Biochemical Engineering

Committee

Will Olughu

Will Olughu

Chair

Will is a Senior Principal Scientist at Ipsen Biopharm UK.

Mark Woodyer

Mark Woodyer

Secretary

Henry Charlton

Henry Charlton

Treasurer

Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

Webinar Co-ordinator

Andrew is currently Director, Head of Global Process Development Support at Lonza.

Adam Hawthorne

Adam Hawthorne

Careers Development Organiser

Akinlolu Odeleye

Akinlolu Odeleye

Bursary Officer

Akin is a chartered chemical engineer, who’s expertise extends to biopharma, cell therapy and the novel food industry.

Cher Pin Song

Cher Pin Song

Malaysia Chapter

Cher Pin Song is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash University Malaysia.

Eirini Theodosiou

Eirini Theodosiou

Webinar coordinator

Eirini is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Aston University and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson

Newsletter Editor

Bill Thompson is an independent biochemical engineering consultant working in the biopharm and cell therapy sectors.

Ali Bahari

Ali Bahari

Committee Member

Ali serves as the Process Director at Fluor's Life Science Group.

Petra Hanga

Petra Hanga

Committee Member

Petra is an Associate Professor in Biochemical Engineering at UCL.

Stephen Judd

Stephen Judd

Committee Member

Stephen is a Bioprocess SME with DPS Group.

James Mercer

James Mercer

Committee Member

James studied Process Biotechnology at Teesside (2000) before moving to Nottingham MSc Applied Biomolecular Technology (Industrial Biotechnology).

Neil Renault

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).

Vaughan Thomas

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.