Eva Akke Palmqvist, PhD

Experience

1. 2026.09 – present

   RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden)

   Director of Strain Development · Sweden
2. 2026 — present

   PalmQvist BioProcess Consulting

   Founder & Senior Consultant · Lund, Sweden

   • Independent advisory for biotech innovators in bioprocess development, scale-up and CMC strategy.
   • Interim leadership, technical due diligence, training and digital/AI enablement.
   • Current assignment: supporting Bioextrax with bioprocess development and scale-up of sustainable biotechnology solution.
3. 2023 — 2025

   Sanofi

   Lab Head, Upstream Process Development — Global CMC Microbial Platform · Frankfurt, Germany

   • Led upstream development team supporting global microbial CMC pipeline.
   • Drove process development and scale-up of recombinant protein production in Pichia Pastoris.
   • Aligned cross-site collaboration across R&D, manufacturing and quality.
4. 2020 — 2022

   BioGaia AB

   Supply Chain Manager & Culture Lead · Lund, Sweden

   • Owned probiotic culture supply, CDMO oversight and manufacturing readiness.
   • Bridged R&D, operations and external partners to secure global supply.
5. 2019 — 2020

   Follicum AB

   Lab Manager, Mammalian Cell Culture · Lund, Sweden

   • Set up and ran mammalian cell culture lab supporting early drug development.
6. 2006 — 2018

   Novo Nordisk

   Principal Scientist, Yeast Physiology & Fermentation · Måløv, Denmark

   • Developed and optimized yeast-based bioprocesses for insulin precursors.
   • First Inventor on WO2009/133099 A2 (insulin precursors).
   • Mentored scientists and led cross-functional process improvement projects.
7. 1998 — 2006

   Danisco Innovation

   Senior Scientist; Head of Fermentation & Analytics · Copenhagen, Denmark

   • Led fermentation and analytics group developing industrial biotech processes.
   • Drove technology transfer from lab to pilot and full production scale.