Magda Tomala, Manager of Testing Solutions and Analytics at Sartorius, is providing technological and process leadership in the field of viral and non-viral based applications. Before joining Sartorius, Magda worked for Crucell (now Janssen Vaccines) and Novartis, where she held various scientific and managerial roles in the process development areas for Cell Based Vaccines, Biologics and Cell and Gene Therapies. Amongst her involvement in process intensification and technology transfer, she contributed to the successful submissions of several viral vector INDs and the BLA for the CAR-T cell therapy Kymriah, which obtained FDA approval in 2017. Magda holds a PhD degree in Biotechnology / Technical Chemistry from Leibniz University of Hannover (Germany).