Carola Leuschner

Dr. Leuschner has served as Vice President of Research since 2015 when she was promoted from Senior Director of Biology, a role Dr. Leuschner held since 2007. During her career, Dr. Leuschner’s research has focused on the development of anti-cancer drugs and imaging systems for non-invasive cancer detection in applications for prostate, breast, and ovarian cancers as an Associate Professor in the Department of Reproductive Biotechnology at Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She also served as an Instructor in the Department of Diet and Heart Disease at the Pennington Biomedical Center.

Dr. Leuschner obtained her doctorate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Hannover, Germany with postdoctoral training at the Department of Technical Microbiology of Hamburg University, Germany. She has published two book chapters, and over 40 peer-reviewed articles, and holds several patents (3 patents issued on Esperances technology). Dr. Leuschner is the recipient of the Nano50 2006 Technology Award an award that recognized the 50 best innovations in nanotechnology. Dr. Leuschner received this award for studies on nanoparticles for metastases detection and treatment.