Pedro Cruz

Biography

 Pedro Cruz has a 5-year degree in Chemical Engineering, branch of Biotechnology from IST – University of Lisbon (1994), an MBA in International Businesses from the Catholic University – Lisbon (1999), and a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from ITQB – UNL (1999). Pedro was involved in the start-up of iBET’s pilot plant and worked as a researcher at Novartis-Switzerland. Has large scientific experience gained through the participation in several international research projects in the fields of viral vaccines and gene therapy as a Senior Researcher at the Animal Cell Technology Lab of iBET, including various periods abroad (Innogenetics-Belgium, GBF (now HZI)–Germany, Penn State U.–USA). He is also lecturing on bachelor and masters management courses at Universidade Atlântica – Oeiras, in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategy and project valuation. Pedro is founder and the current CSO of ECBio.

Research Interest

 Chemical Engineering viral vaccine gene therapy