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Mr. JACQUES TIZABI Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Tizabi is a frequent public speaker and an advisor/board member to numerous private and public companies in sectors ranging from medical device and information technologies to diversified entertainment and international business development. Mr. Tizabi has participated in several political campaigns on the local, state and federal levels. He holds a B.S. from New York University 's Stern School of Business and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Mr. AMIR ETTEHADIEH Research & Development As the scientific liaison between UDTT and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mr. Ettehadieh plays an instrumental role in the development of the Company's bio-detection device. Prior to joining UDTT, he was an environmental scientist at EMG, an environmental consulting firm based in Baltimore . Mr. Ettehadieh conducted site inspections on over 150 hazardous material sites, assessing potential health impacts of pollutants in the air, water and soil. He holds a B.A in Biology. LEONARD MAKOWKA, M.D., Ph.D., FRCS(C), FACS Member of Scientific Advisory Board Dr. Makowka is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities in hepatic science (study relating to the liver). In addition to his clinical accomplishments, he has successfully served in numerous executive positions. From 1995 to 1997, Dr. Makowka was the founder and Executive Director of the Comprehensive Liver Disease and Treatment Center at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles , California . Between 1989 and 1995, Dr. Makowka was the Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Director of Transplantation Services at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles , California . He was also Professor of Surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine. Beginning in 1985 until relocating to Los Angeles in 1989, Dr. Makowka trained under Dr. Thomas Starzl, the pioneer of liver transplantation, and was appointed Associated Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh . Dr. Makowka received his MD degree from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1977, and Master of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Toronto 's Department of Pathology in 1979 and 1982. He has published over 400 articles and chapters in both clinical and basic scientific research and has lectured worldwide. As one of the world's leading authorities in his field, Dr. Makowka has performed hundreds of hepatobiliary and liver transplant procedures. Dr. ADRIAN PONCE, NASA JPL INVENTOR Dr. Ponce, California Institute of Technology's (CALTECH) visiting associate in Chemistry and Senior Technical Staff Member at JPL, currently resides as Chairman of the JPL Chemical Safety Committee and is an active member of the JPL Science Advisory Council. He received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from California Institute of Technology in 1999 and a B.S. in Chemistry from Michigan State University in 1993. His Research interests include Molecular and Mesoscale Self-Assembly, Electron Transfer, Laser Spectroscopy, Chemical and Biological Sensors. |