Mark_Kendall_(engineer)
Mark A. F. Kendall (BE PhD FTSE FRSA FNAI) (born 1972) is an Australian biomedical engineer, inventor, scientist and entrepreneur.
He is Founder and CEO of WearOptimo Pty Ltd[1] and the Vice-Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Professor at the Australian National University.[2]
Kendall was formerly the Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Queensland, where he led a team at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology[citation needed]. He was Founder, CTO and a Director of Vaxxas[citation needed]. Prior to this, in the UK, he was a University Research Lecturer at the University of Oxford and a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford[citation needed]. Whilst at Oxford, Kendall was Associate Director of the PowderJect Research Centre for Gene and Drug Delivery[citation needed].
Kendall serves at the co-chair of the $150 million Australian Stem Cell Therapies Mission[3] and on the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Biotechnology.[4]
Kendall has filed more than 160 patents (including territories)[citation needed], published in excess of 300 papers[citation needed], licensed his technologies seven times (including to Merck & Co.)[citation needed] and partnered globally, including with the World Health Organization, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[5] The biotech enterprises he has founded or made significant contribution to have generated in the region of $2 billion Aus in value[citation needed].
Kendall's contributions to innovation in global healthcare has been recognised with more than forty awards. These include recent elections as:
• World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2015).[6]
• Fellow of ATSE; Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2017).[7]
• Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (now the RSA), UK; (2017)[citation needed].
Kendall is a CSL Young Florey Medallist[8] and Rolex Laureate.[9][10]
Kendall's work regularly features in international media, including on the National Geographic Channel.[11]
Kendall's TedGlobal talk has been viewed more than a million times.[12]