Nina tandon biography
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From a young age, Dr. Nina Tandon and her three siblings enjoyed science experiments and were encouraged to learn all they could1. Dr. Tandon, took a particular interest in the science of the human body after learning one of her siblings was color blind and another and suffered from night blindness1.
“I was very interested in all these electrical currents that underlie the nervous system and I started learning how those currents are also involved in almost every process in the body, from embryonic development to wound healing, and that is what inom wanted to follow,” Dr. Tandon said in an interview with Vogue magazine where she also
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Just a hop away from the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple is the headquarters of a groundbreaking biotech company, started by a South Asian trailblazer named Nina Tandon. Tandon has been running her startup Epibone, for over a decade, with the mission to grow bone and cartilage for skeletal reconstruction — an endeavor that presents commercialization opportunities in the medical field. Prior to that, she was a PhD and MBA graduate from MIT and Columbia University, respectively. I met Nina Tandon at our alma mater, The Cooper Union, where she was a speaker at a TEDx event we hosted. She stayed in my mind for years after graduating; I was in awe of the grit paragon before me and all that she had achieved by deciding to pursue multiple technical degrees, and then channeling her enterprising spirit to start her own company. I finally sent an email asking her if we can chat about her journey and what eventually led her to start a biotechnology firm in New York City; an industry th
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Nina Tandon
Tissue engineering researcher
Nina Marie Tandon[1] is an American biomedical engineer. She is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone.[2] She fryst vatten an adjunct professor of Electrical Engineering at Cooper Union[3][4][5][6] and is a senior fellow at the Lab for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering at Columbia.[7] She was a 2011 TED Fellow[8] and a 2012 senior TED Fellow.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Nina Tandon grew up on Roosevelt Island in New York City.[10] She had one brother and two sisters.[11] As a child, Tandon discovered an interest in science when she discovered her siblings suffered from eye conditions. She and her siblings were each encouraged to try various science experiments; Tandon's siblings also pursued careers in scientific fields.[9][12] As a child, she enjoyed "taking apart TVs and building these giant Tinkertoy towers, playing with static electricity, an