Dr Chris Callewaert
Chris received his PhD from Ghent University in Belgium. He is now a postdoctoral research fellow in the Knight lab at the University of California, San Diego. He investigates body odor and the characteristics of the bacteria living in the armpits, skin, clothes, washing machines and homes. He is the first to undertake bacterial transplants to solve underarm body odour.
Dr. Berkes
Dr. Berkes established a private practice in 2002. She is board certified in allergy, asthma and immunology. She graduated from Williams College and attended medical school at the University of Florida, where she remained for her residency in internal medicine. Dr. Berkes completed a fellowship in allergy, asthma and immunology at The Scripps Clinic and Research Institute. Her research focuses on the human microbiome and its relationships with human innate immunity, biofilms and disease states associated with chronic and allergic inflammation. Dr. Berkes is also a co-founder of the Hawthorne Clinic.
Dirk Loeffert
Dirk is co-founder of BIOMILLENIA and a senior executive of the Life Sciences industry with more than 20 years of experience in product development and commercialisation. After obtaining his Ph.D. in molecular genetics and immunology from the University of Cologne, Dirk joined QIAGEN where he was instrumental in building several new product portfolios at QIAGEN, such as QIAGENs enzyme and assay product portfolios. He represented in his former function at QIAGEN global product development as VP, Global Head of Product Development Life Sciences. In 2014, Dirk moved to Paris, France where he co-founded with scientific founders Dave Weitz (Harvard University, Cambridge), Rob Nicol (BROAD Institute, Cambridge) and Andrew Griffiths and Jerome Bibette (both ESPCI Paris, France) BIOMILLENIA.
David Tyrrell
David’s experience in skincare has spanned over 15 years. During his tenure at Kimberly-Clark he held positions in Corporate Research, New Product Development and Technology Scouting & Alliance Management. He has been active in identifying a variety of consumer and medical device technologies and products for in-licensing and led international research efforts in the biological characterization of naturally sourced skincare ingredients. David has a BS in Chemistry and a PhD in Biochemistry.
