Marco P.

Biochemist | PhD @ EMBL | Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Alumnus

Austria

About

Experience

  • Scientist at Novartis
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • Doctoral Student at EMBL
    Oct 2020 - Oct 2025 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    • Developed expression and purification protocols for 15+ protein constructs, antibody fragments, bioconjugates, and 8 mRNA constructs • Established 7 different enzymatic/chemical bioconjugation protocols • Built 5+ Python workflows to automate data analysis of biophysical assays • Designed and developed a high-throughput cell-free translation assay • Developed 5+ analytical assays (e.g., smFRET, DSF, MST, FP, NMR) to characterize protein–ligand interactions and conjugation effects • Supervised students and coordinated a PhD project across 3 laboratories • Secured funding through a successful research proposal • First-/co-authored 5 peer-reviewed publications

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at Technical University of Munich
    Apr 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Co-developed SpinDrops (C++) under the supervision of a Senior Software Developer. Implemented a constrained optimization problem solver with Ipopt library to optimize pulse sequences for NMR. Supervisor: Prof. Steffen Glaser

  • Summer Research Intern at Plansee - Strong Metals
    Aug 2019 - Oct 2019 · 3 mos

    Performed physical vapour deposition of refractory metals by magnetron sputtering and characterized their electrical conductivity.