Lee Landeen

Dr. Landeen is Executive Director of Preclinical Development and is responsible for overseeing preclinical/nonclinical studies in support of filing Investigational New Drug (IND) applications for the company as well as new extramural grant applications. Previously, he held the title of Executive Director Cell Biology at Vital Therapies where his responsibilities included Phase 3/pre-commercialization CMC support, analytical development, and mechanistic understanding of the company’s extracorporeal cell-based liver treatment. He has held other management positions at cell-based/regenerative medicine companies including Organogenesis, Shire/Shire Regenerative Medicine, Advanced BioHealing, and Advanced Tissue Sciences, and has been involved with wound healing and cardiovascular repair products from development through commercialization. In addition, he has consulted for various early-stage biologics companies. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in microbiology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego.