Dr. Telugu is also a founding member, President & CEO of RenOVAte Biosciences Inc, a livestock biotechnology company. Dr. Telugu obtained his DVM from College of Veterinary Science in Tirupati, India in 2001, and a PhD from University of Missouri in 2008. Following a brief postdoctoral fellowship, also at University of Missouri, he started his laboratory at University of Maryland in 2012 . The laboratory has two research interests, Genetic engineering/ Biotechnology and Reproductive Biology. The laboratory employs genome editing tools such as CRISPRs, and cells of embryonic origin for site specifically altering the genome in large animal models g for agricultural and biomedical "Dual pupose" applications.