Position:
Co-founder and Partner at Amber Biology LLC, Researcher in Synthetic Biology at Harvard Medical School
Work:
Amber Biology LLC
- Cambridge MA since Mar 2013
Co-founder and Partner
Harvard Medical School
- Boston MA since Oct 2012
Researcher in Synthetic Biology
GGA Software Services LLC
- Cambridge MA Nov 2011 - Oct 2012
Senior Consultant
Digital Biology Partners
- Cambridge, MA Mar 2010 - Nov 2011
Cofounder and Partner
The Bioscience Network
- Boston, MA Sep 2009 - Oct 2011
Founding Member of the Board of Directors
Plectix BioSystems
- Cambridge, MA Feb 2008 - Feb 2010
Vice President, Biology
EMD Serono, Inc.
- Rockland, MA Jul 2007 - Feb 2008
Senior Principal Investigator
EMD Lexigen Research Center
- Bedford, MA Jun 2002 - Jul 2007
Senior Scientist
Harvard University
- Boston, MA Feb 1998 - Jun 2002
Instructor of Medicine
IMB Jena
- Jena, Germany 1995 - 1998
Senior Scientist
CNRS Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology
- Strasbourg, France Mar 1991 - Dec 1994
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education:
Harvard Medical School 1998 - 2002
University of London
Ph.D., Biophysics
Skills:
Drug Discovery, R&D, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Python, Java, Biochemistry, Linux, C, Systems Biology, Software Development, Computational Biology, Agile, Pharmaceuticals, Start-ups, Software Engineering, Algorithms, Programming, Scrum, Computer-aided drug design, Certified Scrum Master CSM, Oncology, Structural Biology, X-ray crystallography, Molecular Modeling, Biophysics, Offshore Software Development, Agile Coaching, Project Management, Cell Signaling, Cancer Immunotherapy, Immunology, Lifesciences, Pharmaceutical Industry, Synthetic Biology, Agile Methodologies, Partnerships and Collaborations, Protein Engineering, Antibody Engineering, Deimmunization, Antibodies, Genomics, Antibody Humanization, Coaching
Interests:
Keywords: systems biology, structural biology, computational biology, biological modeling, simulation, immunology, immune system modeling, immunogenicity, protein engineering, protein biochemistry, protein expression, drug discovery, drug development, research, preclinical research, molecular modeling, molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, protein crystallography, molecular imaging, java, fortran, C, programming, software development, cell signaling, network biology, rules based modeling, agile/scrum software development, project management, collaboration, intellectual property
Honor & Awards:
BIDMC Young Investigator Award 1998
Massachusetts Public Health Breast Cancer Award, 2000
U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Award, 2000
Nominee for Thüringen Science Prize, 2001
Certifications:
Certified Scrum Master, Scrum alliance
Operation of BL3 Level Biohazard Containment Facility, Harvard Medical School