Renuka Sivendran is the Vice President of Technical Operations at Agenus. Prior to this role, she served as the Executive Director of Technical Operations at Agenus. She has extensive experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, having held various leadership positions at Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (acquired by Amgen), Amgen, and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Renuka began her career as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and also completed an internship in Corporate Process Development at DuPont. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.