Leanne Minall, DPhil
Head of Science
Leanne has worked in nucleic acid therapeutics for over 12 years including the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine and with adenoviral vectors. She has experience in both research and later-stage projects including designing RNA-lipid nanoparticle products along with GMP-compliant production processes. Leanne has expertise in the fundamental chemistry of both nucleic acid-based drug products, virus-like particles, and lipid nanoparticles. She also works to help direct R&D and strategy at the non-profit, AI-lead, antibiotic developer Phare Bio in collaboration with MIT. Leanne read Chemical Biology for her D.Phil. at Oxford University before conducting postdoctoral positions in HIV vaccine design, T-cell therapies, and hydrogel drug delivery technologies.