Jorg Thommes

Biography

Jorg Thommes has more than 25 years of experience in the biotechnology industry and academia. Prior to joining Visterra, Mr. Thommes was at Biogen, Inc., where he served among other positions as Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technology, and his responsibilities included process development for all therapeutic modalities, global and site engineering, and manufacturing sciences. Previously, Mr. Thommes was the Director, Protein Purification Development, at IDEC Pharmaceuticals and prior to IDEC, he held a research and teaching position at the Institute of Enzyme Technology at University of Dusseldorf, Germany. He serves on the board of the Recovery of Biological Products conference series and was chairman of that board from 2014 to 2016. Mr. Thommes received a Diplom-Chemiker degree from University of Bonn, Germany, a Doctorate of Natural Sciences from University of Bonn, Germany, and a Habilitation Degree in Biochemical Engineering from University of Dusseldorf, Germany.

Research Interest

 biotechnology