Mitch Zhao BE, MEng, PhD

Mitch Zhao, Ph.D. is the Engineering Director of Primary Container and Drug Delivery Systems at Janssen R&D within Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). Dr Zhao has been with JNJ for 14 years of which 10 were at Janssen as a CMC drug/device combination product lead and multi-discipline device team leader where he was responsible for developing primary containers and drug delivery devices for various programs including guselkumab (Tremfya) and 4 years at JNJ medical device section as technical leader on insulin pump and infusion set development.

Prior to JNJ, Dr. Zhao spent 6 years at two biotech companies in the bay area as team leader on developing microfluidic chips for bioanalytical applications. Dr. Zhao has 10 issued patents and ~ 10 pending patents on drug delivery devices and microfluidics. He has over 20 peer-reviewed papers with total citations of ~ 6000. Dr. Zhao received a Ph.D. in Chemistry; B.En and M. En in App. Chem.