Stelios Kosmidis, Ph.D.

Stelios Kosmidis, Ph.D., is an MBA candidate at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management with more than 15 years of experience in neuroscience, rare disease, and biotechnology. In Nobel laureate Eric Kandel's laboratory at Columbia University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, he studied age-related memory loss and developed Fast 3D Clear, a tissue-clearing method now used by laboratories worldwide.

Stelios later led rare-disease therapeutic programs in the biotechnology industry and received multiple awards for scientific and strategic impact. He is pursuing an MBA to pair his scientific background with business leadership and ultimately found a biotechnology company focused on neurodegenerative and rare diseases.