Meet the Speakers | 10th CAR-TCR Summit Thought Leaders

2025 Speaker Faculty

Investors & Partnering Leaders

Founders & C-Level Leaders

Pharma Industry
Leaders

Biotech Industry
Leaders

World-Leading
Academics

Investors & Partnering Leaders

Albert Hsia

Executive Director Business Development

Merck

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Deanna Mele

Senior Director - Business Development Search & Evaluation

AstraZeneca

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Gadi Bornstein

Senior Director, External Innovation, Discovery, Product Development & Supply (Dpds)

Johnson & Johnson

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Hong Xin

Senior Director - Search & Evaluation

Johnson & Johnson

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Polly Brown

Vice President & Head of Business Development, Oncology, Research & Development

AstraZeneca

Founders & C-Level Leaders

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Anna Truppel-Hartmann

Chief Medical Officer

KSQ Therapeutics

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Birgit Schultes

Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer

Intellia Therapeutics

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Cécile BAUCHE

Founder & Chief Scientific Officer

Alaya.bio

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Daniel Shelly

Chief Business Officer

PolTREG

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Dora Hammerl

Vice President, Research & Development

Pan Cancer T

Edwin Stone

Chief Executive Officer

Cellular Origins

Fabian Gerlinghaus

Chief Executive Officer

Cellares

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Felix Lorenz

Chief Executive Officer/ Chief Scientific Officer

Captain T Cel

Finola Cliffe

Chief Operating Officer

Hooke Bio

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Gwen Binder

President, Science & Technology

Cabaletta Bio

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Haig Aghajanian

Scientific Co-Founder & Head of Research

Capstan Therapeutics

Ignacio Nunez

Chief Operating Officer

ScaleReady

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Jennifer Buell

President & Chief Executive Officer

MiNK Therapeutics

Jennifer Chain

Founder & Chief Scientific Officer

CSM Consulting

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Luke Pase

Chief Technical Officer

Anocca

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Maurits Geerlings

Chief Executive Officer

Nanocell Therapeutics

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Micah Benson

Chief Scientific Officer

KSQ Therapeutics

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Mythili Koneru

Chief Medical Officer

Legend Biotech

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Naji Gehchan

Chief Medical & Development Officer

Kyverna Therapeutics

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Nan Zhang

Chief, Cell Therapy Manufacturing Section

NIH

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Peggy Sotirolpoulou

Chief Scientific Officer

T-knife Therapeutics

Philip Lee

Chief Executive Officer

GeneFab

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Philippe Parone

Chief Scientific Officer

Esobiotech

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Preet Chaudhary

Founder

Angeles Therapeutics

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Raphael Ognar

President, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

NKILT Therapeutics

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Reagan Jarvis

Chief Executive Officer

Anocca

Renaud Vaillant

Renaud Vaillant

Chief Executive Officer

Alaya.bio

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Robert Hofmeister

Chief Scientific Officer

Myeloid therapeutics

Sarah Yuan

Chief Technology Officer

Cabaletta Bio

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Sareina Wu

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer

GenomeFrontier

Sean Hart

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Scientific Officer

LumaCyte

Shon Green

Co-Founder

Zelig Therapeutics

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Stefanos Theoharis

Chief Executive Officer

Onechain Immunotherapeutics

Susan D’Costa

Chief Technical & Commercial Officer

Genezen

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Ulf Grawunder

Chief Executive Officer

T-CURX

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Ulrik Cordes

Chief Executive Officer

Cbio

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Warner Biddle

Chief Executive Officer

Kyverna Therapeutics

Yusuf Erkul

Chief Executive Officer

Kernal Bio

Pharma Industry Leaders

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Alexis Melton

Director, Early Clinical Development Hematology & Cell Therapy

Bristol Myers Squibb

Amy Shaw

Head of Product and Process Development, Cell Therapy Sciences

Takeda

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Bassem Gayed

Senior Director, Cell Therapy Technical Operation

Bristol Myers Squibb

Brian Jones

Senior Principal, Cell Science Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) Advanced Therapies

J&J Innovative Medicine

Felix A. Montero Julian

Vice President of Scientific Affairs

Accell

Gordon Moody

Executive Director, Head of AstraZeneca Oncology CAR-T Research

AstraZeneca

Helena Feldman

Senior Scientist & Laboratory Manager

Adva

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Masoud Golshadi

Senior Scientist

Takeda

Natalia Romero

R&D Director Cell and Biomolecular Analysis Division

Agilent Technologies

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Nelly Viseaux

Vice President, Cell Therapies Development, Manufacturing Supply & Quality

Regeneron

Niraj Ramachandran

Niraj Ramachandran

Senior Director, Technical Regulatory Cell & Gene Therapies

Genentech

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Peter Gergely

Global Head of Immunology, Translational Medicine

Novartis

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Sapna Chhagan

Executive Director, Clinical Sciences, Cell Therapy, Early Clinical Development

Bristol Myers Squibb

Sheryl Brown-Lewis

Principal Engineer/ Scientist – Process Excellence Manufacturing, Science, and Technology (MSAT) Therapeutic & Cellular Solutions (TCS)

