Mohammad El-kalay

Biography

 Mohammad El-Kalay, Ph.D., has served as Vice President, Technical Operations since August 2016. Dr. El-Kalay has over 25 years of experience in the biotechnology industry with significant expertise in process development and cGMP manufacturing of biotherapeutics, including hematopoietic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, T-cells and neural stem cells.

Research Interest

Prior to joining Sangamo, Dr. El-Kalay was Vice President, Process Development & Manufacturing at StemCells, Inc., a company developing allogeneic neural stem cells for the treatment of CNS diseases. In 2006, Dr. El-Kalay founded and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EyeCyte, Inc. a biotherapeutics company focused on the development of autologous cell therapies to treat various retinal diseases. From 2000 to 2007, Dr. El-Kalay held leadership positions at several cell therapy companies, including Senior Vice President, Process Development at Telos Pharmaceuticals LLC; Vice President, Research & Development at MicroIslet, Inc.; and Vice President, Product & Process Development at MorphoGen Pharmacueticals, Inc., a pluripotent stem cell company. Dr. El-Kalay received his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, UK.