Matthias Ruopp

Dr. rer. nat. | Process Manager | Data Enthusiast

Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

About

Experience

  • Process Manager at Rentschler Biopharma SE
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    - End-to-End Project Delivery: Leading the full lifecycle of downstream process scale-ups (10L to 3000L), managing the transition from clinical phases to market authorization and commercial GMP manufacturing. - Team & Resource Management: Provide strategic direction and technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams of engineers and operators. - Stakeholder Management: Serve as the single point of contact for international customers and project relevant departments - Regulatory & Compliance Oversight: Managing the DSP documentation pipeline, including the authoring of validation protocols and reports essential for successful regulatory filings and commercial phase operations. - Risk Management: Managing risk assessment strategies for process changes, deviations, out-of-specifications, CAPAs and other events, ensuring mitigation without impacting critical timelines or regulatory compliance. - Operational Excellence: Drive digital transformation initiatives by leading a project to automate data visualization, reducing manual reporting time and increasing data integrity.

  • Part-time lecturer at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Lecture in the module “Comprehensive Biotechnology” on production and purification of antibodies and introduction to novel therapies such as mRNA and cell & gene therapy

  • Ph.D. student at University of Würzburg
    Dec 2018 - Dec 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    - Protein expression in E.coli and purification via FPLC (ÄKTA) - Characterization and functionalization of therapeutic proteins and site-specific modification with polymers and small molecules - Functional protein testing in in vitro bioassays - Design of novel transdermal therapeutic system - 3D bioprinting - Supervision of interns, bachelor and master students

  • Master thesis at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    May 2018 - Nov 2018 · 7 mos

    Establishment of a perfusion reactor system with 3D printed scaffold inserts for the cultivation of hematopoietic cells and optimization by means of simulation

  • Internship at Tosoh Bioscience - Separations & Purification
    Oct 2017 - Mar 2018 · 6 mos

    - Technical support - Resin-lifetime-studies - High-throughput optimization of antibody purification process