Peter Poechlauer

Innovation Manager, API, Pharma Services
Linz, Austria, USA

Key roles and responsibilities

Drive innovation in small molecule manufacturing to develop cleaner, faster, less wasteful and more efficient production processes for client compounds
Identify and help develop the competencies necessary to modernize production methods
Advise on third parties from whom Thermo Fisher Scientific might acquire additional capabilities, and manages external research collaborations
Provide technical expertise and help clients solve complex technical issues

Joined Thermo Fisher Scientific in 1990 and has more than thirty years of experience in pharmaceutical research and development
Developed several large-scale biocatalytic processes for fine chemicals, and led European research projects on biocatalysis and sustainable oxidation chemistry
Headed process technology and introduced process intensification and microreactor technology within the company
Introduced one of the first continuous flow processes in large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing
Author of forty-seven patent applications, sixty publications, several book chapters, and frequent presenter at industry conferences

Doctor of Natural Sciences in organic chemistry & pharmaceutical chemistry from Innsbruck University in Austria