Pouria Motevalian is an accomplished professional in the field of chemical engineering, currently serving as the Director of Viral Vector Process Development at Thermo Fisher Scientific since September 2021. Prior to this role, Motevalian worked at Pfizer from 2016 to 2021, holding positions as Principal Scientist and Senior Scientist. Motevalian's academic background includes a PhD in Chemical Engineering and a PhD Minor in Computational Science from Penn State University, completed between 2011 and 2016, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, obtained from 2007 to 2011.