Niels Dammes

About

Principal Scientist in Drug Product Development at J&J Innovative Medicine. I studied biotechnology (Wageningen University) and obtained my Ph.D. degree in Nanomedicine from Tel Aviv University. Besides my professional expertise, I have diverse interests in topics like history, politics and culture. In my free time, I enjoy sports, organize activities with friends and get out into nature.

Experience

• Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine ()
  • Principal Scientist
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Senior Scientist
    Aug 2024 - May 2025 · 10 mos

  • Scientist
    Dec 2020 - Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• Tel Aviv University (6 yrs 6 mos)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Mar 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Developing an mRNA delivery platform for a Phase I clinical study in breast cancer

  • Ph.D. Student
    Jul 2014 - Mar 2019 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    • Designed novel therapeutics against Crohn's disease in animal models • Generated vast amounts of data and learned to analyze and present large data sets • Learned about graphic design, programming and building high-quality presentations • Collaboration with Harvard Medical School for state-of-the-art imaging techniques

• Internship Student at Redbiotec AG
  Jan 2013 - Jul 2013 · 7 mos

  Developed a new technology platform for the production of vaccines based on virus-like particles.

• Teaching Assistant at Wageningen UR (University & Research centre)
  Sep 2009 - Nov 2009 · 3 mos

  Mentoring and teaching B.Sc. students