Robert Tressler

Robert Tressler is currently a Scientific Advisor at zPREDICTA. Robert has held this position for 4 years and 2 months. Prior to their current role, they were with San Diego Blood Bank for 7 years and 8 months, where they served as Vice President of Laboratories and Vice President of Cell Biology and Therapy. In these roles, they were responsible for heading the Cell Therapy Research unit, as well as managing the Quality Control, Immunology Reference Laboratory, and Blood Components Laboratory for the organization.

Before their time with San Diego Blood Bank, Tressler was a Scientific Advisor with Ixchel for 8 years and 4 months. In this role, they provided advice on scientific and corporate business model strategy, as well as product development. Robert also served as Co-Founder of Research and Development at TeloMax Biotech, Inc., where they were responsible for developing activators of telomerase for age-related disorders such as pulmonary diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and skin disorders.

Tressler has also spent time as a Consultant for MyeloRx, where they provided consulting services for the development of small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of hematological malignancies. Robert has also served as V.P. of R&D at Cellerant Therapeutics, where they were responsible for heading research and development for the company's antibody-based oncology program and cell-based therapeutics programs for the treatment of neutropenia and thrombocytopenia.

Most recently, Tressler was an Executive Director at Geron Corporation for 7 years and 2 months. Prior to that role, they served as Senior Scientist at Genencor, a Danisco Division (Danisco US, Inc.) for 2 years, and Senior Scientist at Genencor International for an additional 2 years.

Robert Tressler has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in Biomedical Science, which they obtained in 1990. Prior to that, they obtained a BS and MS in Microbiology from McNeese State University in 1979. Robert's graduate research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was on cell surface glycoproteins associated with tumor cell-endothelial cell interactions playing a role in tumor cell metastasis. As a graduate student at McNeese State University, they were a teaching assistant in the Department of Microbiology and Environmental Science. Robert also isolated and characterized the primary ammonia oxidizing organisms present in the Calcasieu River estuary system.