Suzanne Farid is Professor of Bioprocess Systems Engineering in the UCL Department of Biochemical Engineering and Deputy Head of Department (Education). She is a Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE). She sits on the UK BioIndustry Association Manufacturing Advisory Committee and ISCT Business Models and Investment Sub Committee. She has been invited to chair key international conferences in emerging research fields, including the ECI Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing Conference, and most recently to chair one of the highest profile conferences of the discipline, Recovery of Biological Products Conference XIX. She joined UCL as a Lecturer in 2001. She obtained her Bachelor?s and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemical Engineering with UCL and Lonza Biologics.