Our Mission Statement
Enabling biotechnology professionals, innovations, and solutions by being the “go-to” global resource for information exchange and dialogue across academia, Industry, and government
Meet our Executive Committee
Chair: Danielle Tullman-Ercek
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University
Past Chair: Aaron Noyes
Senior Vice President, Apogee Therapeutics
Chair Elect: Venkatesh Natarajan
Principal Engineer, Amgen
Treasurer: Caryn Heldt
Professor at Michigan Technological University
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: Michelle O’Malley
Professor of Chemical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara
Awards Co-Chair: Abhinav Jain
Cell Culture Development Scientist @Denali Therapeutics
2027 Program Chair: Cathy Fromen
Centennial Term Professor for Excellence in Research and Education, University of Delaware
2027 Program Chair: Kelsey McKenna
Principal Scientist, Drug Product Process Development at Amgen
Councilor: Varnika Roy
Senior Director, Manufacturing Science & Technology at GlaxoSmithKline
Councilor: David Roush
Distinguished Scientist at Merck Research Labs
Councilor: William Kelly
Professor of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University
Alternate Councilor: Evan Wells
Manager, Johnson and Johnson
Alternate Councilor and Diversity Chair: Stefano Menegatti
Professor, University Faculty Scholar – CSO at ChromaGenix
Alternate Councilor: Maryam Raeeszadeh Sarmazdeh
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Nevada – Reno
Communications Chair: Harun Ferit Ozbakir
Principal Scientist at Amgen
Webmaster: Kassi Stein
Principal Engineer, Tessera Therapeutics
Best of BIOT: Beyza Bulutoglu
Senior Principal Scientist, Genentech
Membership Chair: Nick Vecchiarello
Professor at Michigan Technological University
