Upstream Processing at 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Marieke Zhao is an experienced leader of functional and cross-functional teams in the Biotech industry with a focus on transitioning Biologics from Discovery to Clinical Manufacturing. He excels at facilitating collaboration of research, preclinical, CMC and clinical development teams to ensure successful and timely completion of projects. Subject matter expert on CHO cell line and cell culture development, viral safety testing, and regulatory requirements for the production of human therapeutics. Marieke received his Bachelors of Science and Master of Science in Biochemistry from North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit.