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Biotechnology Career Panel November 27, 2017 This event was made possible by the support of the Biotechnology Ph.D. Training Program (BTP). The BTP is supported by NIGMS 5T32 GM008715. The BTP promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and discussion through journal clubs, symposia, and a 2 - 3 month industrial experience. For more information, please visit faculty.virginia.edu/biotech.

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Page 1: Biotechnology Career Panel - University of Virginiafaculty.virginia.edu/biotech/pdfs/11.27.17.UVa.BTP.Industrial... · Biotechnology Career Panel November 27, 2017 This event was

Biotechnology Career Panel

November 27, 2017

This event was made possible by the support of the Biotechnology Ph.D. Training Program (BTP). The BTP is supported by NIGMS 5T32 GM008715. The BTP promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and discussion through journal clubs, symposia, and a 2 - 3 month industrial experience. For more information, please visit faculty.virginia.edu/biotech.

Page 2: Biotechnology Career Panel - University of Virginiafaculty.virginia.edu/biotech/pdfs/11.27.17.UVa.BTP.Industrial... · Biotechnology Career Panel November 27, 2017 This event was

Audrey Reid is a gastro-nomical chemist and founder of Imbibe Solu-tions, a Charlottesville, Virginia based laboratory that works with breweries and wineries to improve

their quality control programs. Her career plan evolved as a desire to combine her love of science and food, and with inspiration from a good friend and talented brewer, she started Imbibe Solutions to help craft beverage businesses improve the quality and consistency of their products. Entrepreneurship was a twist she never saw coming, but it has allowed her to create a position she loves, with people she adores, and a fridge that is always full of beer.

Dr. Mike Simmers is the Head of Technology and Operations at HemoShear Therapeutics. Dr. Simmers received a BS and PhD from the University of

Virginia in Biomedical Engineering and trained

in the Brett Blackman lab of the Cardiovascular Research Center. Following graduation, he began working at HemoShear Therapeutics as a Senior Research Scientist running commercial vascular drug studies. Currently, he is responsible for labo-ratory operations, new technology development, and management of intellectual property strategy and maintenance. He has authored several publi-cations and is an inventor on multiple patents relating to in vitro model development and drug testing.

Michael Simmers, Ph.D.

Audrey Reid, M.A.

Dr. Jason Papin is a Professor in the Depart-ment of Biomedical Engi-neering at the University of Virginia. He received his PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Cali-fornia, San Diego. His

research group develops computer models of biochemical networks to tackle a wide-variety of biomedical challenges.

Jason Papin, Ph.D.

College of Engineering. Dr. Boyan directs the Virginia branch of the FDA-sponsored Atlantic Pediatric Device Consortium. She is a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Mechani-cal and Biomedical Engineering, and the Engi-neering. Dr. Boyan directs the Virginia branch of the FDA-sponsored Atlantic Pediatric Device Consortium. She is a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, and the World Con-gress of Biomaterials and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012. In 2016, she was elected Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Boyan was appoint-ed to the National Materials Advisory Board of the National Academies and chaired their Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materi-als and Applications. She has founded a number of biomedical technology companies and has served on the Boards of both public and private companies. The author of more than 460 peer-reviewed papers, reviews, and book chapters, Dr. Boyan holds 22 U.S. patents.

Dr. Pomés obtained her PhD from the University of Barcelona-Consejo Supe-rior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain, did a Post-doctoral fellow-ship at Merck and co., Inc. (Rahway, NJ), and was

faculty at the University of Virginia before becoming Research Director of Indoor Biotech-nologies in 2001. She was awarded the Pharmacia Allergy Research Foundation Award on “Determi-nants of Allergenicity” in 2002. She is Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immu-nology since 2006, member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, member and secretary of the WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Sub-Committee and serves as editor of Current Allergy and Asthma Reports. Dr. Pomés’ is the principal investigator for the RO1 Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases that funds her research on the study of the molecular structure and function of allergens and their contribution to allergic disease.

Anna Pomes, Ph.D.

Dr. Barbara D. Boyan holds the Alice T. and William H. Goodwin, Jr. Chair in Biomedical Engineering and is Dean, School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

She is professor emerita at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she served as Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the

Barbara Boyan, Ph.D.