Mai Thao

Mai Thao, PhD, BCMAS, currently serves as the Global Scientific Communications Program Manager at Penumbra, Inc. since 2024. Prior to this role, Mai Thao was the Head of Medical Affairs for Bowel Management at Coloplast in 2023. From 2016 to 2023, Mai Thao worked at Medtronic, progressing from Senior Chemist to Senior Medical Affairs Specialist, and finally to Principal Medical Science Advisor. Earlier experience includes serving as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Medical College of Wisconsin and as a Biotech Consultant for PICO from 2014 to 2016. Mai Thao began an academic journey at Northern Illinois University, where a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry and Biochemistry was earned from 2010 to 2014, following a Master of Science in Chemistry from California State University-Sacramento in 2010 and a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from Ferris State University in 2007.