Mark Kendall (engineer)  Mark A. F. Kendall (BE PhD FRSA FTSE) (born 1972) is an Australian biomedical engineer, inventor, scientist and entrepreneur. He is Founder and CEO of WearOptimo Pty Ltd and the Vice-Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Professor at the Australian National University. Kendall was formerly the Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Queensland, where he led a team at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. He was Founder, CTO and a Director of Vaxxas. Prior to this, in the UK, he was a University Research Lecturer at the University of Oxford and a Lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford, Kendall was Associate Director of the PowderJect Research Centre for Gene and Drug Delivery. Kendall serves at the co-chair of the $150 million Australian Stem Cell Therapies Mission and on the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Biotechnology. Kendall is widely regarded as a work leader in biotechnology, particularly in the field of medical devices for global impact. He has invented more than 160 patents (including territories), published in excess of 300 papers, licensed his technologies seven times (including to Merck & Co.) and partnered globally, including with the World Health Organization, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The biotech enterprises he has founded or made significant contribution to have generated in the region of $2 billion Aus in value. Kendall's contributions to innovation in global healthcare has been recognised with more than forty awards. These include recent elections as:  • World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer (2015). • Fellow of ATSE; Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2017). • Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (now the RSA), UK; (2017). Kendall is a CSL Young Florey Medallist and Rolex Laureate. Kendall's work regularly features in international media, including on the National Geographic Channel. Kendall's TedGlobal talk has been viewed more than a million times.  https://www.ted.com/speakers/mark_kendall  Kendall was born on April 16th 1972. He received his Bachelors of Engineering (Hons I, 1993) and PhD (1998) from the University of Queensland. In 1998, Kendall moved to the UK to take up a position in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford (1998-2006).