Leo Van Der Pol
FORMER EVI FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEM
Vaccines and Immunisation
European Vaccine Initiative
Germany
Biography
Dr. Leo van der Pol is principal scientist at Intravacc, the Institute for Translational Vaccinology, responsible for the development of processes for both bacterial and viral vaccines. From 2005 to 2013 he was Head of Process Develoment at the Netherlands Vaccine Institute (NVI) and National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)-Vaccinology. Before this he was senior scientist and manager Research & Development at the pioneer Contract Manufacturing Company Bio-Intermediair that later evolved to DSM Biologics, involved in process development, scale-up, process validation, and trouble shooting. Though monoclonal antibodies were a model product in his 18 years CMO experience, process development was also performed for enzymes, hormones, blood factors, immuno-modulants and vaccines with different expression systems such as hybridoma, myeloma, CHO, BHK, insect-cell/ baculovirus, adherent animal and human cells. Leo van der Pol holds a PhD in Bioprocess technology from the Wageningen University & Reseach Centre (WUR). Recent research focuses on vaccine development in accordance with current ICH guidelines (QbD and PAT) and the development of new platform-technology for vaccines.
Research Interest
To develop effective, accessible, and affordable vaccines against diseases of poverty.
