Laura Indolfi

Laura Indolfi is an Italian biomedical entrepreneur, TED Fellow 2016 and co-founder and CEO of PanTher Therapeutics, a start up spun out from Harvard and MIT that provides superior technologies for revolutionizing the treatment of inoperable locally advanced solid tumors. Prior to this she served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at the MGH Cancer Center and as a research associate in the Harvard-MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science. Laura has broad professional experiences and interests ranging from biomedical engineering, to entrepreneurship and outreaching initiative to promote science. Her scientific expertise covers a broad range of therapeutic areas (cardio, cancer, inflammation, regenerative medicine) and approaches (drug delivery, cell therapy, implanted devices). Together with her strong technical background, she has hands-on business managerial know-hows developed during her biomedical business training at Sloan and Harvard Business Schools and interactions with consulting firms. She strongly believes in the power of outreaching initiatives to promote research awareness and foster the public audience’s discovery of the beauty of science. In 2014 the line of clothes Cytocouture, created in collaboration with Colombian designer Carlos Villamil and inspired by her cell-therapy research, won the global competition Descience. Laura holds a MS/BS degree in materials science and engineering and a PhD in biomaterials from the University “Federico II” of Naples in Italy. Upon graduation, she joined the Harvard-MIT Division of Health, Science and Technology, working on several projects spanning from devices for local drug delivery to tissue engineering approaches for cell therapies.