Gene Lee

Gene Lee has over 20 years of experience in the industry. Most recently, he was the Senior Director and global head of the Protein and Cell Sciences department at EMD Serono/Merck Healthcare, where he helped to oversee the early discovery and development of biologics and the pipeline transition to manufacturing. He also served as the US site head for the Discovery and Development Technologies organization at the Billerica, MA R&D facility. Prior to joining EMD Serono, Gene was the Director of Cell Line Generation at Percivia. He also worked at Wyeth BioPharma for 9 years in the cell line development group, contributing to a number of INDs and helping to advance the state of cell line technology and early process development.

Gene received his Bachelors degree in Biology from Carnegie-Mellon University, and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from NYU School of Medicine. He completed his post-doctoral training at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.