Ines Verbaendert

Ines Verbaendert currently serves as Operations and Strategy Manager at Biovia since May 2025. Prior to this role, Ines held positions at MEDVIA/Flanders.bio as Operations and Strategy Manager and Membership Development and Innovation Manager from August 2024 to May 2025, and at AZ Zeno from July 2021 to August 2024 as Senior Project Manager for EPD and Project Manager for Accreditation & Quality. Ines's career in the life sciences field includes roles as GMP Compliance Officer at Ajinomoto OmniChem, Validation Specialist at Heel, and Quality Projects Associate at Pfizer. Ines began professional experience at AZ Zeno in roles related to quality and accreditation from 2015 to 2018. Ines earned a PhD in Biotechnology - Microbiology from Ghent University, alongside master’s degrees in Applied Microbial Systematics and Biomedical Sciences, further enriched by research as a visiting scientist at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.