Florian Wurm

Biography

Dr. Florian Maria Wurm is the founder and chairman of ExcellGene. He guided the scientific and technological innovations of the company as its’ Chief Scientific Officer. As Professor of Biotechnology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne for 20 years (1995-2015) he and his students contributed a number of highly referenced innovations of the industry and provided deep insights into the genetics of CHO cells (> 250 publications). Prior to his appointment in Lausanne, Wurm worked at Genentech Inc. in Process Sciences (1985-95) where he contributed to several products that became blockbuster drugs. Wurm is a trained geneticist (Diploma and PhD) from the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany and was employed at Behringwerke AG in the Department of Virology after his studies during the early 1980s.

Research Interest

Prior to his appointment in Lausanne, Wurm worked at Genentech Inc. in Process Sciences (1985-95) where he contributed to several products that became blockbuster drugs