John R. Mascola

John R. Mascola is an American physician-scientist, immunologist and infectious disease specialist. He was the director of the Vaccine Research Center (VRC), part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH).  He also served as a principal advisor to Anthony Fauci, director of NIAID, on vaccines and biomedical research affairs. Mascola is the current Chief Scientific Officer for ModeX Therapeutics.

An internationally recognized expert on vaccine and antibody-based product development, Mascola has led biomedical research efforts targeting a wide breadth of viral pathogens for more than 30 years.

As part of the United States Government COVID-19 Response, Mascola led the Vaccine Development Team (VDT) of Operation Warp Speed facilitating the rapid development, evaluation, and subsequent authorization of effective COVID-19 vaccines. Provided by Wikipedia