Mahesh V. Patel Ph.d.

Biography

Dr. Mahesh V. Patel, Ph.D. co-founded Lipocine Inc. in 1997 and has also been its President and Chief Executive Officer since 1997. Dr. Patel has more than fifteen years of technology and product development experience in the area of drug discovery support, drug delivery and product line extensions. Prior to co-founding Lipocine, he led drug delivery research and development at Pharmacia and Upjohn, Kalamazoo, MI. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, technology assessment/development, technical management and product research and development. Dr. Patel has been the Chairman of Lipocine Inc. since January 6, 2014 and its Director since 1997. Dr. Patel received a B.Pharm from Karnataka University in India. Dr. Patel received his M.S. in physical pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati and his Ph.D. in pharmaceutics from the University of Utah.

Research Interest

 Food & Industrial Microbiology