Speakers | mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit

Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the
4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit.

C-Level Biopharma Executives

Biopharma & Regulatory Bodies

Academia & Not-For-Profit Institutes

Pioneering Solution Partners

C-Level Biopharma Executives:

Andrew Allen - Speaker

Andrew Allen

Chief Executive Officer

Gritstone Bio

Andrew Geall - Speaker

Andy Geall

Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer

Replicate Biosciences New Data!

Anne de Groot - Speaker

Anne De Groot

Founder ,Chief Scientific Officer & Chairman of Board

EpiVax Therapeutics

Chris Jewell - Speaker

Christopher Jewell

Chief Scientific Officer

Cartesian Therapeutics New Data!

Emma Wang - Speaker

Emma Wang

Chief Technology Officer

YolTech Therapeutics New Company!

Gilles Besin - Speaker

Gilles Besin

Chief Scientific Officer

Orbital Therapeutics

Hang Yuan - Speaker

Hang Yuan

Chief Technical Officer & Co-founder

Innovac Therapeutics New Company!

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Igor Matushansky

Chief Medical Officer

Sail Biomedicines

Jason Zhang

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Zipcode Bio

Luis Barrera, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Luis Barrera

Senior Vice President, Data Sciences

Beam Therapeutics

Matt Angel - Speaker

Matt Angel

Chief Executive Officer

Factor Bioscience New Company!

Nathaniel Wang - Speaker

Nathaniel Wang

Chief Executive Officer

Replicate Bioscience New Data!

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Nicholas Valiante

Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer

Innovac Therapeutics

Peter Berglund - Speaker

Peter Berglund

Chief Scientific Officer

HDT Bio New Data!

Randall Moreadith - Speaker

Randall Moreadith

President & Chief Executive Officer

Serina Therapeutics New Data!

Robert Mabry, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Robert Mabry

Chief Scientific Officer

Orna Therapeutics

Sam Deutsch - Speaker

Sam Deutsch

Chief Scientific Officer

Nutcracker Therapeutics

Sophia Lugo, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Sophia Lugo

CEO

Radar Therapeutics

Thaminda Ramanayake

Chief Business Officer

CureVac

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Global Leaders from Biopharma & Regulatory Bodies:

Alisa Zhilin Roth

Senior Scientist, In vitro & Mechanism

Sanofi New Data!

Allen Horhota - Speaker

Allen Horhota

Head of Platform

Orna Therapeutics New Data!

Andy Ferguson - Speaker

Andy Ferguson

Vice President, Clinical Science

Gritstone Bio New Data!

Annette Baak - Speaker

Annette Bak

Head of Drug Delivery

AstraZeneca

Beata Chertok, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Beata Cherrok

Team Lead, Delivery of Intracellular Biologics

AstraZeneca

Carla Vinals - Speaker

Carla Vinals

Vice President, Global Regulatory Product Strategy

Moderna

Cheng Chang - Speaker

Cheng Chang

Associate Director, RNA Platform

CSL

Daniel Quvedo - Speaker

Daniel Quevedo

Associate Director

Metis Therapeutics New Company!

Denny Kraichely

Global Program Leader, Vaccine Development Management

Pfizer

Emily English - Speaker

Emily English

Vice President, Quality

Cartesian Therapeutics

Emily Wen

Senior Principal Scientist

Merck & Co

Francis Poulin - Speaker

Francis Poulin

Vice President, Analytical Sciences

Sail Biomedicines

Gad Berdugo - Speaker

Gad Berdugo

Managing Partner; Strategic Advisor

Explorium Capital LLC; Nutcracker Therapeutics New Company!

George Thom

Director, Discovery Sciences - (IVEB) mRNA

AstraZeneca

Guilhem Richard - Speaker

Guilhem Richard

Head of Innovation and Technology

EpiVax, Inc.

Hanae Toyona - Speaker

Hanae Toyonoga

Manager, Discovery Accelerator

Astellas Pharma New Company!

Jesse Erasmus - Speaker

Jesse Erasmus

Director, Virology

HDT Bio

Joshua DiNapoli - Speaker

Joshua DiNapoli

Global Project Head, mRNA Platform Development

Sanofi

Julien Camperi, Ph.D.

Technical Development Principal Scientist - Gene & Cell Therapy

Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group

Ka-Wai WAN, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Ka-Wai Wan

Senior Pharmaceutical Assessor

Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Kenta Matsuda

Director of R&D

VLP Therapeutics LLC

Kumar Namdev - Speaker

Kumar Namdev

Global Head, CMC Product Development & Industrialization

Sanofi

Kyle Holen - Speaker

Kyle Holen

Head of Development, Oncology & Therapeutics

Moderna New Data!

