Joan Haab

Joan Haab has extensive experience in the biotechnology and diagnostics industries. Joan is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Curate Biosciences, where they have been since November 2022. Prior to this role, they were the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations at Curate Biosciences from September 2021 to November 2022.

Before joining Curate Biosciences, Joan held the position of Site Head, Gene Therapy Operations at MilliporeSigma from December 2017 to September 2021. Joan also served as the Vice President of Manufacturing & Technical Operations at GenMark Diagnostics from June 2015 to June 2017.

Joan's earlier experience includes positions at Cepheid, where they were the Executive Director of Technical Operations from May 2014 to June 2015, the Sr. Director of Product Transfer from July 2013 to May 2014, and the Director of Product Transfer from August 2010 to July 2013. At Cepheid, they provided operational and technical leadership to engineering and scientific teams and developed a strategic roadmap for expanding manufacturing capabilities.

Prior to their time at Cepheid, Joan was the Director of Assay Development & Project Management at Micronics from September 2006 to August 2010. Joan also served as the Director of Inflammation Research at Icogenex from 2003 to 2006 and as a Senior Scientist at Northwest Biotherapeutics from 2000 to 2003.

Overall, Joan Haab has a strong background in operations, manufacturing, and technical leadership within the biotechnology and diagnostics fields.

Joan Haab has a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from San Francisco State University. Joan also completed a Certificate Program in Intellectual Property Management at the University of Washington in 2006. Joan Haab holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Neuroscience from the University of Oregon. It is unknown when they attended the University of San Francisco and their degree and field of study for that institution are also unknown.