Professor Suzanne Farid FREng

Professor of Bioprocess Systems Engineering, UCL 

Professor Suzanne Farid is Professor of Bioprocess Systems Engineering at UCL, Deputy Head of Department (Education), Co-Director of the EPSRC Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub and Director of the UCL-AstraZeneca Bioprocessing Centre of Excellence. She leads internationally in “decisional tools” research to facilitate cost-effective bioprocess design, capacity planning, R&D portfolio management, and data mining for biopharmaceuticals, ranging from monoclonal antibodies to cell and gene therapies. Her pioneering research has helped biotech companies make smarter decisions about process development and manufacturing, enabling therapeutics to be brought to market faster and at lower cost, and facilitating wider access to these innovative medicines