Zakaria Cherif

Zakaria Cherif is a Global Central Procurement Data Analyst at Catalent Pharma Solutions since August 2022. Prior roles include positions in the GOLD Associate Rotational Program, where Zakaria focused on Global Procurement ESG Data Analysis, Manufacturing Sciences & Technology Engineering, and Global Procurement Data Analysis. Zakaria gained experience as a Process Engineering Intern at Teva Pharmaceuticals and served as a Synthetic Biology Instructor at Rice University, where course content and interactive activities were developed. Additionally, Zakaria was involved in research at MD Anderson Cancer Center during the CPRIT-CURE Summer Undergraduate Research Program, contributing to the engineering of a genetically modified Zika virus strain for glioblastoma treatment. Zakaria holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Rice University, completed in 2022.