Zhixia Ye

About Zhixia Ye

An innovative R&D leader with 10+ years of successful track records in game-changing biotechnology development and commercialization. • Proficient in fermentation and scale-up from bench to commercial scales L), metabolic engineering, protein engineering, high-throughput screening, tech transfers to CROs/CMOs, and commercial product launches. • Skilled in in-depth data analysis and reporting to executive and business teams. • Adept at techno-economic analysis, cost of goods calculation, and evaluating technical feasibility analysis.• A seasoned project and team manager, supervising up to 5 projects simultaneously for a team of >10 people. Responsible for project planning, resource management, report preparation, and presentation to the executive management team and/or customers.• The first author or main contributor to 8 patents, and 11 peer-reviewed top journal articles.

Experience

1. Senior Scientist

   AstraZeneca

   May 2024 — Present

Education

• Beijing Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry

  2005 — 2009

• North Carolina State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry

  2009 — 2014

Skills

• Uv/Vis
• Chemistry
• Nmr
• Organic Synthesis
• Mass Spectrometry
• Hplc
• Metabolic Engineering
• Crispri
• Enzyme Engineering
• High-Throughput Screen
• Fermentation Process Development
• Molecular Biology
• Bioprocess Development
• Data Analysis
• Protein Chemistry
• Protein Purification
• Biotechnology
• Design of Experiments
• Fermentation
• Spectroscopy Uv/Vis and Ri
• Hplc/Uplc
• Lab Automation
• Unnatural Amino Acid Mutagenesis
• Jmp/Origin/Adobe Illustrator/Sigmaplot/Chemoffice/Pymol/Matlab/Ms Office