Lori Karpes

Lori Karpes has extensive experience in the field of drug product sciences and formulation development for gene therapy. Lori is currently serving as the Director of Drug Product Sciences at Oxford Biomedica Solutions since July 2022. Prior to this, Lori worked as the Associate Director of Drug Product Sciences at the same company from March 2022 to July 2022. Before joining Oxford Biomedica Solutions, they held the position of Associate Director of Formulation and Drug Product Process Development Lead at Homology Medicines, Inc. from June 2019 to March 2022. Lori also served as a Senior Scientist and Drug Product Sciences Group Lead at Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. from April 2018 to May 2019. Their earlier experience includes roles at Biogen, where they worked as a Scientist II in Gene Therapy Drug Product Development from May 2016 to April 2018, and as a Scientist II and Scientist I in Protein Formulation and Process Development from October 2011 to May 2016.

Lori Karpes completed their Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Purdue University, attending from 2003 to 2007. Lori then pursued further education and obtained their Doctorate degree in Pharmaceutics, also from Purdue University, attending from 2007 to 2011.