Harold Vladar

CEO at Discovery Evolution FlexCo

Speaker

Dr. Harold P. de Vladar, founder and CEO, of Discovery Evolution, is a passionate leader and serial entrepreneur in Synthetic Biology and Biopharma. His drive to push the boundaries of the Biotech Industry fuel his relentless pursuit of innovation. Combining scientific, technological, and computational expertise, he spearheads groundbreaking solutions, while his strategic and organizational leadership paves the way for transformative change of Synthetic Biology in the pharma industry and beyond.

He holds a PhD from Groningen University (The Netherlands) and has a strong interdisciplinary background and scientific career at renowned academic institutions in Austria and abroad in the relevant fields for Discovery Evolution, such as genetics, cell biology, evolutionary computation, synthetic biology and computational biology.

He has published more than 25 peer reviewed papers and is inventor of 5 patent families.

De Vladar is the founder and former CEO of Ribbon Bio, a Life Sciences Start-up which he founded and lead with more than 40 employees to a series A financing of 18 M EUR in 2022. Currently he serves as director of Ribbon Bio's advisory Board.