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1 Piyush K. Jain, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., , Cambridge, MA, USA Contact: (816) , Website: EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), Kansas City, MO, USA (GPA: 3.8/4.0) Major Discipline: Pharmaceutical Sciences Minor Discipline: Chemistry Thesis Title: Light Activated Biomacromolecules Graduate Advisor: Simon H. Friedman, Ph.D. Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) Dr. Hari Singh Gour University (Central University), Sagar, MP, India (GPA: 4.0/4.0) Major Discipline: Pharmaceutical Sciences TEACHING CERTIFICATES Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program June 2016 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Certificate College Teaching & Career Preparation May 2013 University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), Kansas City, MO, USA POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge MA Postdoctoral Associate, Prof. Sangeeta N. Bhatia lab June Current Led a team to develop light activated CRISPR for precise genome editing and resulted into a publication in Angewandte Chemie, a patent disclosure, and highlighted by media and scientific news. Developed light activated protease nanosensors with colleagues in the lab for the detection of cancer and resulted in coauthored publication in ACS Nano, a spin off company Glympse Bio and a provisional patent. Teamed up with scientists at USCD and Sanford Burnham to develop nanotherapeutics to deliver sirna to the circulating monocytes for traumatic brain injury and resulted into renewal of DARPA grant and a manuscript (under preparation) Worked with scientists at the Broad Institute to improve specificity of CRISPR editing and deliver CRISPR components resulted into multiple manuscripts (under preparation). Collaborated with scientists at the Koch Institute to deliver and activate sirna and CRISPR/Cas9 using microneedles for transdermal applications and the project resulted into a manuscript (under preparation). Directly mentored 4 students including 3 undergraduate students and a summer intern for CRISPR projects. University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), School of Pharmacy, Kansas City MO Graduate Research Assistant, Prof. Simon H. Friedman lab Developed light activated RNA interference with lab members for targeting cancer resulted into several high impact publications, featured on the cover, a patent disclosure, several awards and NSF grant. Led a team to develop photoactivatable insulin depot for the treatment of diabetes and it resulted into two high impact publications, featured on the frontispiece, awards, a patent, media coverage and NIH DP3 grant. Developed chemical labels for site specific labeling of nucleic acids and led to a manuscript (under review). Trained and mentored 2 graduate students for various lab techniques for RNAi and insulin projects. Guest Instructor Fall 2009 Lectured Medicinal Chemistry-I four review classes for Pharm D. students as a part of the Preparing Future Faculty fellowship and received excellent feedback and ratings. Graduate Teaching Assistant Served as teaching assistant for Medicinal Chemistry-I & II courses for Pharm D. students. Facilitated improved understanding of the course material and concepts for students with study sessions. Assisted faculty members with exams and grading.

2 GRANTSMANSHIP Experience in establishing, securing and managing grant proposals to various funding agencies: NSF award ( ) $355,000, Awarded to the Friedman lab Involved in research proposal, discussion, preliminary data and writing. NIH award 1DP3DK ( ) $1,372,629, Awarded to the Friedman lab Contributed as the key person for the research proposal, preliminary data as well as writing. DARPA Cooperative Agreement HR , $6 Million, Awarded to the Sailor/Rouslahti/Bhatia labs Responsible for renewal of the grant writing along with monthly, quarterly and annual reporting and budget. PUBLICATIONS 1. Jain PK and Friedman SH. A universal photo-cleavable clickable reagent for the reversible end labeling of any nucleic acid. RNA, 2015 (Submitted, under review). 2. Jain PK, Ramanan V, Schepers AG, Dalvie N, Panda A, Fleming HE and Bhatia SN. Development of lightactivated CRISPR using photocleavable protectors of guide RNAs. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016; 55, Sarode BR, Jain PK and Friedman SH. Polymerizing Insulin with Photocleavable Linkers to Make Light-Sensitive Macropolymer Depot Materials. Macromolecular Bioscience, 2016; 16 (8): Dudani JS, Jain PK, Kwong GA, Stevens KR and Bhatia SN. Photoactivated Spatiotemporally-Responsive Nanosensors of in Vivo Protease Activity. ACS Nano, 2015; 9(12), Kala A, Jain PK and Friedman SH. Patterning of cells through patterning of biology. Molecular BioSystems, 2014;10, Kala A, Jain PK, Karunakaran D, Shah S and Friedman SH. The synthesis of tetra-modified RNA for the multidimensional control of gene expression via light-activated RNA interference. Nature protocols, 2014; 9(1), Jain PK, Karunakaran D and Friedman SH. Construction of a Photoactivated Insulin Depot. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013; 52, Jain PK, Shah S and Friedman SH. Patterning of gene expression using new photolabile groups applied to light activated RNAi. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011; 133(3), Shah S, Jain PK, Kala A, Karunakaran D and Friedman SH. Light-activated RNA interference using double-stranded sirna precursors modified using a remarkable regiospecificity of diazo-based photolabile groups. Nucleic Acids Research, 2009; 37(13), MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION 10. Jain PK, Lo J, Panda A, Raghavan S, Panda A, Tai M, and Bhatia SN. Tandem peptide-lipid nanocomplexes target ovarian cancer and delivers CRISPR/Cas9 components in vivo. 11. Jain PK, Castleberry S, Chou JJ, Boopathy AV, Mandal A, Sarode BR, He Y, Panda A, Fleming HE, Friedman SH, Irvine DJ, Hammond PT, and Bhatia SN. Transdermal delivery and light-activation of sirna coated microneedle arrays using layer-by-layer technology. ( equal contributions) 12. Buss CG, Jain PK, Kwon EJ, and Bhatia SN. Targeted nanoparticle based delivery of sirna into circulating monocytes in vivo. PATENTS & DISCLOSURES 1. US Patent App. 14/410,606, 2013, Photocleavable drug conjugates. Friedman SH, Jain PK, Karunakaran D and Sarode B (2013). 2. U.S. Provisional Application No.: 62/332,096, Methods and uses for remotely triggered protease activity measurements. Bhatia SN, Kwong GA, Jain PK, Dudani JS and Schurle S (2016). 3. M.I.T. Technology Disclosure Case No H, "Precision Genome Editing With Activatable CRISPR." Bhatia SN, Jain PK, Ramanan V, and Schepers AG (2015). 4. UMKC Technology Disclosure, Improved Groups for Modulating the Properties of Nucleic Acids. Shah S, Friedman SH and Jain PK (2010).

