Elise Champion
Paris
Summary
Driven Director with experience planning and coordinating all aspects of productions. Proficient in selecting scripts, coordinating writing and supporting directing and editing. Multifaceted leader with talent orchestrating coordination of all records, plans and personnel to accomplish fast-paced work.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Enzyme Director R&D
DNA SCRIPT
Paris
09.2016 - Current
- Lead a scientific team of up to 25 collaborators to develop new proprietary enzymes suited for Enzymatic DNA Synthesis technology (EDS) and enabling synthesis of longer and purer oligonucleotides
- Manage enzyme activities (enzyme engineering & characterization, optimization of production process, process transfer to manufacturing/CRO, development of QC methods) and team priorities (OKR), transversal projects & budget.
Project Manager
glycom A/S
Copenhagen
02.2011 - 08.2016
- Development of new enzymatic routes and fermentative processes to synthesize demanding oligosaccharides including human milk oligosaccharides
- Set-up of the biocatalysis activities
- Initiated/coordinated R&D programs with external partners: synthesis of enzymatic substrates; enzyme engineering and expression; discovery of new enzymatic activities; enzyme immobilisation; enzyme production in pilot scale; development of SOPs for activity determination; metabolomics
- Main research activities: Enzymology; Optimisation of fermentation processes; Construction of strains producing oligosaccharides; Development of methods for strain screening (strain/fermentation interface).
Post-doctoral Researcher
MIT, Department of Chemical Engineering
Cambridge
12.2009 - 01.2011
- Prediction of protein-protein interaction sites – in collaboration with Novartis
- Development of the experimental strategy; Protein and variant production in mammalian cells; protein purification and characterisation; protein binding studies.
Post-doctoral Researcher / PhD Student
INSA, departement of biocatalysis
Toulouse
02.2004 - 12.2008
- Design of α-transglucosidases of controlled specificity for programmed chemo-enzymatic synthesis of antigenic oligosaccharides - In collaboration with Pasteur Institute (Paris, France)
- Construction of enzyme libraries; Development of enzyme screening protocols; Production, purification and biochemical characterization of the most improved variants / Preparative synthesis, purification and structural characterization of target products.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry -
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INsa)
04.2008
Master in Biochemistry -
Institut quimic sarria (Iqs)
01.2004
Chemical Engineer -
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE (ENSCM)
01.2004
Skills
- English, German, Spanish, French
- Budget Control
- Project Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- People Management
- Budget Management
- Creativity and Innovation
- Team Management
Patents & Publications
Co-author of 8 publications
Co-inventor of 37 patent applications
Languages
French
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Spanish
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
German
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Affiliations
Mountain sports : hiking, climbing, skiing
Diploma to guide groups in hiking trips (2007)
Personal project (2009): 47-day trek to cross the Pyrenees from Ocean to Mediterranean Sea via the high altitude trail
10+ treks around the world
Timeline
Senior Enzyme Director R&D
DNA SCRIPT
09.2016 - Current
Project Manager
glycom A/S
02.2011 - 08.2016
Post-doctoral Researcher
MIT, Department of Chemical Engineering
12.2009 - 01.2011
Post-doctoral Researcher / PhD Student
INSA, departement of biocatalysis
02.2004 - 12.2008
Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry -
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INsa)
Master in Biochemistry -
Institut quimic sarria (Iqs)
Chemical Engineer -
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE (ENSCM)
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