Calvin Saravis, Ph.D., is a member of San Francisco Science™'s Scientific Advisory Board.

Dr. Saravis has over 30 years in academia, most all of them at Harvard University where, among many other roles and appointments, he served as professor of biochemistry.

Dr. Saravis attended Syracuse University, West Virginia University and Rutgers University. He served as Teaching Assistant: Resident Advisor on the Dean of Men's Staff, Syracuse University; Research Assistant (Physiology, Immunology and Serology), Rutgers University; Research Associate in Biological Chemistry, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate in Surgery (Biological Chemistry), Harvard Medical School; Principal Associate in Surgery (Biochemistry) Harvard; Medical Research Associate, Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine; Associate Research Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emeritus, Boston University School of Medicine; and Associate Professor of Surgery (Biochemistry), Emeritus, Harvard Medical School.

Among Dr. Saravis' hospital appointments were: Head of Antiserum Production and Development, Blood Grouping Laboratory, Boston, Mass; Director, Immunochemical Laboratory, Center for Blood Research (Protein Foundation), Boston, Mass.; Associate in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Mass.; Chief, Immunology Division, Harvard Surgical Unit, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.; Senior Research Associate, Gastrointestinal Research Laboratory, Mallory Institute of Pathology Foundation, Boston City Hospital, Assistant Director; Member Special Scientific Staff, Boston City Hospital and Mallory Institute of Pathology; Member, Cancer Research Institute, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Mass.; and, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Surgery, Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Dr. Saravis served on the editorial Board of numerous publications (Electrophoresis; Journal of Applied and Theoretical Electrophoresis; Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods, to name but a few) and is a member of numerous professional societies (American Association for Advancement of Science; Transplantation Society; American Association of Immunologists; Electrophoresis Society (Founding Member); and American Association of Clinical Chemists.

Dr. Saravis is a founder of TransDerm TechnologiesTM LLC, a San Francisco Science™ company.