Prof. Manish Suresh Patankar is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and an ERP Program Associate Director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed a BSc and an MSc at the University of Bombay. The primary focus of his research is to devise specific methods for early diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and to understand the effect of factors produced by ovarian tumors on the functional capacity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. This research involves extensive utilization of glycoproteomic analysis in conjunction with cellular immunology, molecular biology and glycobiology.