Lavakumar Karyampudi

Lavakumar Karyampudi, PhD, is a Technical Director of Cell Therapy Facility (CTF) at Moffitt Cancer Center. He is responsible for complete oversight of all technical staff activities, manufacturing, and compliance standards of experimental and approved cell therapy products at Cell Therapy Facility. Prior to his recruitment to Moffitt, during last 15+ years in both academia and in biotech companies, Dr. Karyampudi provided successful leadership for immuno-oncology programs focused on different cancer immunotherapeutics, especially cellular therapeutics. Dr. Karyampudi received his PhD degree from Indiana State University and completed postdoctoral training at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota.