Giuseppe Ciaramella Biography and Net Worth

Giuseppe Ciaramella, Ph.D. has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since February 2018 and as our President and Chief Scientific Officer since January 2020. Dr. Ciaramella has 25 years of drug discovery experience across different therapeutic modalities, from small molecule, to biologics, to advanced medicinal products, such as mRNA. Prior to joining Beam, Dr. Ciaramella was the Chief Scientific Officer of the Infectious Diseases division of Moderna Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, from 2014 until February 2018, where he was instrumental in generating some of the first LNP-encapsulated, mRNA vaccines to be dosed in humans, which technology formed the backbone of its authorized vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19. From 2011 until 2014, Dr. Ciaramella served as Executive Director at AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, where he led their small molecule antiviral strategy. Between 2010 and 2011 he served as Vice President and Head of Collaborative Research at Boehringer Ingelheim, a pharmaceutical company, where he had responsibility for external research. Prior to Boehringer Ingelheim, he spent 14 years at Pfizer, a biopharmaceutical company, in the U.K. where he held several leadership positions, including head of Biotherapeutics, head of Antivirals and head of the Hit Discovery Group. Dr. Ciaramella is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and of the American Society of Gene Therapy. Dr. Ciaramella holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University College London. Provided by Tagnifi.