Known for his studies in the fields of bone and cartilage cell biology, osteoimmunology, and regenerative medicine, Wani was an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and an elected member of Guha Research Conference.
Born in 1965 in the Indian state of Maharashtra, Mohan Wani graduated in veterinary science from Nagpur Veterinary College and earned his master's degree from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV).
[1] His doctoral studies were at the University of London on a Commonwealth Fellowship and after securing a PhD, he returned to India to join the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) of Savitribai Phule Pune University.
At NCCS, he held the position of a Grade F scientist at the Venture Center Outreach Center[2] and was a part of the research groups on Cell Organization and Function, Pathogenesis and Cellular Response as well as Stem Cells and Regeneration.
[5] He was a member of the Task Force on Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine of the Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India[6] and delivered guest lectures on the subject.