Meet The Executive & Operations Team
Dr. Antoine Espinet
Founder & CEO
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3 years of experience in cell therapy start up
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4.5 years at McKinsey & Company as Engagement manager, with experience in manufacturing, sourcing and strategy
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PhD, Environmental Eng, Cornell University
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Diplôme d’ingénieur, Ecole Centrale Paris
Dr. Cesare Cejas
Founder & Vice President of Microfluidics
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Background in soft matter physics and hydrodynamics
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
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6 years experience in microfluidics and microfabrication at Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle (ESPCI Paris)
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Post-doc with Sanofi (Pharmaceutical Sciences - Early Dev't.)
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PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry at Sorbonne University
Prof. Toby King
Chairman & interim COO
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25 years of experience in technology development, particularly in small organisations working in highly regulated environments, with several CTO/COO/CEO/Chairman roles
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PhD in Mechanical Engineering applied to medical devices from Cambridge University
James Davies
Vice President of
Product Engineering
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20 years of experience in design engineering in a range of sectors including medical and pharma, consumer goods and the automotive sector.
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Chartered mechanical engineer with experience of designing products and ability to find inventive solutions to complex design problem
Cassie Primett
People & Operations Manager
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3 years experience as a professional operations manager.
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8 years within retail and events management
Dr. James Kusena
Vice President of Bioprocessing & Applications
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Experience and PhD in human pluripotent stem cell culture and differentiation from Loughborough University
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6 years experience in cell therapy process development and manufacturing optimisation
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Background in Medicinal Chemistry, International Business and Health economics
Meet The Microfluidics Team
Dr. Antonio De Grazia
Microfluidics Engineer
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6 years of experience in microfluidics across different countries and continents
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Experience with design, fabrication and validation of microfluidic devices with biological applications ranging from imaging, to chemical analysis of microorganisms for regenerative medicine and microbiology
Dr. Sreedhar Mareddy
Microfluidics Technician
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Physicist with experience in MEMS fabrication, process development and thin film technology
Meet The Bioprocessing Team
Nicholas Akosa
Senior
Bioprocessing Scientist
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3 years experience processing and analysing human cell populations for pharmacodynamic endpoints
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2 years experience manufacturing
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CAR-T cells, including all stages of manufacturing - from starting cells to finished drug product for cancer immunotherapy trials
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Background in Biomedical Science
Swetha Loganathan
Bioprocessing Scientist
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Experienced in Bioprocessing and molecular techniques
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Previously employed as Associate biomedical scientist at Synlab UK
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MSc in Molecular biotechnology
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B.Tech in Biotechnology
Dr. Debra Carter
Senior Bioprocessing Technician
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PhD at the University of Bristol in inflammation and healing in the human retina
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Experience with progenitor cells, cell differentiation, primary cell lines and cell analysis techniques including FACS analysis
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2 years experience with molecular biology and gene manipulation in yeast cells. MSc Immunology
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BSc (hons) Biology
Meet The Academic Team
William Edwards
PhD Researcher (in collaboration with King's College London)
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Background in Biochemistry and Translational Biomedical Research from Cambridge University
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Recipient of King's College iCASE Studentship (Industrial Collaborative Awards in Science and Engineering)
Meet The Advisory Team
Dr. Jim Mills
Bioprocessing Expert
Prof. Mark Carver
Cell & Gene Therapy Expert
