FOCUS SPEAKER:
Matthew Croughan
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 About
Matthew Croughan
At “the Keck”, Professor Croughan teaches three graduate
courses in bioprocessing. He also serves as faculty advisor
on collaborative projects with industry (Team Masters Projects).
His laboratory classes and research range from monoclonal
antibody production and purification, to fermented beverages,
to biodiesel production from algae.
Prior to joining KGI, Dr. Croughan spent 8 years consulting
with over 35 firms on biopharmaceutical process development
and manufacturing issues. He still consults with many firms
part-time.
Prior to consulting, Dr. Croughan worked at Genentech for
ten years. He led the development of the first licensed, fed-batch
cell culture process, a breakthrough platform technology now
used by Genentech and throughout the industry for production
of high-dose therapeutic antibodies and other proteins. He
has a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley and a Ph.D from M.I.T., both
in chemical engineering.
Matthew Croughan's Keck Graduate Institue Web Site: http://www.kgi.edu/x3039.xml
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