Dr. Vuk Uskokovic

Vuk Uskoković, PhD, MSc, MS, BSc, is a Serbian-Slovenian-American scientist and educator, currently the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at TardigradeNano LLC, a biotech startup located in Irvine, California. Dr. Uskoković holds degrees in physical chemistry, materials science and engineering, and nanoscience and nanotechnologies. He was a professor in the schools of engineering, pharmacy and medicine at the University of California in Irvine, Chapman University and University of Illinois in Chicago, respectively, where he taught biomaterials, nanophysics, medical devices, biologics, bio-optics, and other subjects. He was also a principal investigator and a research scientist at University of California in San Francisco, Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.