Marilyn Tan

Marilyn Tan, PhD, is an experienced professional in the biotechnology and manufacturing sectors, currently serving as Associate Principal Engineer at Roche, focusing on manufacturing improvement since August 2025. Prior to this role, Marilyn worked at Illumina as a Senior Product Lifecycle Engineer and Product Lifecycle Engineer from June 2019 to September 2025. At Vela Diagnostics, Marilyn held the position of Design Transfer Scientist from October 2016 to June 2019, successfully managing the technical transfer of over five R&D projects to scale-up and production while ensuring compliance with GMP and ISO13485 standards. Academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of Malaya, a Bachelor's degree in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Nottingham, and ongoing education in Lean Six Sigma Expert through Simplilearn.