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Nina Tandon is CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, the world’s first company growing living human bones for skeletal reconstruction. She obtained a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from the Cooper Union, a Master’s in Bioelectrical Engineering at MIT, a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, and an MBA at Columbia University. She is a TED Senior Fellow, a Staff Associate Postdoctoral Researcher in the Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering, Columbia University, and Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Cooper Union. Her PhD research focused on studying electrical signaling in the context of tissue engineering, and has worked with cardiac, skin, bone, and neural tissue. Nina spent her early career in telecom (Avaya Labs) and transitioned into biomedical engineering via her Fulbright Scholarship in Italy, where she worked on an electronic nose used to “smell” lung cancer. After completing her PhD, she consulted at McKinsey and Company, but since 2010 she has continued her work in tissue engineering. Nina has published 10 journal articles (cited > 300 times, H = 9) a
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This profile on Dr. Nina Tandon is the first post of a month-long series of profiles about female STEM innovators in honor of Women’s History Month. Check back each weekday to read a new profile, the next of which focuses on Danielle Dy Buncio, Co-founder and CEO of VIATechnik, a construction technology firm, in honor of Women in Construction week.
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 I wanted to follow,” Dr. Tandon said in an interview with Vogue magazine where she also revealed that her curiosity fueled her through degree after degree1.
Since taking her first colle
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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 that has recently seen traction in areas such as Brooklyn Navy Yard and Sunset Park.
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