Balakumar Vijayakrishnan is an experienced professional in the pharmaceutical industry with a progression of roles at AstraZeneca, where current titles include Director, Principal Scientist, and Associate Principal Scientist. Previously, Balakumar held multiple leadership positions at Spirogen, including Group Leader and Group Leader in Bioconjugation, as well as serving as a Scientist. Academic experience includes serving as Laboratory Manager and Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Oxford, along with a role as Scientific Coworker at Universität Potsdam.