the field of mammalian stem cell biology. As faculty at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, India, he initiated one of the earliest human embryonic stem cell research programs. His laboratory has patented a novel label-free fluorescence marker for pluripotent human stem cells. His research has provided insights into the molecular basis of mental illness, drug-receptor interactions, and stem cell biology.  He helped establish a national repository of induced pluripotent stem cells from individuals with psychiatric disorders. Das received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Beckman Research Institute  City of Hope, Duarte, CA and at the University of California Irvine.