Presently, Sheela Mohan-Peterson holds the position of Senior Vice President-Legal at Surrozen, Inc.

She previously was Patent Counsel at Incyte Corp., Senior Patent Counsel at Merck & Co., Inc. Research Associate at Schering Corp. Scientist-Tumor Biology department at Schering-Plough Research Institute and Patent Counsel at DNAX Research Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Inc (which are all subsidiaries of Merck & Co., Inc.), Patent Counsel at Roche Bioscience and Secretary, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at OncoSec Medical, Inc.

She received an undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis, a graduate degree from Rutgers State University of New Jersey and a graduate degree from Lincoln Law School of San Jose (California).