3 AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS Poster Judge, AAAS meeting (2017) Served as poster judge for the 2017 Annual AAAS meeting, Boston MA Expert Panelist, MIT (2015) Finding an Impactful Postdoctoral Position by MIT graduate student council Dissertation Research Fellowship ( ) Awarded to only 4 PhD students in the University, UMKC Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship ( ) Awarded to only 5 PhD students in the University, UMKC Best Poster Awards- in Pharmaceutical Sciences/ Pharmacology and Toxicology (2013), in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2012), in Medicinal and Biological Sciences (2011)) Annual Health Sciences Research Summit, UMKC Interdisciplinary Student Council Travel Award (2009 & 2010) To attend ACS National Meeting, UMKC American Chemical Society- Division of Biological Chemistry Travel Award (2009 & 2010) Competitive award, awarded twice for poster presentation at the ACS National meetings held in Washington DC (2009) and Boston MA (2010), American Chemical Society Outstanding Student Leader Award (2008 & 2012) For serving in the PSGSA committee, UMKC Honors in Survey of Organic Chemistry-I (2007) For peer tutoring organic chemistry-ii class, UMKC RECOGNITION OF RESEARCH Jain PK, Ramanan V, Schepers AG, Dalvie N, Panda A, Fleming HE and Bhatia SN. Development of light-activated CRISPR using photocleavable protectors of guide RNAs. o Featured: Hot paper by Angewandte Chemie. Cited as an article of outstanding interest by Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier and coworkers, titled Switchable Cas9 in the Current Opinion in Biotechnology. o Highlighted: MIT News, ChemitryViews, International Business Times, Sina News, TED Blog, Futurism, Oncotherapy Network, Longevity Reporter, The Systems Scientist, Koch Institute Blog, Phys.org, Bioengineer.org, Technology.org, Drug discovery & development, and 100+ other news websites. o Rated as top 20 Angewandte Chemie articles ever published by attention score on Altmetrics. Jain PK, Karunakaran D and Friedman SH. Construction of a Photoactivated Insulin Depot. o Featured: On the frontispiece of the journal Angewandte Chemie o News article: Light Controlled Insulin Release by Melania Tesio, ChemistryViews Magazine o Highlighted: In the UMKC News, several newspapers including CBS St. Louis, Radio and TV channels. Sarode BR, Jain PK and Friedman SH. Polymerizing Insulin with Photocleavable Linkers to Make Light-Sensitive Macropolymer Depot Materials. o Featured: On the back cover of the journal, Macromolecular Bioscience. Dudani JS, Jain PK, Kwong GA, Stevens KR and Bhatia SN. Photoactivated Spatiotemporally-Responsive Nanosensors of in Vivo Protease Activity. o Featured: Cited as an important approach in the context of Moonshot Initiative at the World Economic Forum by Prof. Paula Hammond. Shah S, Jain PK, Kala A, Karunakaran D and Friedman SH. Light-activated RNA interference using double-stranded sirna precursors modified using a remarkable regiospecificity of diazo-based photolabile groups. o Featured: On the cover page of the journal Nucleic Acids Research PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS- NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS 1. Jain PK*, Ramanan V, Schepers AG, Dalvie N, Panda A, Fleming HE and Bhatia SN. Light Activatable CRISPR- Plus for Precise Genome Editing. [*Poster: 2016 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting, Denver CO, November 2016]. 2. Jain PK*, Ramanan V, Schepers AG, Dalvie N, Panda A, Fleming HE and Bhatia SN. Development of Photoactivatable CRISPR-plus Technology. [*Oral Presentation: 2016 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN, October 2016]. 3. Dudani JS*, Kwon EJ, Jain PK, Warren AD, Kwong GA and Bhatia SN. Nanosystems to profile disease-associated proteases in vivo. [*Oral Presentation: Gordon Research Seminar, Lucca (Barga) Italy, July 2016]. 4. Kala A*, Jain PK and Friedman SH. Patterning of cells through patterning of biology. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol th St, NW, Washington, DC USA: American Chemical Society [*Poster: 248th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, August 2014]

