Dr. Inés Dawson
Science communicator and Oxford graduate (DPhil Biomechanics of Insect Flight)
Inés is a science communicator and Oxford graduate (DPhil Biomechanics of Insect Flight). She runs the award-winning bilingual YouTube channel Draw Curiosity, and makes science stories interesting and accessible for a wide range of audiences. An enthusiastic and entertaining educational speaker, Inés uses creativity to make complex subjects simple and fun.
Merrilee Whitney
Profile Byline
Merrilee is Head of our BioContinuum™ Platform, driving the strategy and execution of Advanced Processing Technologies, Process Analytical Technologies (PAT), and Bioprocessing Automation & Data Analytics Software to meet the evolving needs of today’s and tomorrow’s biologics manufacturing. Throughout her career, she has managed multiple product lines including clarification, aseptic, virus filtration, and Single Use & Systems. She holds degrees in International Relations and Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University.
Dr. Chris Hwang
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Chris serves as Chief Technology Officer at Transcenta, a biopharmaceutical company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, research, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics. As an expert with nearly 30 years experience in leading continuous manufacturing platform development, he has been involved in several projects in recombinant protein, monoclonal antibody and gene therapy. He holds a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Kelvin Lee
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Kelvin is Director of NIIMBL – the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals based in Newark, United States – and is also Gore Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Caltech, spent several years in the Biotechnology Institute at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland and completed a postdoc in Caltech's Biology Division.