
Eva Gefroh
Eva brings 24 years of biologics development and manufacturing experience to the Just – Evotec Biologics team. Eva currently leads the Technical Operations group for the Seattle and Redmond GMP manufacturing facilities, focusing on the design and implementation of a continuous platform technology from bench to manufacturing scale. Eva built the Technology Operations team to bridge Process Design and Manufacturing Operations; and is comprised of experts in equipment design, process automation, manufacturing execution systems, validation, modeling, process transfer, and includes a J.POD expansion team to support Just – Evotec Biologics’ growing network of J.POD manufacturing facilities worldwide.
Prior to joining Just Biotherapeutics in 2015, Eva held scientific/engineering roles in Cell Culture Process Development at Merck & Co., and Purification Process Development at Immunex and Amgen. Eva has downstream expertise in filtration, viral clearance, chromatography, and process modeling. Additionally, she has served as CMC Process Team Lead for a late-stage program and continuous process technology implementation. Eva has authored multiple publications, contributed to numerous regulatory filings, and is a named inventor on multiple patents. Eva earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.