Scientific Directors

Samuele Cazzamalli, Ph.D
Head of Chemistry

Samuele Cazzamalli, Ph.D

Head of Chemistry

Samuele Cazzamalli studied Medicinal Chemistry at Universitá degli Studi di Milano, where he graduated with a thesis on the development of novel techniques for the application of biocatalysts in flow chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Carlo De Micheli. Samuele performed his PhD at ETH Zurich in the group of Professor Dario Neri with a focus on non-internalizing antibody- and small molecule-drug conjugates for the treatment of cancer. Samuele currently heads research in the field of Small Molecule Therapeutics at Philochem.
The updated list of peer-reviewed publications by Dr. Cazzamalli can be found here.

Roberto De Luca,
Ph.D.

Head of Antibody Therapeutics

Roberto De Luca, Ph.D.

Head of Antibody Therapeutics

Roberto De Luca graduated in Biology at ETH Zürich. He performed his doctoral studies at ETH Zürich focusing on the generation of antibody-cytokine fusion proteins for the treatment of cancer. Dr. De Luca is author of several peer-reviewed publications in international scientific journals.

Mattia Matasci,
Ph.D.

Head of Cell Line Development

Mattia Matasci, Ph.D.

Head of Cell Line Development

Mattia Matasci holds a PhD degree from the ETH Zurich. After post-doctoral training at EPFL Lausanne, he joined Philochem, initially working on antibody technology and then focusing on the final engineering and early production of clinical product candidates. Having more than 10 years of industrial experience in the development and manufacturing of therapeutic proteins, he currently heads the cell line development unit.

Philochem adopts an organizational structure with PhD students affilitated with renowned European Universities and with the following Group Leaders:

Dr. Sheila Dakhel, Dr. Nicholas Favalli, Dr. Andrea Galbiati, Dr. Ettore Gilardoni, Dr. Francesca Migliorini, Dr. Sebastian Oehler 

 

Philochem has established a professional clinical project management group, which includes the following Project Managers:

PD Dr. Giuliano Elia, Dr. Teresa Hemmerle, Dr. Jacqueline Mock, Dr. Lisa Nadal, Dr. Louis Plüss