Lijun Cong

PhD virologist/immunologist fluent in both English and French. Accomplished Study Director in Viral Safety with strong leadership, technical and organization skills. Over nine years of research experience in biosafety laboratory (BSL3, BSL2); over two years of experience in bioprocessing field spanning from Upstream to Downstream for balancing multiple projects across teams in a CRO environment. Proven interpersonal skills with a wide range of leadership, experiences in staff development, process improvements and team structuring.

• Profound knowledge of virology, immunology, molecular and cellular biology.
• Thorough understanding of biologics development pipelines and knowledge of the economic milieu surrounding the healthcare industry. 
• In-depth knowledge of biologics safety relevant regulations (NMPA, FDA, EMA application, ICH guidelines), as well as CGTs related regulations.
• Comprehensive experience of scientific manuscript and grant writing.
• Aptitude for elaboration and optimization of scientific projects.
• Good command of data analysis softwares such as FlowJo, Graphpad Prism, ImageJ, SerialCloner. Familiar with generation of scientific illustrations (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop).
• Languages: native in Chinese, professional working proficiency in English and French.

Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

2021                           PhD                     Virology/Immunology

Sorbonne Université (former Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI), Paris, France

2015                     MS                Virology

2013                     BS                 Life science