James Leung

Advisor, BioMAN Program; Project Lead, Consortium on Adventitious Agent Contamination in Biomanufacturing (CAACB), Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI), MIT; and Academic Director, Professional Science Master (PSM) Biotechnology Programs, Northeastern University

Dr. Leung is Academic Director of the Professional Science Master (PSM) Biotechnology Programs at Northeastern University. He also participates in projects of biotherapeutic development and manufacturing as advisor or consultant in pharmaceutical & biotechnology companies and other research organizations. Dr. Leung serves as project lead for the Consortium on Adventitious Agent Contamination in Biomanufacturing (CAACB), and advisor to the BioMAN program at CBI, MIT.

Before his current roles, Dr. Leung worked in the biotechnology industry mainly in the areas of process development, manufacturing and product development of recombinant biotherapeutics. The companies he held full time positions in include Genentech, Inc., Repligen Corporation and Ipsen.

Dr. Leung received a BSc degree from the Chemical Engineering Department at MIT. For graduate studies, he received a MSc degree and a PhD degree in Biochemical Engineering from MIT.