Will Olughu

Chair

Will is a Senior Principal Scientist at Ipsen Biopharm UK.

Andrew Brown

Committee Member

Andrew is currently Director, Head of Global Process Development Support at Lonza. On the committee he holds the position of Webinar Co-ordinator.

Akinlolu Odeleye

Commitee Member

Akin is a chartered chemical engineer, who’s expertise extends to biopharma, cell therapy and the novel food industry. On the committee he holds the position of Bursary Officer.

Cher Pin Song

Committee Member

Cher Pin Song is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash University Malaysia. On the committee he holds the position of Malaysia Lead.

Eirini Theodosiou

Committe Member

Eirini is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Aston University and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. On the committee she holds the position of Webinar coordinator

Ali Bahari

Committee Member

Ali is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK.

Petra Hanga

Committee Member

Petra is an Associate Professor in Biochemical Engineering at UCL.

James Mercer

Committee Member

James is head of manufacturing technology at the Clean Food Group producing sustainable palm oil via submerged fermentation.

Neil Renault

Committee Member

Neil is the Scale-up Facilities manager at FlexBIO, a bioprocessing scale-up facility hosted by Heriot-watt university (Edinburgh) and managed by Scotland’s Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC). On the committee he holds the position of Engagement Lead.

Vaughan Thomas

Committee Member

Vaughan’s career in biotechnology design spans 30 years, encompassing fermentation development, technical support to purification operations, facility & process design, and start-up consultancy.