Rom***PhD

Immunology, Data Analysis, Project Management, Microbiology

Director of Business Development at Envisagenics

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• Duration: 2023-06 to Present
• Description: Envisagenics was founded in 2014 as a spinout of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Our mission is to reduce the complexity of biomedical data to accelerate the development of innovative therapeutic solutions through RNA splicing analytics and artificial intelligence. We focus on the discovery of RNA therapeutics. Over 30 million people in the US suffer from genetic diseases or cancer that could be caused by mutations affecting RNA splicing. 370 human diseases are known to be caused by splicing errors, and more remain to be discovered. Our breakthrough technology, SpliceCore, is a cloud-based platform that is experimentally validated to predict drug targets and biomarkers through splicing discovery from RNA-seq data, using Artificial Intelligence. We are using our software to identify splicing errors causative of diseases, identify the right drug-targets and develop RNA therapeutics through partnerships and collaborations with Biopharma. Our in-silico RNA therapeutics discovery platform replaces expensive drug-target selection and lead design with efficient computer simulations, decreasing time, cost, and failure risk of drug development programs.

Business Development Director at Champions Oncology, Inc.

• Location: Greater Boston
• Duration: 2022-04 to 2023-05
• Description:

Sr. Manager, Key Accounts at SIRION BIOTECH GmbH

• Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Duration: 2021-03 to 2022-04
• Description: • Consulting on custom viral vector manufacturing and engineering for projects across therapeutic areas (gene therapy, cell therapy, oncology, vaccines): AAVs, Adenoviruses, Lentiviruses • Establishing and managing business development activities to build long-term scientific collaborations as well as driving licensing of existing intellectual property. • Identification of prospective clients and advancing them to key accounts through successful project management.

Key Account Manager at SIRION BIOTECH GmbH

• Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Duration: 2019-10 to 2021-02
• Description:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Hematology/Oncology at Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard Medical School

• Location: Großraum Boston und Umgebung
• Duration: 2017-06 to 2019-09
• Description: • Directed laboratory projects to analyze cell death in cancer and viral infection models including MCMV, Zika virus, myeloid leukemia, and hematopoiesis (T cell development). • Developed Flow-FISH pipeline to analyze telomere length from in vivo and ex vivo studies published in Cell Stem Cell. • Managed lab activities as interim lab manager and trained peers, junior staff and students on crucial laboratory techniques (e.g. cell culture, PBMC isolation, multicolor flow cytometry) and handling of rodents. • Coursework: Scientists Teaching Science Course – A Nine-week Pedagogy Course for Postdocs, Introduction into Network Medicine, Python for Life Scientists, Life Science Industries and Non-Academic Careers for PhDs.