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Chair: John (Yonghyun) Kim

Associate Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering at University of Alabama 

Previous Chair: Michelle O’Malley

Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara

Chair-elect: Aaron Noyes

Senior Vice President, Apogee Therapeutics

Treasurer: Venkatesh Natarajan

Principal Engineer, Amgen

Secretary: Elizabeth Goodrich

R&D Technical Director at MilliporeSigma

Long Range Program Chair: Mark Blenner

Thomas and Kipp Gutshall Career Development Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware

Awards Chair: Brian Pfleger

Karen and William Monfre Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Councilor: Varnika Roy

Senior Director, Manufacturing Science & Technology at GlaxoSmithKline

Term ends December 2025

Councilor: David Roush

Distinguished Scientist at Merck Research Labs

Term ends December 2025

Councilor: William Kelly

Professor of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University

Term ends December 2024

Alternate Councilor: Nitya M. Jacob

Executive Director, Biologics Manufacturing Sciences & Technical Operations at Gilead Sciences

Term ends December 2025

Alternate Councilor: Todd Przybycien

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Term ends December 2025

Alternate Councilor & Diversity Chair: Raquel Orozco

Director, CMC Process Development, Abcuro Inc.

Terms ends December 2024

Communications Coordinator: Kelsey McKenna

Principal Scientist, Drug Product Process Development at Amgen

Best of BIOT Chair: Brynn Olden

Principal Scientist, Viral Vector Process Development at Bristol Myers Squibb

Webmaster: Evan Wells

Senior Scientist, Upstream Bioprocess Development at Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine

Peterson Awards Chair: Krunal Mehta

Director, Bioprocess Drug Substance Development and Commercialization at Merck

Membership Chair: Caryn Heldt

Professor at Michigan Technological University

2024 Program Chair: Nitya M. Jacob


Executive Director, Biologics Manufacturing Sciences & Technical Operations at Gilead Sciences

2024 Program Chair: Nigel Reuel

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University