Dr. Sara Carillo completed her PhD in Chemical Sciences in 2013 at the University of Naples “Federico II”, focusing on the structural characterization of polysaccharides and glycoconjugates from Gram-negative bacteria using NMR and mass spectrometry techniques.

In 2015, she joined the Characterisation and Comparability Laboratory (CCL) at the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin, led by Prof. Jonathan Bones. She began her postdoctoral research by studying the effects of extractables and leachables from single-use bioreactors on CHO cells’ N-glycome and monoclonal antibodies.

She is now a Bioanalytical Research Lead at NIBRT, focusing on the development of new mass spectrometry-based analytical approaches to enhance the understanding of biomanufacturing processes and the structural complexity of biopharmaceuticals.