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Maxwell Stefan

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Director, Antibody Engineering at Twist Bioscience
📍 San Mateo, California, United States

Maxwell Stefan is the Director of Antibody Engineering at Twist Bioscience, specializing in antibody discovery and engineering for novel drug development. With a Ph. D. from the University of Michigan, he leads project management and the scientific development of new therapeutics, including work on potent nanobodies for infectious diseases.

He holds a patent for inventing novel "Brain-targeting nanobodies" designed to cross the blood-brain barrier for therapeutic purposes.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Director, Antibody Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Mateo, California, United States
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Antibody Engineering
As Director at Twist Bioscience, his entire focus is on the discovery, engineering, and management of antibody therapeutic projects.
AI/ML in Biology
He is actively involved in using machine learning and AI language models to guide the design and identification of novel antibodies for therapeutics.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Director, Antibody Engineering
Twist Bioscience
10-2024 - 9-2025
Senior Manager, Antibody Engineering
Twist Bioscience
6-2023 - 9-2024
Manager, Antibody Engineering
Twist Bioscience
2-2019 - 8-2021
Postdoctoral Scientist
Sandia National Laboratories
9-2012 - 12-2018
Graduate Student
University of Michigan
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Education
2012 - 2018
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University of Michigan
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
University of California, Santa Cruz
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