UVa

2019

November 21, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm (Pinn Hall, Room 3016).  ‘Biotech Industrial Career Panel’  For information contact Nick Cornell or Phillis Hynes. 

Panelists:
Don Griffin, PhD, CSO & Co-Founder (and BTP mentor), Tempo Therapeutics  LinkedIn
Jonathan Handing, Scientist, Moderna Therapeutics LinkedIn
Kasia Handing, Research Scientist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard LinkedIn
Allison Ortigosa, Executive Director, Technical Operations, Merck  LinkedIn

2018

December 3, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm (Pinn Hall, Room 114).  ‘Biotech Industrial Career Panel’  For information contact Andrew Heindel or Phillis Hynes  Download pdf.

Panelists:
Martha Bomar, PhD, Associate Director Quality Assurance, Merck  LinkedIn
Colin Choi, PhD, Investigative Toxicologist, Takeda Pharmaceutical  LinkedIn
Amrie Grammer, PhD, COO & CSO, AMPEL BioSolutions  LinkedIn
Joseph Kilroy, PhD, Cofounder at SoundPipe Therapeutics (BTP Alum)  LinkedIn

2017

November 27, 12:30 - 1:30 pm (Pinn Hall, Room 114).  ‘Biotechnology Career Panel’  For information contact Jennifer Ortiz, Maria Ali or Mary Hall.  Download pdf.  Download bios.

Panelists:
Barbara Boyan, PhD, Dean of the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University  LinkedIn
Jason Papin, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UVa  LinkedIn
Anna Pomés, PhD, Research Director at INDOOR Biotechnologies, Inc.  LinkedIn
Audrey Reid, MA, Founder of Imbibe Solutions  LinkedIn
Michael Simmers, PhD, Head of Technology and Operations, Hemoshear Therapeutics  LinkedIn

2015

November 2, 10 - 11:30 am (Jordan Hall, Room 114).  ‘Careers in Biotechnology.  Beyond the PhD’  For information contact Laryssa Manigat or Mary Hall.  Download pdf.

Panelists:
David Ege, PhD, Executive Director, Vaccines & Biologics Manufacturing at Merck  LinkedIn
Caren Petrie Aronin, PhD, Scientific Advisor/Patent Agent at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati  LinkedIn
Anna Pomés, PhD, Research Director at INDOOR Biotechnologies, Inc.  LinkedIn
Ed Ramos, PhD, Program Director at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)  LinkedIn
Thomas Thorpe, MBA, CEO, Afton Scientific  LinkedIn
Sue Yi, PhD, Toxicologist at Syngenta Crop Protection  LinkedIn

2014

November 10, 2 - 4 pm (Jordan Hall, Room 114).  ‘Careers in Biotechnology.  Beyond the PhD’  For information contact Matthew Biggs or Mary Hall.  Download pdf.

Panelists:
Amy Clobes, Associate Director of Professional Development, UVa  LinkedIn
Anne Knowlton, Asssociate Editor, Current Biology, Cell Press 
David Manka, Senior Scientific Director, HemoShear  LinkedIn
Jennifer Munson, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, UVa  LinkedIn
Chris Paschall, Licensing Manager, UVa Licensing and Ventures  LinkedIn

Video presentations:
Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems, NSF [BTP alum]  LinkedIn
Rebekah Neal, Associate Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [BTP alum]  LinkedIn

2013

November 1, 9:30 - 11:00 am (Jordan Hall, Room 1-5).  ‘Internships & Careers in Industry.  How do you get from here to there?’  For information contact Dan Nelson or Mary Hall.  Download pdf.

Panelists:
Patrick Klepcyk, Associate Director, UVa Licensing and Ventures LinkedIn
C. Matt Holl, Scientific Consultant, Beckman Coulter
Ernie Almodovar, Scientist, Amgen [BTP alum]  LinkedIn
Antonio Ubiera, Manager, GlaxoSmithKline [BTP alum]  LinkedIn
Maciek Sasinowski, VP Clinical Affairs, Health Diagnostic Laboratory 
Tara Jones, Director Amgen [BTP alum]  LinkedIn

2012

March 27, 10 - 11:30 am followed by table talks (Jordan Hall, Room 114).  ‘Internships & Careers in Industry.  How do you get from here to there?’  For information contact Greg Faust or Mary Hall.  Download pdf.

Panelists:
Alex Bailey, Commissioner’s Fellow, FDA [BTP alum]  LinkedIn
Stefan Bekiranov, formerly Affymetrix, now Assoc Prof, UVa  LinkedIn
Krishna Kodukula, Executive Director, Center for Advanced Drug Research, SRI International  LinkedIn
Eric Park, Scientist, Shire HGT [BTP alum]  LinkedIn
Brian A Pollok, President, ATCC  LinkedIn

2010

November 19.  ‘Internships & Careers in Industry.  How do you get from here to there?’ 

Panelists:
Martin Chapman, President Indoor Biotechnologies  LinkedIn
Michael Danilich, Director, Biomedical Technologies, Luna Innovations  LinkedIn
Robert McKown, Director of Biomanufacturing, EyeRx  LinkedIn
Jay Reuben, CSO/Microbiology, Becton Dickinson  LinkedIn
Carl Whatling, Associate Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca  LinkedIn

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