2013 Distinguished Faculty List Includes:
Andreas Menrad, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Ablynx
Robert Mabry, Ph.D. Associate Director, Antibody Engineering, Adimab LLC
Joachim Feldwisch, Ph.D., Director Preclinical Dev, Research, Affibody AB
Eugene Zhukovsky, Ph.D., CSO, Research, Affimed Therapeutics AG
Sergej Kiprijanov, Ph.D., Vice President, Discovery Research & Preclinical Development, Affitech AS
Natalia Gomez, Ph.D., Scientist II and Group Leader, Cell Culture Process Development, Process Sciences, Agensys, Inc.
Brandan Hillerich, Ph.D., Head, Protein Expression & Purification, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Ronald Seidel, Ph.D., Associate Director, Albert Einstein Protein Production Facility, Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Sharon Gao, Ph.D., Head, Analytical Chemistry, Alere San Diego Inc.
Richard Altman, M.S., Research Scientist, Molecular Sciences, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Dr Ronald Bates, Director Downstream Processing & Stability, Downstream Processing & Stability, Allergan Inc.
Sesha Neervannan, Ph.D., Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development, Pharmaceutical Dev, Allergan Inc.
Evgenyi Shalaev, Ph.D., Research Investigator, Pharmaceutical Development, Allergan Inc.
Haruki Hasegawa, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Protein Science, Amgen Inc.
Gunasekaran Kannan, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Therapeutic Discovery, Antibody Optimization, Amgen Inc.
Randal Ketchem, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Inc.
Kim Li, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Corporate EHS, Amgen Inc.
Deirdre Piedmonte, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Process and Product Development, Amgen Inc.
Richard Wu, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Process and Product Development, Amgen Inc.
Volker Schellenberger, Ph.D., CSO, Amunix Inc.
David Cipolla, Ph.D., Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aradigm Corp
Joshua LaBaer, Ph.D., Chair, Personalized Medicine; Director, The Biodesign Institute; Personalized Diagnostics, Arizona State University
Mitchell Magee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Personalized Diagnostics, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Chad Gibson, Quality Systems Manager, Health & Life Sciences, Battelle Memorial Institute
Reade Harpham, Manager, Human Centric Design, Battelle Memorial Institute
Amy Heintz, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Advanced Materials, Battelle Memorial Institute
David Wourms, Human Factors Lead, Health & Life Sciences, Battelle Memorial Institute
Dennis Jenke, Ph.D., Distinguished Scientist, Technology Resources, Baxter Healthcare
Christoph Freiberg, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Cell and Protein Sciences, Bayer HealthCare AG
Justin Caravella, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Physical Biochemistry, Biogen Idec Inc.
James Groarke, Ph.D., CSO, Biortus Biosciences
Mohan Srinivasan, Ph.D., Associate Director Protein Chemistry, Biologics Discovery, Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Karin Crowhurst, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University Northridge
Greg Bleck, Ph.D., R&D Platform Director, Biologics, Catalent Pharma Solutions
Hartmut Tintrup, Ph.D., Vice President, Business Development & Licensing, CEVEC
Yojiro Ishida, Researcher, Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Christopher A. Rhodes, Ph.D., President, Christopher A Rhodes & Associates LLC.
Hisahiro Tabuchi, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, API Process Development (Biotechnology), Pharmaceutical Technology, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Guy Poirier, Ph.D., Canada Chair, Targeted Proteomics, Laval University and Chuq Research Center, Quebec
Renaud Vincentelli, Ph.D., Engineer, Structural Immunology, CNRS University Aix Marseille I & II
Ario De Marco, Ph.D., Head, Biochemistry Unit, Cogentech
Andrea Hawe, Ph.D., Head, Scientific Development, Biopharmaceutical Development Services, Coriolis Pharma
Susan Daniel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
Beum Jun Kim, Ph.D., Research Associate, Cornell University
Dr Simon Brack, Ph.D., Director, Discovery Research, Covagen AG
Jan Kubicek, Ph.D., CSSB-FZJ Institute, HamburgDouglas MacDonald, Senior Process Development Engineer II, Dendreon Corp
Piet den Boer, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, DSM Biologics
Philip Tan, Ph.D., Associate Director, Product Development, Emergent Biosolutions
Jonas Fast, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Early Stage Pharmaceutical Development, F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Cory Bentley, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Fabrus LLC
Zuben Sauna, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Hemostasis, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA CBER
Sriram Kumaraswamy, Ph.D., Director, Marketing Field Applications, ForteBio, A Division of Pall Life Sciences
Daniel Christ, Ph.D., Group Leader, Immunology Department, Director, Antibody Development, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Romain Rouet, Graduate Student, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Joseph Jacobson, Ph.D., CTO, Gen9 Inc.; Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Puneet Sharma, Ph.D., Manufacturing Technical Specialist, MSAT, Genentech Inc.
