Biotechnology leader
- Extensive experience in Biotechnology R&D, from cell factories to microbiome research
- Dedicated to biotech innovation, especially towards middle-term commercialization
- Passionate about building teams and developing research programs
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- More than 20 years in industrial R&D as principal investigator, project leader, research manager
- Led teams in wide range of Biotech projects covering gene discovery, metabolic engineering, peptide and protein engineering and production, microbial ecology, probiotics and microbiome
- Extensive experience in talent acquisition of highly skilled technical teams at PhD/Post-doc and MS levels
- Engaged in multiple academic collaborations and external innovation contracts, external partnerships
- Deep understanding of the challenges to innovation in Biotech space, from competitive landscape and IP strategy to regulatory hurdles to scalability and commercial production economics
- Experienced to judge the balance between conceptual innovation and realistic deliverables, between laboratory proof of concept and large scale commercialization, between technical feasibility and receptivity in market place
- Technical strategy and research planning
- Author of 40 scientific publications and inventor in 26 patents
- Enthusiastic, driven and entrepreneurial