Rocío Vélez

Rockie C. is a seasoned Program Manager at Lonza since March 2023, specializing in directing multidisciplinary project teams for the clinical manufacturing of biologics and fostering global collaborations. Prior experience includes serving as Senior Scientist and Program Lead at CareDx, Inc., where Rockie led the development and automation of genomics-based diagnostics, resulting in a first-author peer-reviewed publication on clinical biomarkers related to kidney transplant recipients. Rockie has also held roles as Senior Scientist and Scientist II at Senti Biosciences, providing technical leadership in gene therapy initiatives, and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles. Rockie began an academic career with a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from The Johns Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.