Philippe Willemsen, PhD Novadip Biosciences

Philippe Willemsen received his PhD from the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of the University of Liege (Belgium). He has more than 15 years’ experience in Life Sciences, from R&D to manufacturing with a strong expertise in cell biology and cell therapy.

He gained his first industrial experience on a collaborative project at CilBiotech with GSK Bio for large scale cell culture. He joined Cardio3 Biosciences in 2005 (former name for Celyad) for the company’s product development and contributed as Production Manager for all manufacturing activities. In 2011, he joined Promethera Biosciences where he was in charge of the Pilot Plant and Manufacturing activities and was actively involved in process development.

He joined the Bioprocess team of Novadip Biosciences in 2019 to develop and optimize the manufacturing processes to bring them to industrialization.