Gael Debauve
Head of Gene therapy Analytical Sciences
UCB
Braine l'Alleud, Belgium
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About me
Gaël is working in Quality Control roles within the Biotech industry for 16+ years, including 9 years supporting bioassay development. Since Feb 2020, he is leading the Gene Therapy Analytical Sciences team where the focus is to build a solid analytical package to characterize and release viral vector-based gene therapy products. Gaël holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (University of Mons, Belgium) and a master’s degree in management (Louvain School of Management, Belgium). On top of the activities at UCB, Gael is Associate Professor at the University of Mons (Belgium) and is contributing to Official International Organizations both in Europe (European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare (EDQM, mAb & GT Product working parties), Belgian Pharmacopeia Commission) and in the US (US Pharmacopeia (USP AAV Gene Therapy Expert Panel and Biologics Stakeholder Forum Steering Committee)).