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Robert Alvarez

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After completing his degree in molecular biology at the University of Reading, Robert Alvarez has been at Lonza Biologics for 17 years, of which 14 were spent working in the product stability group and 2 as Head of Business Planning and Innovation within Analytical Services (AS). Most recently he has accepted a new role as Site Head of Digital Transformation spearheading Lonza’s digitilisation strategy. Within AS he was a Subject Matter Expert responsible for the design and implementation of forced degradation and formulation studies, directing stability programs for multiple products and establishing standards for stability, as well as supporting stakeholders and customers. As analytical lead for mAb and non‑mAb programs, he has provided technical and advisory support for CMC development of biopharmaceuticals from pre-clinical through to clinical phases, including successful BLA licence applications.

Robert Alvarez’s courses

  • 10 Nov • 5 day course

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

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Reviews for Robert ’s courses

I am really happy I found this course and am grateful to all of the speakers and IPI Academy for putting everything together. The experience was brilliant and I truly feel like I learned so much over the 3 days. There was a lot of content but it was very well explained and the interactive element clarified any elements that didn't immediately click. All speakers were incredibly engaging and clearly extremely knowledgeable. I feel I now have a much clearer understanding of all my learning objectives and more. Being able to ask questions along the way really helped embed my understanding, particularly of complex scientific concepts. 10/10 have already been recommending to others in my sector.

9 Jul 2025

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

All of the speakers were very knowledgeable, well prepared and presented the topics in a structured and comprehensible manner. A session I thought would be rather arid turned out to be entertaining and instructive at the same time. The seminar gave a very complete overview of the topics.

2 Dec 2024

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

I wanted to get a good overview of biotechnology: history, development, science, processes, regulations and future and this goal was 100% fulfilled.

All lecturers were highly competent in terms of content and style of presentation.

2 Dec 2024

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

Content flow is well designed and good. [Parts I particularly liked were] process economy , Upstream and Downstream scale up.

25 Sep 2024

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

Excellent, I am so please a colleague mentioned to IPI to me.

25 Sep 2024

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

I thought all the speakers were excellent. You could tell that they all really knew there subject matter and were so passionate in the way they delivered the content. Special mention has to go to Adekunle - fantastic course leader and so knowledgeable and made the 3 days very interactive.

27 Sep 2023

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

The course was good and it was a pleasure to learn from the speakers. I wanted to get an overview of research and development of drugs and pharmaceuticals. I think this was achieved.

27 Sep 2023

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

It was great. All speakers presented well and were knowledgeable about the Industry/topic.

5 Dec 2022

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist

I have a masters in Biochemistry and have worked as a formulation scientist for 1 year so I wanted to gain more applied knowledge, and a broader understanding of the drug development process. I found the content of this webinar easy to understand and it was nice to have the information presented to me in an organised and coherent manner.

5 Dec 2022

Biotechnology for the Non-Biotechnologist