2026 Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the 3rd Peptide-Based Therapeutics Summit.

Large Pharma Leaders
Peptide Drug Hunters & Developers
Investors & Industry Advisors

Large Pharma Leaders

Peter Gough

Pete Gough

Head Of Research, Nimble Therapeutics, Immuno-Pharmacology & Peptide Discovery
Abbvie
Shelley Allen

Shelley Allen

Project Director II, Peptide Discovery
Abbvie
Annette Bak

Annette Bak

Advanced Drug Delivery Head
AstraZeneca

Liping Zhou

Senior Director, Advanced Drug Delivery
Astrazeneca
Atsushi Matsuo

Atsushi Matsuo

Research Scientist
Chugai Pharmaceuticals
Qook Lee

Byungkook Lee

Research & Development Scientist
Eli Lilly
Sumit Arora, speaking at the 3rd Peptide-Based Therapeutics Summit 2026

Sumit Arora

Senior Principal Scientist
Johnson & Johnson
Kaustav Biswas

Kaustav Biswas

Senior Principal Scientist, Boston Discovery Chemistry
Merck & Co
Maria Fawaz

Maria Fawaz

Associate Principal Scientist, DMPK
Merck & Co
Wen J

Jianzhong Wen

Senior Principal Scientist & Group Lead
Merck & Co
Chen Liang Ph.D

Chen Liang Ph.D

Senior Scientist II
Novo Nordisk
Philip Sassene speaking at the 3rd Peptide-Based Therapeutics Summit 2026

Philip Jonas Sassene

Scientific Director
Novo Nordisk
Olivera G

Olivera Grubisha

Senior Group Leader, In Vitro Pharmacology
UCB

Peptide Drug Hunters & Developers

Christopher J Brown

Christopher J Brown

Principle Investigator
A*STAR
Gilles Divita

GIIL Divita

Chief Executive Officer
Aanastra Inc
Phil B

Phil Brandish

Chief Scientific Officer
AI Proteins
Ajay K

Ajay Kshatriya

Chief Executive Officer
Aizen Therapeutics
Breena Fraga-Walton

Breena Fraga

Scientist, Chemistry
Circle Pharma
David Earp

David earp

President & Chief Executive Officer & Board of Directors
Circle Pharma

Andy Yan

Director, Business Development
CPC Scientific Inc
Florian Foeger

Florian Foeger

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Cyprumed
Michael Lipp

Michael Lipp

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Decoy Therapeutics
Barbara Hibner

Barbara HIbner

Cso
Decoy Therapeutics
Charles Johannes

Charles Johannes

Founder, President & Chief Scientist
EPOC Scientific
Soultan A

Soultan Al-Halifa

Director, Research & Development, Biopharmaceutical Chemistry
Feldan Therapeutics
Hideki Tomioka

Hideki Tomioka

CSO, Member of the Board, Director Research & Development
FunPep

Angela Man

Global Business Development
Hybio Pharmaceutical
Vincent Jannin speaking at the 3rd Peptide-Based Therapeutics Summit 2026

Vincent Jannin

Head Director, Research Development & of Innovaform Accelerator
Lonza
Tomi Sawyer

Tomi Sawyer

Chief Drug Hunter & President
Maestro Therapeutics
Bradley Pentelute

Bradley Pentelute

Associate Professor - Chemistry
MIT
Kevin McDonnell Chair

Kevin McDonnell

Senior Vice President, Chemistry & Discovery
Newco
Justin Lawrie

Justin Lawrie

Senior Scientist
Parabilis Medicines
Immanuel Lerner

Immanuel Lerner

ceo
Pepticom
Ved Srivastava

Ved Srivastava

CSO
Perpetual Medicines
Carter King Headshot

Carter King

EVP
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.

Maryna Gorelik

Principal Scientist
ProteinQure

Sam Hong

Senior Director, Sciences Head of Platform
Rapafusyn
Barry K

Barry Kappel

Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Sapience Therapeutics
David Brayden

David Brayden

Professor - Advanced Drug Delivery
University College Dublin
Cameron Pye

Cameron Pye

Chief Executive Officer
Unnatural Products
Joshua S

Joshua Schwochert

CSO
Unnatural Products
Thomas Von Erlach

Thomas Von Erlach

Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Vivtex
Peter Knauer

Peter Knauer

Distinguished Fellow, CMC
Xeris Pharmaceuticals

Investors & Industry Advisors

Antoine Henninot

Antoine Henninot

Senior Director
Curie.Bio
Mi Cai

Mi Cai

Associate
Foley Hoag
Julie Zhang Speaker

Julie Zhang

Team lead
U.S. Pharmacopeia
Kevin Carrick

Kevin Carrick

Senior Director, Global Biologics
U.S. Pharmacopeia
Brian Goodman

Brian Goodman

Managing Director
Vida Ventures
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