Sreedhara Alavattam, Ph.D., Senior Group Leader, Late Stage Pharmaceutical Dev, Genentech Inc.
Mayumi Bowen, Ph.D., Senior Engineer, Pharmaceutical Processing Technology Development, Genentech Inc.
James Ernst, Ph.D., Scientist, Protein Chemistry, Genentech Inc.
Yvonne Franke, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Manager, Structural Biology, Genentech Inc.
Germaine Fuh, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Antibody Engineering, Genentech Inc.
Adam Goldstein, Ph.D, Senior Manager, Manufacturing Sciences, Genentech Inc.
Bob Kelley, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Drug Delivery, Genentech Inc.
Yvonne Lentz, Ph.D., Scientist, Late Stage Pharmaceutical & Processing Dev, Genentech Inc.
Thomas Scherer, Ph.D., Scientist, Late Stage Pharmaceutical & Process Dev, Genentech Inc.
Steven Shire, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Late Stage Pharmaceutical Development, Genentech Inc.
Sandeep Yadav, Ph.D., Scientist, Late Stage Pharmaceutical Sciences, Genentech Inc.
Bingquan (Stuart) Wang, Ph.D., Manager, Commercial Process Development, Genzyme
Mark Yang, Ph.D., Director, Fill Finish Development, Genzyme
Andrew Fosberry, Ph.D., Manager, Expression & Fermentation Sciences, Biological and Assay Development, PTS, GlaxoSmithKline
Steffen Goletz, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, GLYCOTOPE GmbH
Arieh Gertler, Ph.D., Professor Biochemistry, Nutrition & Food Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mario Lebendiker, Ph.D., Head, Protein Purification Facility, Wolfson Centre for Applied Biology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Martin Kane, Ph.D., former Director Process Statistics, Process Statistics, Human Genome Sciences Inc HGS
Sylvestre Marillonnet, Ph.D., Director, Research, Icon Genetics GmbH
Megan Thielges, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Indiana University
Dr Joel Richard, VP Peptides, CMC Engineering, IPSEN Beaufor Industries SAS
Michael Buchmeiser, Professor & Vice Dean, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, ITCF Denkendorf
Weiguo Dai, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Janssen Fellow, Drug Product Development, Janssen R&D LLC
Gary Gilliland, Ph.D., Director, Structural Biology, Biologics Research, Biotechnology Center of Excellence, Janssen R&D LLC
Lester Gutshall, Scientist, Molecular & Protein Biosciences, Janssen R&D LLC
Daniel Gibson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Synthetic Biology, J. Craig Venter Institute
Ki Jun Jeong, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
Lawrence Lum, M.D., D.Sc., Professor, Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute
Gert Moll, Ph.D., CSO, Lanthio Pharma
Henry Chiou, Ph.D., Senior Manager, MCE, Life Technologies Corp
Federico Katzen, Ph.D., Senior Staff Scientist, Life Technologies Corp
Dr Yvette Stallwood, Head, Applied Protein Svcs, Lonza Inc.
David Mead, Ph.D., President & CEO, Lucigen Corp
Garwin Pichler, Ph.D., Scientist, Ludwig Maximilians University
Michael Thomas, Senior Research Scientist, Operations, Lyophilization Technology Inc.
Edward Trappler, President & Founder, Lyophilization Technology Inc.
Syd Johnson, Ph.D., Vice President, Antibody Engineering, MacroGenics Inc.
E. Neil Lewis, Ph.D., CTO, Malvern Instruments Inc.
Kevin Mattison, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Bioanalytics, Malvern Instruments Inc.
Ulf Nobbmann, Ph.D., Product Manager, GPC & SEC Technologies, Malvern Instruments Inc.
Mark Pothecary, Ph.D., Product Manager, Light Scattering Products, Malvern Instruments Inc.
Andrea Leone-Bay, Ph.D., Vice President, Pharmaceutical R&D, MannKind Biopharmaceutical Corporation
Karolina Corin, Researcher, Schauer Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. Christopher Love, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Ruberto, Ph.D., President, Material Needs Consulting LLC
James Brady, Ph.D., Director, Technical Applications, MaxCyte
Rakesh Dixit, Ph.D., Vice President, R&D; Global Head, Biologics Safety Assessment, MedImmune
Reza Esfandiary, Ph.D., Scientist I, Formulation Sciences, MedImmune
William Lambert, Ph.D., Fellow, Drug Delivery & Device Development, MedImmune
Sajal Patel, Ph.D., Scientist, Biopharmaceutical Development, MedImmune
Hardeep Samra, Ph.D., Scientist II, Formulation Sciences, MedImmune
David Meininger, Ph.D., Executive Director, Molecular Discovery, Merck & Co.
