Kemal Arda Gunay is a Vaccine Manufacturing Technology Lead at AC Immune and has extensive experience in research and development through various academic and industry roles. Gunay completed a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), following a Master’s Degree in the same field at EPFL. Previous positions include Postdoctoral Researcher and Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, respectively, as well as a Research Intern at Firmenich. Kemal Gunay's background combines expertise in polymer chemistry with a focus on vaccine manufacturing technologies.