Co-Chairs

The Co-chairs for Recovery of Biological Products 2022 are:

Suzanne Farid (PhD, CEng, FIChemE) is a Professor of Bioprocess Systems Engineering at University College London (UCL) and Deputy Head of Department (Education). She is Co-Director of the Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub in collaboration with industrial and academic consortia. She leads research on Decisional Tools to facilitate cost-effective bioprocess design, capacity planning, R&D portfolio management and root cause analysis for biopharmaceuticals ranging from mAbs to cell and gene therapies.

Nihal Tugcu is Global Head, Purification Process Development and Continuous Manufacturing Skill Center as part of Sanofi Biologics Development. Current responsibilities include purification process development for early and late stage programs within diverse Sanofi pipeline and development of advanced manufacturing technologies that incorporates continuous processing and PAT.

Arne Staby is Scientific VP, CMC Project Planning & Management of Novo Nordisk. Current responsibilities include preparation and implementation of strategies within intellectual property rights, life-cycle management, CMC technology development, Quality by Design, and bioethics for development of biopharmaceuticals.