Dr. Aditi Deshpande is a Part-time Teaching Professor of the Professional MS in Biotechnology (PSM) program at Northeastern University. Dr. Deshpande has a PhD in Biochemistry from Brandeis University with specialization in Structural Biology of proteins and macromolecules. She has 10 years of experience leading early-stage biologic drug development programs from discovery into clinic in the biotech industry. Her experience has spanned across multiple therapeutic biologic modalities, ranging from monoclonal and bispecific antibodies, fusion proteins and recombinant enzymes. She is currently Director of Research and Early Development at ClearB Therapeutics and Orthogonal Neuroscience. She enjoys teaching and mentoring students and believes that teaching is not just about delivering content but building relationships and making a difference.