Chun Zhang

Chun Zhang joined Evelo as Senior Vice President, Head of Process Development and Manufacturing. Prior to Evelo, Chun was vice president and head of bioprocess development at Shire where he led development of upstream/downstream manufacturing processes and external clinical drug substance production. While at Shire, he also held positions as senior director of manufacturing sciences and operations support. Earlier in his career, Chun was head of cell culture development at Bayer Healthcare LLC and later head of technical operations at WuXi AppTec, Inc. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Zhejiang University and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Minnesota.