Meena Narayanan holds a PhD in Allergy/ Immunology from Medical University of Vienna, Austria. After her post-PhD experience from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LA, currently, she is working as a Principal Scientist in CMC - Process Analytics discipline at Genentech (Legacy – Poseida Therapeutics, A member of Roche group). With over a decade of Cell Biology/Immunology experience, she is passionate about Cell and Gene Therapy modality. 
During her downtime, she loves serving at selected biotech forums including AWIS and Biocom as a Mentor, Co-Chair and in Board Leadership role. She absolutely resonates with AWIS's tagline "Invest in their future (and yours)"; She strongly believes in giving back to the scientific community at the same time expanding the breadth and depth of her experience in mentoring, team building and leadership.