Catalina Novoa Henríquez

Catalina Novoa Henríquez is an experienced research project manager currently employed at Novo Nordisk Pharmatech A/S since November 2024. Previously, Catalina held the position of lead researcher and enzyme engineer at EnginZyme from November 2021 to September 2024 and worked as a principal scientist in protein engineering at Kura Biotec from August 2019 to October 2021. Catalina's early career includes a Ph.D. fellowship at DWI - Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien from April 2014 to March 2019 and research associate roles at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Catalina earned a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from RWTH Aachen University and a degree in Biochemical Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.