Iti Gauttam is a Research Associate at BioNTech SE since February 2023. Previous experience includes a Master Thesis at Karolinska Institutet and a role as a Research Assistant at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), where Iti worked on bacterial OMV coated nanoparticles as a potential vaccine candidate against tuberculosis. Earlier positions include Product Manager at ICICI Lombard, Research Intern at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Joint Secretary at NSS IIT Roorkee, and Intern at Biotech Hub, Center for the Environment, IIT Guwahati. Iti holds a Master’s degree in Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery from Université Paris Cité and a Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.