American Red Cross / Biomedical Services

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Stella Khiew

Senior Scientist

Merck

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Stephan Krause

Executive Director, Analytical Quality, Cell Therapies

Bristol Myers Squibb

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Vaishali Shukla

Vice President CGT & API Global Expansion

Eli Lilly

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Vicki Plaks

Senior Director, Head of Oncology Translational Research

Johnson & Johnson

Yan Wang

Director & Head of Cellular Process Development

Regeneron

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Yana Wang

Translational Research Lead

Takeda

Biotech Industry Leaders

Alaina Schlinker

Director, Global Field Application Support

Fresenius Kabi

Ales Štrancar

Executive Managing Director

Sartorius BIA Separations

Andrea Manfrin

Deputy Director of Clinical Investigations & Trials

MHRA

Barbara Ressler

Barbara Ressler

Vice President, Manufacturing Process Sciences

Roslin CT

Behnam Ahmadian Baghbaderani

Behnam Ahmadian Baghbaderani

Vice President, Sales Specialized Modalities

Lonza

Brandon Conn

Scientist, Process Development

BioNTech

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Breanna DiAndreth

Principal Scientist

A2 Biotherapeutics

Brent Chesson

Associate Director, Process Development

Immatics

Bryan Rizzo

Senior Vice President, Head of Quality

ElevateBio

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Bryan Zimdahl

Senior Director, Clinical Science & Regulatory Affairs

Eureka Therapeutics

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Cagan Gurer

Senior Vice President - Discovery & Preclinical Development

TScan Therapeutics

Catherine Tomaro-Duchesneau

Senior Director, Manufacturing and MS&T

Roslin CT

Cheryl Cox

Director Cell Therapies Operations

Moffitt Cell Therapy and Gene Engineering Facility

Christopher Muriel

Christopher Muriel

Vice President, Pre-Clinical Pharmacology

Arsenal Bio

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Enrique Zudaire

Senior Vice President of Translational Sciences & Therapeutics Discovery

Caribou Biosciences

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Haixia Wang

Director, Analytical Development

Arsenal Bio

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Howard Cheng

Director, Clinical Development

GenomeFrontier

Jessie H.-T. Ni

Jessie H.-T. Ni

VP of Product Development

Biolegend

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Jodie Wehling

Vice President, Market Access

Mesoblast

John Cesarek

Senior Director of Automation

Cellares

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John Rossi

Vice President, Head of Translational Medicine

Capstan Therapeutics

Joseph Newcome

Senior Director, Analytical Sciences

Minaris Advanced Therapies

Josh Ludwig

ScaleReady

Joyce Kim

Senior Research Associate, Cell Therapy Process Development

Genefab

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Junxia Wang

Executive Member

Women in Bio; The Association for Women in Science

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Justin Skoble

Vice President, Technical Operations

Caribou Biosciences

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Laura Pierce

Biomedical Engineer

National Institute of Standards & Technology

Lavakumar Karyampudi

Lavakumar Karyampudi

Senior Director & Site Head

Moffitt Cell Therapy & Gene Engineering Facility

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Lavanya Peddada

Senior Director, Process Development

Vittoria Biotherapeutics

Louise Kearney

Head of Cell & Gene Therapy, Strategy & Delivery

Fortrea

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Mamta Kalra

Vice President, Process & Analytical Development

Immatics

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Mark Dudley

Independant Consultant

Matteo Stoppato

Matteo Stoppato

Senior Director, Head of R&D

Bionova Scientific

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Matthew Li

Senior Director

Aurion Biotech

Megan van Overbeek

Megan Van Overbeek

Vice President, Preclinical Research

Metagenomi

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Melissa DeFrancesco

Director, Process Development

Lyell Immunopharma

Mike Fitzpatrick

Michael Fitzpatrick

Vice President Business Development, Alliance Management & Operations

Umoja Biopharma

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Michael McLaughlin

Senior Scientist

Abeona Therapeutics

Nick Kirian

Senior Manager, MSAT

Resilience

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Nina Möker

VP

Immatics

Rachel East

Research Manager

Beacon

Rais Malik

Account Manager

Beacon

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Raymond Luke

Senior Director & Head of Manufacturing Science, Technology, Chemistry & Controls

Verismo Therapeutics

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Rich Getto

Senior Vice President, Product Operations

BrainChild Bio

Rielle Giannino

Rielle Giannino

Senior Delivery Director

Fortrea

Rupa Pike

Senior Director, Global Head of Field Scientists and Strategic Alliance, Cell Therapy

Catalent

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Shobha Potluri

Vice President, Translational Sciences & Bioinformatics

Lyell Immunopharma

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Tamar Thompson

Head Corporate Affairs

Alexion Pharmaceuticals

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Theodore Giaviridis

Head of Preclinical Research & Development

OverT Bio

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Therese Choquette

Analytical & Translational Sciences Head

Tigen Pharma

Tom Kowski

Vice President, Analytical Development

Umoja Biopharma

Trevor Smith

Senior Manager, Regional Marketing - Cell & Gene Therapy

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies

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Tuhin Bhowmik

Director, Process Engineering & MST

Arcellx

WanJun Chen

Senior Investigator Chief, Mucosal Immunology Section

NIH, NIDCR

Xiaoyu Wang

R&D Project Manager

Agilent Technologies

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Yan Li

Sr. Director, Process Development

Cabaletta Bio

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Zhiyuan Yang

Director, Analytics

Eureka Therapeutics

World-Leading Academics

Adam Clark

Director of Foundation Operations

Emily Whitehead Foundation

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Bruce Levine

Barbara & Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy

University of Pennsylvania

Hind Rafei

Assistant Professor of Medicine

MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Krishna Komanduri

Professor & Chief, Division of Hematology & Oncology

UCSF Health

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Marcela Maus

Director Cellular Immunotherapy, Program Paula O’Keefe Endowed Chair

Massachussets General Hospital Cancer Center

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Steven Feldman

Director & Head of Site Scientific

Stanford University, Laboratory for Cell & Gene Medicine

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Xiuyan Wang

Director

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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