John Cesarek is the Senior Director of Automation Engineering at Cellares, where he leads the design and implementation of automation for the companys cell therapy manufacturing platform. His extensive career in biotechnology includes leadership roles at insitro, Zymergen, and Five Prime Therapeutics. He earned a Master of Engineering from Penn State University.
John has spoken at industry conferences on topics such as scaling digital and robotic change within R&D organizations.
He is the named inventor on multiple patents for innovations in automation, including systems for electroporation and methods for automated analysis of fluid samples from cell processing systems.