Shuangping Shi, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Bioprocess Development, Merck & Co.
Yung-Shyeng Tsao, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Protein Expression Technologies, Biological Process Development, Merck & Co.
Ken Wong, Senior Scientist, Center for Extractables & Leachables, Merck & Co.
Rachel Rennard, Senior Scientist, Protein Engineering, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
Birgit Schoeberl, Ph.D., VP Discovery, Discovery, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
Mark Throsby, Ph.D., COO, Research and Development, Merus BV
Matthew Ling, Manager, R&D, Millrock Technology Inc.
Taylor N. Thompson, President, Millrock Technology Inc.
Hongfan Jin, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology, Pfenex, Inc.
John A. Morgan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
Bazbek Davletov, Ph.D., Program Leader, Neurobiology, MRC Lab of Molecular Biology
Georgios Skretas, Ph.D., Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation
Naoki Goshima, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Biological Systems Control Team, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Bernard Massie, Ph.D., Director, R & D, Human Health and Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada
Joseph Shiloach, Ph.D., Chief, Biotechnology Core Laboratory, NIDDK, NIH
Dimiter Dimitrov, Ph.D., Head, Protein Interaction Group, NIH NCI
Alexei Yeliseev, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, LMBB, NIH NIAAA
Anand Subramony, Ph.D., Principal Fellow & Head, Novel Drug Delivery Technologies & Therapeutics, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Inc.
Benoit Bossuge, Ph.D., Functional Expert, Pharmaceutical & Analytical Dev, Novartis Pharma Svcs AG
Carlo Zambonelli, Ph.D., Lab Head, Protein Characterization, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc.
Jean-Francois Depoisier, Head, DSP, Manufacturing, NovImmune SA
Sylvain Raimondi, Head & Manager, Analytical Unit & Manufacturing Project, NovImmune SA
Peter Nielsen, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Protein Chemistry, Novo Nordisk
Kurt Moyer, Ph.D., Director Research, Research, NSF Pharmalytica
David K. Karig, Ph.D., Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thomas Magliery, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ohio State University
David Wood, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University
Joseph Kittle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ohio University
Jakob Dupont, M.D., Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Jonathan Terrett, Ph.D., CSO, Oxford BioTherapeutics Inc.
Edward Smith, Ph.D., Principal, Packaging Science Resources LLC
Jerold Martin, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, VP Global Scientific Affairs, Biopharmaceuticals, Pall Corp
Alex Flood, Ph.D., Program Officer, Technology Solutions Global Program, PATH
Darin Zehrung, MBA, Technical Officer, Portfolio Leader, Vaccine Delivery Technologies, PATH
Howard Salis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biological & Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Wanda Isaacson, Senior Principal Scientist, Biological Formulations, Veterinary Medicine R&D, Pfizer Inc.
Bakul Bhatnagar, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Formulation & Process Development, PhRD, Pfizer, Inc.
Dikran Aivazian, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Centers for Therapeutic Innovation, Pfizer Inc.
Alexei Brooun, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Global Research and Development, Pfizer Inc.
Min Huang, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Pharmaceutical R&D, Pfizer Inc.
Sandeep Kumar, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences R&D, Pfizer Inc.
Madan Katragadda, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, Global Biotherapeutic Technologies, Pfizer Inc.
Jin-San Yoo, Ph.D., President & CEO, PharmAbcine
Zhiyu Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Indresh Srivastava, Ph.D., Senior Director, Project Management, Protein Sciences Corporation
Arnab Ganguly, Graduate Research Assistant, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Purdue University
Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
Eric Smith, Ph.D., Associate Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Charlie Xiaolin Tang, Ph.D., Associate Director, Formulation Development, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Michael Brunsteiner, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering
Stefan Leitgeb, Head Area 2, Products & Formulations, Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering
Pavel Strop, Ph.D., Associate Research Fellow, Protein Engineering, Rinat-Pfizer
Dr Stefan Seeber, Principal Scientist, Molecule & Cell Line Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Dr William Gillette, Senior Scientist, Protein Expression Lab, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NIH
Dominic Esposito, Ph.D., Director, Protein Expression Lab, Advanced Technology Program Directorate, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
Sandra V. Bennun, Ph.D., MSc, Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories
Jennifer Kronthaler, Ph.D., Researcher, Pharmaceutical Development, Sandoz GmbH
Dr Jose Luis Millan, Professor, Childrens Health Research Ctr, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute
Ercole Rao, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, R&D Biologics, Research Solutions FF, Sanofi Aventis Germany GmbH
Kevin Harper, Director, Formulation, Filling and Packaging, sanofi pasteur
Andreas Anton, Ph.D., Director, Contract Development, Scil Proteins GmbH
Vaughn Smider, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute
Eugene Kolker, Ph.D., Bioinformatics and High-Throughput Analysis Laboratory, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Ruby Casareno, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, BioProcess Development, Seattle Genetics Inc.
