2023 Expert Speaker Faculty

Adam Cockrell

Senior Director, Vector Biology

Solid Biosciences

Adam Studebaker

Director, Analytical Development

Forge Biologics

Adam Washburn

Director, Research & Development

Eli Lilly

Akshata Ijantkar

Senior Principal Scientist & CMC Team Lead, Gene & Cell Therapy Programs

Bristol Myers Squibb

Allison Schorzman

Scientist II

BridgeBio Gene Therapy

Amod Joshi

Scientist II, Analytical Development

BridgeBio Gene Therapy

Amy Henrickson

Research Associate, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of Lethbridge

Angela Whatley

Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs

Prime Medicine

Anindya-Dasgupta

Anindya Dasgupta

Director, Good Manufacturing Practice

Expression Therapeutics

Apollinaire Ngankeu

Associate Director, Analytical Development

Forge Biologics

Bartlomieg Blus

Bartlomiej Blus

Associate Director, Group Leader

Biomarin Pharmaceuticals

Bella Neufeld

Director, Research & Development

Teknova

Binod Pandey

Senior Scientist

Novartis Gene Therapies

Bob Zuk

Chief Technology Officer

Gator Bio

Chris Heger

Director, Applications Science

Bio-Techne

Craig Jerome

Bio-Assay Associate

Beacon Therapeutics

David-Dobnik

David Dobnik

Senior Research Associate

National Institute of Biology

David Schwalb

Director Analytical Development, Cell & Gene Therapies

Pacira Biosciences

Dawn Henke

Senior Manager - Technical Program

Standards Coordinating Body

Dennis Ungan

Principal Scientist I

Novartis

Dillon Kavanagh

Senior Research Associate I

Voyager Therapeutics

Domenica Martorena

Senior Scientist, Research & Development

QIAGEN

Ellen Lee

Field Application Scientist

Gyros Protein Technologies

Emily Menesale

Scientist II, Analytical Development

Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals

Franco Puleo

Scientist II, Technical Development, Gene Therapy

Biogen

Gael Nicolas

Senior Specialist, Technical Sales

Refeyn

George-Bou-Assaf

George Bou-Assaf

Associate Director, Analytical & Biophysical Development

Biogen

Gideon Kersten

Scientific Advisor

Coriolis Pharma

Gregg Mendez

Senior Scientist

Sanofi

Haiqing Yu

Senior Scientist, Bioassays & Molecular Biology

Sanofi

Hao Liu

Postdoctoral Researcher, Horae Gene Therapy Center

UMass Chan Medical School

Ilya Shestopalov

Vice President - Analytical Development & Product Lead

bluebird bio

James Yuan

Senior Scientist

PTC Therapeutics

Jarrod Dean

Associate Director - NGS Leader, Genomic Medicine Unit Chemistry Manufacturing & Control

Sanofi

Joe Ferraiolo

Director, Bioanalytical Applications

Repligen

Joshua Zibit

Head of Technical Development

Astellas Gene Therapies

Katie Zander

Director, Standards Education & Outreach

Standards Coordinating Body

Laura Pala

Product Manager

Refeyn

Margaret Butko

Margaret Butko

Associate Director - Protein & Analytical Characterization

Adverum Biotechnologies

Marina Feschenko

Marina Feschenko

Senior Director, Analytical Development, Cell & Gene Therapy

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Mark White, Ph.D.

Director, Product Marketing, Digital Biology Group

Bio-Rad

Matteo Placidi

Associate Director, Analytical Science

Voyager Therapeutics

Matthew Lotti

Senior Research Associate II

Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals

Matthew McLaughlin

Associate Scientist, Assay Development

Abeona Therapeutics

Matthew Stone

Advanced Workflow Specialist

SCIEX

Michael Kahse

Senior Scientist, Viral Vector Protein Analytics

CSL Behring

Michelle McCarty

Lead Research Associate, Gene Therapy Process Development

Sarepta Therapeutics

Michelle Sawyer

Bio-Assay Associate II

Beacon Therapeutics

Minjia Wang

Analytical Scientist

Prime Medicine

Nikhil Jain

Senior Associate Scientist

Intellia Therapeutics

Niomi Peckham

Director, Pipeline Development Global Biologics

United States Pharmacopeia

Pete Clarner

Pete Clarner

Senior Scientist, Gene Therapy Accelerator Unit

Biogen

Prasad Kesanakurti

NGS-Scientist

Sanofi

Rajeev Boregowda

Associate Director, Bioassay & Molecular Analytical Development, Genomic Medicine CMC

Sanofi

Richard Wu

PhD Bioengineering Student

MIT

Rie Takino

Researcher, Analytical & Quality Evaluation Research Laboratories

Daiichi Sankyo

Robert Hills

Director, Molecular Biology

Center for Breakthrough Medicines

Ronald Toth

Senior Scientist, Characterization

Sanofi

Ross Thurston

Scientist II, Bioassays Team Leader

AskBio

Sahar Tavakoli

Associate Teaching Professor & Director of Cell & Gene Therapy Programs

Northeastern University

Sarah Wassmer

Quality Evaluator, Cells, Gene Therapies and Radiopharmaceuticals Division

Health Canada

Scott Burger

Scott Burger

Principal

Advanced Cell & Gene Therapy

Shashi Prajapati

Associate Director

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Sheetal Bhan

Senior Scientist, Bioassay & Molecular Analytical Development, Genomic Medicines Unit

Sanofi

Shilin Cheung

Shilin Cheung

Senior Research Scientist

Phenomenex

Shiqian Zhu

Director, CMC BioAnalytical

BioAgilytix

Suman Jangid

Associate Director, Regulatory CMC

Omega Therapeutics, Inc.

Timothy Acri

Scientist I, Analytical Development

PTC Therapeutics

Vinay Kondeti

Senior Scientist

BridgeBio Gene Therapy

Wei Cao

Lead Scientist, Analytical Program Development

Spark Therapeutics

Yixin Li

Principal Scientist

Adverum Biotechnologies

Zhenhong Li

Chief Technology Officer

Nikegen

Zoe Yin

Independent Consultant, CMC

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