Rajesh has over 20 years of research experience working in the field of Biochemistry and Biophysics.  He has a broad knowledge and technical expertise in protein biochemistry, protein production, protein structure-function elucidation and assay development.  Prior to joining Abzyme, he was the Assistant Director of R&D at LifeSensors, a biotechnology company that develops enabling technologies for therapeutic, drug discovery, and research markets with focus on ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like protein pathways. During his tenure at LifeSensors, he successfully managed several SBIR phase I and Phase II grants. Rajesh obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from University of Cologne, Germany and post-doctoral training from University of Maryland, College Park.