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Industry-focused structural biologist, team leader, and consultant with over 14 years of experience across biotech startups, pharma, and world-class academic institutes (EMBL, University of Bristol). Proven expertise in end-to-end vaccine and biologics development, with a specialization in protein engineering, molecular design, advanced vaccine platforms (VLPs), and multiprotein complexes. Strong track record of translating complex structural biology into scalable, deployable products, bridging the gap between R&D discovery and clinical manufacturing (CMC, USP/DSP, and CDMO tech transfer). Offers high-impact technical due diligence and strategic advisory to de-risk early-stage pipelines and accelerate time-to-market.

Research Professor, chartered scientist and engineer, serial entrepreneur, with extensive experience of executive level university leadership, board executive, charity trustee appointments, national and international public body and professional body advisory appointments, scientific legal expert witness, project and advisory consultancy – and authorship of more than 130 research papers and textbooks.

My area of study is the intersection of clinical neuroscience, translational pharmacology, and computational biomarker discovery. I am a PhD candidate investigating how glymphatic and meningeal–lymphatic pathways relate to neuroinflammation in humans. I focus on immune-cell phenotyping and cell-free markers that may index inflammatory activity and neurodegenerative trajectories. Alongside sampling development, I contribute to assay and workflow optimisation for mass-spectrometry-ready proteomics, with an emphasis on automation, quality control, and reproducibility.

My pharmacology and drug-safety foundation was built through an MRes in Biological Science and Translational Medicine. I examined dose- and time-dependent paracetamol-induced kidney injury in renal cell models, differentiating apoptotic and necrotic mechanisms and linking experimental readouts to clinically relevant nephrotoxicity questions. I completed a systematic review on cilastatin as a renoprotective strategy and critically evaluated in vitro acute kidney injury models for translational validity. I also gained ward-level exposure as a Clinical Research Associate in nephrology, aligning laboratory findings with real-world clinical pathways and multidisciplinary decision-making.

From an industry and communications perspective, I have experience in medical affairs-adjacent work, including market analysis to support launch planning in an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company and the development of compliant training materials with medical teams. I have delivered conference and hospital presentations, tailoring complex findings to both clinical and public audiences, and I have completed structured projects on European compliance frameworks, which underpins my approach to regulatorily aware medical writing.

Computationally, I build end-to-end machine-learning workflows in Python and R for noisy, high-dimensional datasets, particularly proteomics and multimodal clinical data. My toolkit spans supervised learning, unsupervised clustering, and dimensionality reduction.

Overall, my expertise is translating complex biomedical and quantitative evidence into actionable deliverables, supported by an MBA in Clinical Leadership and a strong biochemistry foundation, including earlier research on TEX12 expression in somatic and cancer models.

With more than 10 years of R&D experience in biochemistry and infection biology, I am a Senior Scientist for Surface Chemistry in Biotechnology at e-Proteins, the world leader in avidin derivatives production. I have been applying my expertise and skills to develop innovative binding protein solutions for diagnostic, biotech, and pharma industries, addressing the main challenges of streptavidin-based applications.

As a team leader and co-founder of Sapoto, I have also been managing and coordinating a team of 30 employees, integrating external service providers, and overseeing the quality management activities for other test centers. I hold the credentials of QMB Manager and Internal Auditor, which enable me to ensure compliance with GMP, GLP, and GCP standards. My mission is to contribute to the advancement of biotechnology and improve the quality and reliability of binding protein products.