4 5. Jain PK* and Friedman SH. Application of light activated RNA interference (LARI) for the patterning of gene expression. [*Poster: 2011 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington DC, October 2011] 6. Friedman SH and Jain PK*. BIOL 234- Patterning of gene expression using light activated RNA interference (LARI). Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol th St, NW, Washington, DC USA: American Chemical Society [*Poster: 240th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston MA, August 2010] 7. Friedman SH, Jain PK*, and Shah, S. BIOL 43-Optimization of light activated RNA interference using new photolabile groups. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 238, pp th St, NW, Washington, DC USA, American Chemical Society [*Poster: 238th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Washington DC, August 2009] 8. Shah S, Jain P, Karunakaran D, Kala A, Rangarajan S, and Friedman SH* (2009, June). Light Activated RNA Interference Using Photo-cleavable sirna. Journal of Biomolecular Structure Dynamics Vol. 26, No. 6, pp ) Central Ave, Schenectady, NY USA: Adenine Press. [*Poster: Poster presentation 16th Annual Albany Conversation in Structural Dynamics, June 2009] 9. Friedman SH & Jain PK*. Development of a cost effective; high-throughput assay for telomerase inhibitors using covalently attached substrate oligo. [*Oral presentation: 39th Annual Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeting; Kansas City MO, June 2007] INVITED SCIENTIFIC TALKS 1. Jain PK* Light Activated Biomacromolecules. [*Invited talk by Prof. Erkki Ruoslahti at Sanford Burnham Institute, April 2015]. 2. Jain PK* Light Activated Biomacromolecules. [*Invited postdoctoral interview talk by Prof. Jack W. Szostak at Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, January 2013] 3. Jain PK* Light Activated Biomacromolecules. [*Invited postdoctoral interview talk by Prof. David R. Liu at Harvard University, January 2013] PRESENTATIONS- BEST POSTER AWARDS 1. Jain PK*, Karunakaran D and Friedman SH. Insulin-Photo activated depot (i-pad). [Poster: 2013 UMKC Health Sciences Research Summit, Kansas City, MO, April 2013] 2. Jain PK* and Friedman SH. Multidimensional control of gene expression using Light Activated RNA Interference (LARI). [Poster: 2012 UMKC Health Sciences Research Summit; Kansas City; MO, April 2012] 3. Friedman SH, Jain PK* and Shah S. Optimization of light activated RNA interference using new photolabile groups [Poster: 2011 UMKC Health Sciences Research Summit, Kansas City MO, April 2011] JOURNAL REVIEWERSHIP ACS Nano; American Chemical Society Science Translational Medicine; American Association for the Advancement of Science Chemical Communications; Royal Society of Chemistry Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, Wiley; American Institute of Chemical Engineers Drug Delivery and Translational Research; Springer AAPS ParmSciTech; American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Current Drug Delivery; Bentham Publishers Journal of Colloid Science and Biotechnology; American Scientific Publishers International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Innovare Academic Sciences AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS Chair, Advocacy Committee, MIT Postdoctoral Association Co-Chair, Community Building Committee, MIT Postdoctoral Association Secretary, Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Association (PSGSA) Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2016-Current Member, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2009-Current Member, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) 2006-Current

5 REFERENCES Prof. Simon H. Friedman (PhD Advisor) Professor, School of Pharmacy University of Missouri-Kansas City Phone: (816) Prof. Sangeeta N. Bhatia (Postdoc advisor) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phone: (617) Prof. William G. Gutheil (PhD dissertation committee) Professor, School of Pharmacy University of Missouri-Kansas City Phone: (816)

ZACH S. CONRAD, PhD, MPH 150 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA linkedin.com/in/zachconrad1/ sites.tufts.edu/zachconrad.

ZACH S. CONRAD, PhD, MPH 150 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02111 Zach.Conrad@tufts.edu linkedin.com/in/zachconrad1/ sites.tufts.edu/zachconrad Education Doctor of Philosophy Nutrition 2011-2015 Friedman School