Shiksha Mantri holds a Ph.D. in chemical Bbiology from the University of Oxford, U.K., and did her postdoc at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She joined Merck as the global Technical Product Manager for synthetic lipids, where she was responsible for managing Merck’s lipids portfolio and custom manufacturing businesses. She continues to support the top industry players and young start-ups in the fields of RNA delivery and vaccines as the Global Marketing Manager for RNA solutions.