Qasim Rafiq MEng(Hons), PhD, MBA

Dr Qasim Rafiq is an Associate Professor in Cell and Gene Therapy Bioprocessing at University College London. His research activity focuses on the biomanufacture of advanced therapeutics including cell, gene and tissue-based therapy. Dr Rafiq’s currently leads a research portfolio > £2M focused on translational science, specifically process control strategies to drive product consistency. He is a Chartered Engineering (CEng), a Chartered Scientist (CSci) and is currently pursuing an MBA.
He graduated with an MEng in Biochemical Engineering from University College London (UCL) in 2008 before joining as part of the first cohort of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Regenerative Medicine at Loughborough. There he was awarded at PhD having completed my thesis on ‘Developing a standardised manufacturing process for the clinical-scale production of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs)’ using a litre-scale stirred-tank bioreactor. The PhD was in collaboration with Lonza Cologne AG.