Biotechnology
10 biorepository management experts
These ten professionals have managed biorepositories and biobanks in-house, with titles such as biorepository manager and biorepository director. A reader can learn how in-house teams run biorepository operations and manage stored biological samples.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alexander Lituev
LinkedInExperience: Practice Leader, Biorepository Head · Kaiser Permanente
Former Practice Leader, Biorepository Head at Kaiser Permanente (2017–2024), and Director, Program Management, Biorepository Lead there since 2024. The profile says that as Biorepository Lead at the Kaiser Permanente Research Bank this person oversees a health system-based biobank supporting research and precision medicine.
Chris Perry
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director, Biorepository · Lyell Immunopharma
Former Associate Director, Biorepository at Lyell Immunopharma (2022–2025), a role in which the profile says this person oversaw the collection, processing, storage and distribution of biological samples. Associate Director, Biospecimen Operations at Vir Biotechnology, Inc. since 2025, and former Biospecimen Operations Associate Director at Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (2018–2022).
Dr. Melanie Giesen
LinkedInExperience: Manager Biorepository Biosampling · BioNTech SE
Manager Biorepository Biosampling at BioNTech SE since 2022, a role the profile lists in the research department at manager level, based in Mainz. Former Process Manager Blood Processing Solution (2022), Senior Sales & Product Specialist (2017–2022) and Process Manager Biotherapy DACH (2013–2017) at Macopharma.
Hubert Stöppler
LinkedInExperience: Director, Biobanking and Sample Management · Gilead Sciences
Director, Biobanking and Sample Management at Gilead Sciences since 2022. Former Process Development Lead, Biospecimen Management, PT Cell&Gene Therapy - Individualized Therapies at Genentech (2018–2022), and Technical Director Manager Tissue Biorepository and Immunohistochemistry Core Laboratories at UCSF Helen Diller Family Cancer Center (2007–2018).
Kathy C. O'Briant
LinkedInExperience: BioRepository Manager · Roche
Former BioRepository Manager at Roche (2015–2022), and Sr. Manager, Biospecimen Acquisition and Management, Bay Area at Roche Diagnostics Solutions (RDS) since 2022, where the profile says this person leads the Bay Area Biospecimen Acquisition, Data and Biorepository Management teams in support of diagnostic assay research.
Kiwana Gibbs
LinkedInExperience: Biorepository Director · Invitae
Biorepository Director at Invitae since 2021, a role the profile lists in the research department at director level. Former Operations Manager HCC Biorepository & Tissue Analysis Shared Resource (2011–2018) and Laboratory Technologist II (2009–2011) at Medical University of South Carolina.
Matthew T Pankratz
LinkedInExperience: Biorepository Manager · Abbott
Biorepository Manager at Abbott since 2022. Former Supervisor, Lab-Biorepository (2019–2022) and Clinical Research Coordinator (2018–2019) at Phoenix Children's. The profile describes this person as a lab manager interested in biobanking, clinical research and the development of diagnostic tests.
Matthias Deruelle
LinkedInExperience: Biorepository Centre Of Excellence Site Head Biobank Coordinator · Sanofi
Biorepository Centre Of Excellence Site Head Biobank Coordinator at Sanofi since 2024, a role the profile lists at director level. Former Scientist Biobank Coordinator at Sanofi (2020–2024) in Zwijnaarde, Belgium, and Lab Manager Cell Based Solutions & Discovery Service Unit at Ablynx (2016–2020).
Rose Redfield
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Biobank · AstraZeneca
Former Senior Director Biobank at AstraZeneca (2020–2022), Associate Director, Biorepository Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb (2017–2020) and Head of Biosample Operations at Daiichi Sankyo (2022–2025). The profile describes more than 20 years of leadership in biosample and biobank operations across global biopharma organizations.
Zachary T. Klug
LinkedInExperience: Biorepository Lead · Immunai
Former Biorepository Lead (2019–2021) and Director of Clinical Operations (2021) at Immunai, where the profile describes this person as the founding Clinical Operations and Biorepository Director for a biotech startup. Former Biorepository Business Operations Manager at University of Michigan Medical School (2013–2019), and Director, NCI at Frederick Central Repository at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research since 2022.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's setting to yours, since running a biobank for clinical trials at a drug developer differs from running an academic or health system repository. Also decide whether your question is about building a new repository or improving one that already runs, and pick someone whose roles centered on that stage.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you design sample intake, tracking and storage so specimens stay traceable from collection to distribution?
- 02Which metrics do you use to judge whether a biorepository is running well?
- 03When does it make sense to keep biospecimen storage in-house rather than use an outside biorepository?
Reaching biorepository management experts
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