Kai Höffner

Kai Höffner is the Global Head of Bioprocess Engineering at the mRNA Center of Excellence at Sanofi, where they lead a team focused on bioprocess engineering and continuous process improvement. Previously, Kai served as Head of Manufacturing Science at Ark Biotech, and held various research and engineering roles at organizations such as the Massachusetts General Hospital, Max Planck Institute, and MIT. They earned a Diplom-Ingenieur in Engineering Cybernetics from the University of Stuttgart and completed a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Queen's University. Throughout their career, Kai has demonstrated expertise in modeling, optimization, and technology transfer in the biotechnology sector.