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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Principal operating in the Biotechnology space. If you think a Principal is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Sanyogitta Puri
Associate Principal Scientist of AstraZeneca
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About AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca: AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines.
Louis Diorazio
Principal Scientist, Chemical Development of AstraZeneca
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About AstraZeneca: AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines.
Claudio Brunelli
Principal Scientist of Pfizer
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About Pfizer: Pfizer provides access to safe and effective and affordable medicines and health care services.
David Anderson
Principal Scientist of Empyrean Therapeutics
David Anderson is the principal scientist at Empyrean Therapeutics.
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About Empyrean Therapeutics: Empyrean Therapeutics develops next generation cell therapies to enable global and affordable cures for diseases.
Piers Millett
Principal of Biosecu.re
Piers is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC and a consultant for the World Health Organization. He has spent over a decade working for the Biological Weapons Convention, inside the United Nations. He Trained originally as a microbiologist, Piers is still a Chartered Biologist. He is a former Deputy Head of the BWC’s Implementation Support Unit, former Director of the International Federation of Biosafety Associations, a former board member of the Virtual Biosecurity Institute, and a founder member of the Safety Committee of the International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition.
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About Biosecu.re: Biosecu.re helps ensure a resilient, safe, and secure environments, frameworks, and processes.
Stoyan Smoukov
Co-Principal Investigator & Board of Directors of Xanofi
Stoyan was co-principal investigator in the development of the Xanofi technology. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Northwestern University. Stoyan has 10 years of polymer research and engineering experience and the past 6 years spent specifically on nanoscience and nanofiber technology.
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About Queen Mary University of London, Xanofi: Xanofi is a nanotech company specializing in the production of nanofiber applications.
James Prain
Principal of Defence Science and Technology Lab(DSTL)
James Prain is a senior expert working at the UK’s leading defence research agency on geospatial capability development. He works closely with the GEOCORE consortium of leading academic and industry partners, led by Envitia, which was awarded a contract by DSTL to deliver applied research to the UK MoD for the rapid development and insertion of geospatial technology. James Prain is also very much involved in the Advanced Geospatial Information and Intelligence Services (AGIS) programme.
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About Defence Science and Technology Lab(DSTL): Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom.
Nigel Jackson
Principal Engineer R&D of Pall Life Sciences
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About Pall Life Sciences: Pall Life Sciences provides cutting-edge products and services to meet the demanding needs of customers discovering, developing.
Joe Conner
Principal Scientist of Invizius
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About Invizius: Invizius is developing treatments to help hemodialysis patients live longer, feel better, and suffer fewer cardiovascular complications.
