Will Olughu

Chair

Dr Olughu holds the position of Senior Principal Scientist at Ipsen Biopharm Ltd UK. His extensive journey has led him through both academic and industrial realms as a biotechnology and bioprocess engineering expert.

Stephen Judd

Committee Members

Stephen Judd is a Bioprocess SME with DPS Group.

Ali Bahari

Committee Member

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

Dr James Mercer

Committee Member

Andrew Brown

Webinar coordinator

Andrew is currently Director, Head of Global Process Development Support at Lonza. He is a chartered biochemical engineer, who graduated with an EngD in Biochemical Engineering from University College London and MEng in Biochemical Engineering from University of Bath.

Mark Woodyer

Secretary

Petra Hanga

Committee Member

Dr Petra Hanga is an Associate Professor in Biochemical Engineering at UCL.

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.

Neil Renault

Committee member

Neil Renault 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).

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.

Akinlolu Odeleye

Bursary Officer

Akin is currently Head of Process Scale-Up at Ivy Farm (a cultivated meat company), translating their bench-scale manufacturing process to industrial scales.

Cher Pin Song

Malaysia Chapter

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