The consortium is comprised of biomanufacturers, including small and medium-sized businesses, research colleges and universities, government institutes, and non-profit organizations, all focused on achieving the sustained U.S. leadership in biomanufacturing. BSTC encompasses multiple geographical locations and areas of industry expertise, including bio-engineering, regulatory and measurement sciences, education and workforce development.
Who We Are
Principle Investigator
- Seongkyu Yoon (UMass Lowell)
Co-Directors
- Hyunmin Yi (Tufts)
- William E. Bentley (University of Maryland)
- Kelvin H. Lee (University of Delaware)
- Wei-Shou Hu (University of Minnesota)
- M. Nazmul Karim (Texas A&M)
- Mel Koch (University of Washington)
Staff
- Kevin J. Bittorf (UMass Lowell)
- Jeff Doyle (Pfizer)
Advisors
- Michael J. Tarlov (NIST)
- Kurt A. Brorson (FDA)
Biopharmaceutical Core-faculty & Advisory Board Members
- Rajesh Beri (Lonza)
- Thomas Ryll (Biogen)
- Jack Prior (Genzyme)
- Sadettin Ozturk
- Neil Schauer
- Tom Porter (Pfizer)
- William Thomas
- Jin Xu
- Carl Lawton
Academic Co-Directors
- Weishou Hu (UMN)
- Hyunmin Yi (Tufts)
- Mel Koch (UW)
- Naz Karim (TAMU)
- Kelvin Lee (UD)
- William Bentley (UMD)
Industrial Contributors
- Chris Hwang (Genzyme)
- Anurag Khetan (BI)
- Daniel Bauer (GE)
- David Beattie/Vin Donovan (EMD Millipore)
- Brandon Downey (Bend Research)
- David Lyon (Bend Research)
- Jeff Breit (Bend Research)
- John Cadwell (Fibercell Systems)
- Maurizio Cattaneo (Biovolutions)
- Dharmesh Bhanushall (GSK)
- Brian Lee (PBS Biotech)
- Brad Pindzola (TIAX)
- Bert Frohlich (Shire)
- Jason Starkey (Pfizer)
- Kathleen Mihlbachler (Lewa)
- Sun Koo Kim (Bayer)
- Jean-Francois Hamel (MIT)
- Ann D’Ambruoso (ApplikonBio)
- David Strachan (Kaiser)
- Terry Hudson (Genentech)
- Melissa Calcagni (RDC)
- John Smelko (Biogen)
Education/Training Contributors
- Bruce Van Dyke (QCC)
PI & Co-PI:
- Seongkyu Yoon (UMass Lowell)
- Eric Masse (UMass Lowell)
- Carl Lawton (UMass Lowell)
- Kevin Bittorf (UMass Lowell)
State Institute:
- Beth Nicklas (MLSC)
- Susan Windham-Bannister (MLSC)
- Pamela Norton (MLSC)
Advisors:
- Mike Tarlov (NIST)
- Kurt Brorson(FDA)