Tuhidul Islam, PhD

Engineering Research & Development Manager at Avantor

Speaker

Tuhidul Islam joined to Avantor in September 2021 and is a Sr. Manager- Bioprocess Application at Avantor Technology & Innovation (T&I). He is focused on applications of new product and processes to overcome challenges in biologics manufacturing for different drug modalities. He has 14+ years of experience in process development and cGMP manufacturing science for monoclonal antibodies, fusion proteins, Adeno-associated virus and Lentivirus. Prior to Joining Avantor, Tuhidul worked as a process development manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, involved in designing and developing of downstream processes in multiple therapeutic areas, scaling-up and technology transfer to cGMP. He also worked at AGC Biologics for late-stage process development. Tuhidul holds a PhD degree in Biochemical Engineering from Jacobs University, Germany, with a particular focus on protein purification method development, and spent several years as a postdoctoral researcher at BTEC, NC State University, USA. These experiences afforded him to learn various aspects of process development and manufacturing sciences aligned with regulatory guidelines for clinical success.