Laura Babel - Speaker

Laura Babel

Associate Director, Formulation & Assay Development

BioNTech

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Laureen Ojalvo

Executive Medical Director, Oncology

Moderna

Luis Barrera, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Luis Barrera

Senior Vice President, Data Sciences

Beam Therapeutics

Manfred Kraus - Speaker

Manfred Kraus

Vice-President, Head of R&D Therapeutics

Kernal Biologics

Marco Cavaleri - Speaker

Marco Cavaleri

Head of Anti-Infectives & Vaccines

European Medicines Agency

Michael Rosenzweig - Speaker

Michael Rosenzweig

EVP, Portfolio Strategy & Product Development

Capstan Therapeutics

Nazia Noor - Speaker

Nazia Noor

Vice President Global Regulatory Affairs CMC

BioNTech New Data!

Nitisha Pyndia - Speaker

Nitisha Pyndiah

Global Regulatory Lead

GSK

Peter Marks - Speaker

Peter Marks

Director

CBER FDA

Priyanka Acharya - Speaker

Priyanka Acharya

Senior Scientist

Merck & Co New Data!

Rachel Groppo - Speaker

Rachel Groppo

Director, Lead Self-Amplifying RNA Team

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Sean Sullivan

Vice President, Head of Technology Innovation

Arcturus Therapeutics

Till Schoofs - Speaker

Till Schoofs

Director, Clinical Development, Infectious Diseases

Moderna New Data!

Xiangrong Song - Speaker

Xiangrong Song

Co-Founder & General Manager

WestGene Biopharma New Company!

Key Opinion Leaders from Academia & Not-For-Profit Initiatives:

Dimki Patel - Speaker

Dimki Patel

CMC Program Leader

CEPI

Duccio Medini - Speaker

Duccio Medini

R3 Program Director

Wellcome Leap

Eric Smith

Director of Translational Research

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Jessica Rouge - Speaker

Jessica Rouge

Associate Professor & Paul Krenicki Chair of Chemistry

University of Connecticut New Data!

Lyudmila Kovalchuke - Speaker

Lyudmila Kovalchuke

Project Manager

VIB-UGent New Company!

Philip J. Santangelo

Professor

Emory University School of Medicine & Emory Vaccine Center

Rachel Rlley - Speaker

Rachel Riley

Associate Professor

Rowan University New Data!

Richard Braatz - Speaker

Richard Braatz

Director, Centre of Continuous mRNA Manufacturing

MIT

Robin Shattock

Professor

Imperial College London

Pioneering Solution Partners:

Aalok Shah, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Aalok Shah

Director of Process Development

Resilience

Divakara Uppu

Lead Application Scientist Nucleic Acid Therapeutics

Cytiva

Dr. Brian Doherty

Senior Manager of Business Development

Lipoid

Eunseo Ency Lee

Lead Scientist, mRNA Manufacturing Group

Samsung Biologics

Evan Myers

Associate Director, Process Development

TriLink BioTechnologies

Harris Makatsoris

Founder & Director

Centillion Technology Ltd.

Ian Johnston

Field Application Scientist

Cytiva

Jamison grailer - speaker

Jamison Grailer

Senior Research Scientist

Promega

Jeff Heiser

Chief Scientific Officer, Microbial & Advanced Therapeutic Platforms

BA Sciences

Jing Zhu - Speaker

Jing Zhu

VP, mRNA Technology

ReciBioPharm

John Patton - Speaker

John Patton

Head of Inhalation, Scientific Advisory Board

Kindeva Drug Delivery

Junlan Ren

Co-Founder

Henovcom

Kelly Li

R&D Manager

Vazyme

May Guo - Speaker

May Guo

Chief Commercial Officer

Areterna

Phil Challis, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Philip Challis

Senior Vice President of Manufacturing

etehrna

Richard Sayre

CSO

Mercury Bio

Sander van Asbeck, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Sander van Asbeck

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

RiboPro

Sara Henneman

General Manager, Nucleic Acid

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Scott Alderucci - Speaker

Scott Alderucci

Director, Process Development Science

Curia

Stephanie Khan

Director, Business Development,

Ginkgo Bioworks

Sudhakar Voruganti

Business Development Director

Pfanstiehl

Dr. Syed Reza - Speaker

Syed Reza

Scientific & Sales Consultant

NOF CORPORATION

Tomas Costelec, 4th mRNA-Based Therapeutics Summit 2024

Tomas Kostelec

Product Manager pDNA mRNA

Sartorius BIA Separations

Wayne Doyle

Head of Platform

Eclipsebio

Xavier Godron

Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer

DNA Script

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