MEET THE FACULTY
Juan-Camilo Arjona, M.D., Ph.D,
Chief Medical, Officer
Organon
Juri Bach, Ph.D.
Senior Investment Manager
HTGF (High-Tech Gründerfonds)
Martina Benešová-Schäfer, Ph.D.
Group Leader, Translational Radiotheranostics
DKFZ
Joshua Berlin
Head of Corporate Alliances & Business Development
BioCentury Inc.
Karen Bernstein, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Chairman
BioCentury Inc.
Paul Bridges, Ph.D.
President, Consulting
Parexel
Roel Bulthuis
Managing Partner
Syncona Investment Management Ltd.
Vanessa Carle, Ph.D.
Principal
Forbion
Hayley Chapman
Senior Program Director
Patient Focused Medicines Development
Tomas Cihlar, Ph.D.
SVP of Research, Virology
Gilead Sciences
Bianca Coulter
Executive Chair
Coulter Partners
Laia Crespo-Martin, Ph.D.
Partner
Sanofi Ventures
Nathaniel Dahan, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Syncona Investment Management
Alexander Demoulin
Associate
Bioqube Ventures
Markus Dietrich, Ph.D.
Senior Investment Associate
Hadean Ventures
Luc Dochez, Pharm.D.
Managing Partner
Droia Ventures
Simone Fishburn, Ph.D.
VP & Editor in Chief
BioCentury Inc.
David Flores
Co-Founder, President & CEO
BioCentury Inc.
Arthur Franken
General Partner
Gilde Healthcare
Hakan Goker, Ph.D.
Managing Director
M Ventures
Stephen Hansen
Director of Biopharma Intelligence
BioCentury Inc.
Miao He, Ph.D.
Senior Investment Associate
Hadean Ventures
Sophie Hughes, Ph.D.
Investment Analyst
Seroba Life Sciences
Petra Kinzlova
CEO
Prague.bio
Max Klement, Ph.D.
Partner
Novo Holdings
Anja Koenig, Ph.D.
Global Head
Novartis Venture Fund
Charlotte Kremers, Ph.D.
Principal
M Ventures
Stefano Lamaro
Analyst
Pureos Bioventures
Guru Laxmikanthan, Ph.D.
Partner
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Franck Le Deu
Venture Partner
Aulis Capital
Claire Macht
Director, European Portfolio
EBD Group
Fiona MacLaughlin, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Venture Investments
Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC)
Allan Marchington, Ph.D.
Managing Director & Head of Life Sciences
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)
Marco Marrone
Chief Investment Officer
European Investment Fund
Joep Muijrers, Ph.D.
General Partner
Gilde Healthcare
Søren Møller
Managing Partner, Seed Investments
Novo Holdings
Carole Nuechterlein
Former Head
Roche Venture Fund
Antoine Papiernik
Chairman & Managing Partner
Sofinnova Partners
Richard Pazdur, M.D.
Former Director
Oncology Center of Excellence, and Director, CDER, FDA
Laura Pedroza
Associate Director
AbbVie Ventures
Elisa Petris
Lead Partner
Syncona Investment Management
Miloslav Polasek, Ph.D.
Head, Coordination Chemistry Research Group
IOCB Prague
Robert Puopolo
Partner
Goodwin
Guido Rasi, M.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Tor Vergata University of Rome
Rusty Ray
Managing Director
Alantra
Henrijette Richter, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Sofinnova Partners
Giovanni Rizzo, Ph.D.
Partner
Indaco BIO Fund
Michal Shoshan, Ph.D.
CEO & Founder
metaLead Therapeutic
Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D.
President & CEO
Candel Therapeutics
Steve Usdin
Washington Editor & Head of Policy & Regulation
BioCentury Inc.
Misti Ushio, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Digitalis Ventures
Bonnie van Wilgenburg
Principal
Monograph Capital Advisors
Jimmy Wei, Ph.D.
Director & CEO
Chime Biologics
Erica Whittaker, Ph.D.
VP & Head Corporate Venture Fund
UCB Ventures
Alexandra Zemp, Ph.D.
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Dan Zhang, M.D.
Co-Chairman, Hillgene, and former Board Member
BayHelix
Radek Špíšek, Ph.D.
CEO
Sotio Biotech
Past Bio€quity Europe Faculty
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