Dhinakar Kompala obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, USA. He served on the faculty of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder since 1985. Dhinakar’s research expertise is in bioprocess engineering, recombinant mammalian and microbial cell cultures, bioreactor design and operating strategies, metabolic engineering, and modeling of biological growth and production processes. Taking early retirement from the University of Colorado in 2014, Dhinakar started Sudhin Biopharma Co in CO.