Mei-Huei Jang, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Purification Process Development, Shire Human Genetic Therapies
Yiming Yang, Senior Scientist, Purification Process Development, Shire Human Genetic Therapies
Darius Ghaderi, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Sialix, Inc.
Mark Shon, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, SP Scientific
Mark Kay, Ph.D., Professor, Pediatrics & Genetics, Stanford University
Christopher Thanos, Ph.D., Director Protein Engineering, Protein Engineering, Sutro Biopharma Inc.
Keith Foster, Ph.D., Founder & CSO, Syntaxin Ltd.
Bas Kokke, Ph.D., Project Leader, Downstream Processing, Synthon BV
Thomas Schirrmann, Ph.D., Research Group Leader, Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Technical University Braunschweig
Harald Kolmar, Ph.D., Head, Biochemistry, Technical University of Darmstadt
Dr Michael Brunsteiner, Sr Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology & Biochemical Eng, Technical University of Graz
Dr Sarah Bondos, Asst Professor, Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University
Agamemnon Epenetos, Ph.D., Chairman, Trojan Technologies Ltd.
Kyongbum Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts University
Wayne Reed, Ph.D., Professor, Physics & Engineering Physics, Tulane University
Shirley Peters, Research Scientist, UCB Pharma
Dr Jane Pepper, Senior Director Business Development, Unigene Labs Inc.
Susan T. Sharfstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany - State University of New York
Mario F. Feldman, Ph.D., Alberta Glycomics Center, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
Dr David O'Connell, Senior Scientist, University College Dublin
Nigel Titchener-Hooker, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemical Engineering, University College London
Ilias Tagkopoulos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of California Davis
James Gregory, Ph.D., Researcher, Division of Biological Sciences and the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology, University of California San Diego
Samir Mitragotri, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering, Founding Director, Center for Bioengineering, University Of California Santa Barbara
Dr Dietlind Gerloff, Asst Professor, Biomolecular Science & Engineering, University Of California Santa Cruz
Theodore Randolph, Ph.D., Director, Chemical & Biological Engineering, University Of Colorado Boulder
Michael Pikal, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut Storrs
Kelly Forney-Stevens, Graduate Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut
Woo Suk Ahn, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kelvin H. Lee, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Paul Dubin, Ph.D., Research Professor, Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Igor Kaltashov, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst
William Clay Brown, Ph.D., Scientific Director, High Throughput Protein Lab, University of Michigan
Raj Suryanarayanan, Ph.D., Professor & Endowed Chair, Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Gerhard Winter, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy, University of Munich
Pedro Berraondo Lopez, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Gene Therapy & Hepatology, University of Navarra
Thomas Laue, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular & Cellular & Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire
John Tsavalas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Materials Science, University of New Hampshire
JrGang Cheng, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Neuroscience, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Katja Arndt, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Biotechnology, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam
Ian Robert Wilkinson, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Human Metabolism, University Of Sheffield
Julio A. Camarero, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of Southern California
J. Andrew Mackay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California
Wei-Chiang Shen, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California
Dafne Mueller, Ph.D., Scientist, Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University Of Stuttgart
Jennifer A. Maynard, Ph.D., Departments of Chemistry, Microbiology, and Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Susanne Graeslund, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Structural Genomics Consortium SGC, University of Toronto
François Baneyx, Ph.D., Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
C. Perry Chou, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering, University Of Waterloo
Saeideh Naderi, Ph.D., Researcher, Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo
Max Topp, Ph.D., Professor, Internal Medicine II, University of Wuerzburg
Donald Jarvis, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming
Heidi Roschitzki-Voser, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Zurich
Eric Nicholson, Ph.D., Lead Scientist, Virus and Prion Diseases Research Project, US Dept of Agriculture ARS
Roland Weis, Ph.D., Head of Operations, VTU Technology GmbH
Evelina Angov, Ph.D., Microbiologist, Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Yoav Peleg, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Biological Chemistry, Israel Structural Proteomics Center (ISPC), Weizmann Institute Of Science
Bart Burgess, Principal, Self-Injection Systems, West Pharmaceutical Services
Diane Paskiet, Ph.D., Associate Director, Scientific Affairs, West Pharmaceutical Delivery Systems
Tarun Mandal, Ph.D., Professor & Director, Center for Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery, Xavier University of Louisiana
Kevin Sunley, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, XBiotech USA, Inc.
David Szymkowski, Ph.D., Senior Director, Biotherapeutics, Xencor Inc.
Thomas Spreter Von Kreudenstein, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Protein Engineering, Zymeworks, Inc.