Biochemical Engineering
Committee
Will Olughu
Chair
Will is a Senior Principal Scientist at Ipsen Biopharm UK.
Mark Woodyer
Secretary
Henry Charlton
Treasurer
Andrew Brown
Webinar Co-ordinator
Andrew is currently Director, Head of Global Process Development Support at Lonza.
Adam Hawthorne
Careers Development Organiser
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
Malaysia Chapter
Cher Pin Song is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash University Malaysia.
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
Newsletter Editor
Bill Thompson is an independent biochemical engineering consultant working in the biopharm and cell therapy sectors.
Ali Bahari
Committee Member
Ali serves as the Process Director at Fluor's Life Science Group.
Petra Hanga
Committee Member
Petra is an Associate Professor in Biochemical Engineering at UCL.
Stephen Judd
Committee Member
Stephen is a Bioprocess SME with DPS Group.
James Mercer
Committee Member
James studied Process Biotechnology at Teesside (2000) before moving to Nottingham MSc Applied Biomolecular Technology (Industrial Biotechnology).
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
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.