Arun Kalliat Thazhathveetil

Arun Kalliat Thazhathveetil is a Principal Scientist at Nitto Avecia, where the role involves leading process optimization and demonstration manufacture experiments to enhance existing CGMP manufacturing processes and collaborating with external CROs to improve the quality and yield of long synthetic oligonucleotides for CRISPR applications. Previous experience includes positions as Senior Scientist II, Scientist, and Associate Scientist at Nitto Avecia, where responsibilities spanned technical leadership in process development, training team members, and authoring technical documentation. Prior to this, Arun held various research-related positions at Northwestern University and the National Institutes of Health, focusing on the design of conductive materials based on DNA and studying charge transport in nucleic acids. Arun obtained a PhD in Photochemistry from the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology.