I am currently a Senior Advisor in GSK Vaccines R&D. Prior to my current role I was the Global Head of Discovery Support and New Technology in GSK. Previously, I was VP, Global Head of Vaccine Chemistry and Formulation for Novartis Vaccines. I have extensive experience on Vaccine Adjuvants, including R&D on several included in licensed products, and I was a member of the Team that initiated work on RNA vaccines in Novartis in 2009. I am a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. I was previously awarded the Conference Science medal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, and the Young Investigator Research Achievement Award of the Controlled Release Society. I was named as the ‘most inventive scientist’ in Chiron Corp, Emeryville.