Michael P. Thien, Sc.D. Merck & Co., Inc.

Dr. Thien has worked in new product and process development at Merck for over 25 years. After receiving his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech (1982), an Sc.D. from MIT in biochemical engineering (1988) and a post doc at the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, Mike joined the Merck Research Labs, working in vaccines and recombinant proteins.  Mike was process development leader and plant start-up leader for the first effective commercial HIV protease inhibitor, CRIXIVAN (for which he was given the division’s top recognition) and made key contributions to Merck’s JANUVIA (a treatment for Type II diabetes) and Merck’s efforts in Quality By Design and Knowledge Management.

Dr. Thien has worked in new product and process development at Merck for over 25 years. After receiving his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech (1982), an Sc.D. from MIT in biochemical engineering (1988) and a post doc at the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, Mike joined the Merck Research Labs, working in vaccines and recombinant proteins.  Mike was process development leader and plant start-up leader for the first effective commercial HIV protease inhibitor, CRIXIVAN (for which he was given the division’s top recognition) and made key contributions to Merck’s JANUVIA (a treatment for Type II diabetes) and Merck’s efforts in Quality By Design and Knowledge Management.