Morten Sommer

Co-Founder & Director at UTILITY Therapeutics

Morten Sommer is the co-founder of several biotech companies working within fields of drug development, industrial biotechnology and microbiome research. Morten is also a Professor and Scientific Director at the Technical University of Denmark with a lab of 20+ PhD’s and Post docs working primarily in the field of antibiotic resistance and the human microbiome. Morten is the inventor on 20+ issued patents, patent applications and author of scientific papers in journals such as Science, Cell and Nature.

Dr. Sommer holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard University from the laboratory of Professor George Church. Dr. Sommer was named Top 10 under 40 on Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News list of Biopharma Research and Business executives.

Timeline

  • Co-Founder & Director

    Current role