Prashant Mali is a Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. His research lies at the intersection of synthetic biology and regenerative medicine, with a long-term focus on developing technologies for gene- and cell-based human therapeutics. In this regard, he has contributed to the development of CRISPRs and ADARs as powerful tools for DNA and RNA editing, with wide applications in both basic biology and human therapeutics. He earned his B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and completed postdoctoral training in Genetics at Harvard Medical School. His work has been recognized with numerous honors, as well as election to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2022) and the National Academy of Inventors (2023).