Stefano Menegatti

Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University at North Carolina State University

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Dr. Menegatti is a Professor and Faculty Scholar in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University. He is the co-founder of the North Carolina Viral Vector Initiative in Research and Learning (NC-VVIRAL) and the Chief Scientific Officer of Chromagenix, a company commercializing affinity adsorbents for bioseparations. Dr. Menegatti's main interests are in purification processes and analytical technologies dedicated to biological therapeutics. His group introduced the paradigm of "flow-through affinity chromatography" and a number of affinity ligands for the purification of proteins, viral vectors, and cells, and has authored over 120 papers and 20 patents. His efforts on innovating biomanufacturing technologies have received several awards including the NSF CAREER award, the ALCOA Foundation Research Achievement Award, and the ACS BIOT Young Investigator Award.