Timothy Lee
Director
Process Sciences Biologics Allergan
USA
Biography
Dr. Timothy Lee has approximately 15 years of experience in biopharmaceutical science and manufacturing with a proven track record in management of multi-disciplinary teams in product development and transfer of processes to manufacturing and CMO. He has worked as a process development scientist performing upstream bacterial and mammalian media optimization, protein recovery and purification before moving into manufacturing operations. Dr. Lee was at Allergan serving as Director of Process Sciences leading a team of 20 people in biologics development. He is involved in developing process from early to late phase clinical manufacturing. Prior, Dr. Lee worked at Sanofi Pasteur, LTD where he served in a wide variety of roles including: Director, Industrial Performance; Deputy Director, Bulk Manufacturing; and Sr. Development Scientist, Bioprocessing R&D. Dr. Lee is currently an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University in Bioprocessing and Quality Assurance, speaks annually at industry conferences and is well published in peer reviewed journals, biotechnology books and served as editorial board member of the journal bioprocessing & Biotechniques & Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination. He holds a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering.
Research Interest
Protein recovery and purification