Mats has more than 25 years of experience in the field of biotechnology. He holds a PhD in Immunology, Cell and Molecular Biology from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden and extensive post-doc training at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine in London, UK. In his industrial career Mats has had positions as scientist, team manager and VP at Pharmacia, AstraZeneca and smaller biotech companies. In his previous function, Mats was managing both the Cell line and Upstream Process Development teams at a major biotech company. In his current role, Mats works across different viral vector and vaccine application projects as well as general upstream topics, focusing on customer support, applicability of new technologies and manufacturing solutions.