Entry into Industry
Jun. 2 (Sat.) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
・ Are you graduating and thinking about joining the biotech industry? We understand that job-hunting could be over-whelming! Come to this networking session to chat with young professionals with advanced degrees and learn about useful skills to get your first job in the biotech industry.
Confirmed speakers (in alphabetical order):
Yi-Chien Chang（張煜杰）
Senior Scientist
Sanofi
Yi-Chien Chang (張煜杰) has a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Boston University and 2 years of working experience in the biotech industry. (Linkedin profile)
Jimmy Chu（朱治齊）
Scientist I
Bluebird Bio
Jimmy Chu (朱治齊) has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the Process Development group at Bluebird in August 2017.
Sidney Hsieh（謝欣康）
Senior Scientist
Merck
Sidney Hsieh (謝欣康) has a Master of Neuroscience from the McGill University, Canada and 12-year working experience in the biotech and Pharmaceutical industry.
Jessica Huang
Senior Associate Scientist, AAV in vivo Translational Science
Pfizer
Jessica Huang obtained her master degree in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. She worked at MGH before joining Pfizer.
Hsin-Wei Liao（廖心瑋）
Scientist
FORMA Therapeutics, Inc.
Hsin-Wei Liao (廖心瑋) has a Ph.D. of Molecular and Cellular Oncology from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and 3-month experience in the biotech industry.
Georgia Lin（林宣平）
Project Manager
Siemens Healthineers
Georgia Lin (林宣平）has two master’s degrees in molecular pathology and nutrition metabolism with 6 years independent research experiences. She has just started her role as project manager of in vitro diagnostic group at Siemens.
Li (Lily) Lin（林立）
Associate Scientist II
Biogen
Li (Lily) Lin has a master degree in Pharmacology from Tufts University and started her career in Physical Biochemistry and Protein Science at Biogen since 2017.
Anson Peng（彭聲翔）
Scientist I
Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research (NIBR)
Anson Peng (彭聲翔) has a Master degree from Rutgers University focusing on Neurobiology, and a Master of Science in Microbiology from National Taiwan University. He has 4-year working experience in the biotech industry.
Wilson Peng
Scientist II
Berg, LLC
Wilson Peng has a Ph.D. of Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Chicago and 4-year working experience in the biotech industry.
Ming-Yueh Wu（吳明玥）
Organism Engineer
Ginkgo Bioworks
Ming-Yueh Wu (吳明玥) received her Ph.D. degree in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has years of experience in Microbial Synthetic Biology.