Michael Koeris
Co-Founder of Novophage Therapeutic, Inc. Biochemistry graduate, with Masters from Free University of Berlin, currently pursuing PhD at Boston University.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://www.novophage.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Nanotech |
| Next step: | Graduating in June, working on my startup (go Novophage!). |
| Location: | Boston |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company |
| Tags: | biopharma, biotech, boston, pharma |
| Schools: | Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
FEATURED STARTUP
Novophage
Novophage
Novophage provides a novel advanced biological solution to treat contamination in food processing plants using genetically engineered bacteriophages.
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Status: Active
- Stage: Just An Idea
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Novophage, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Position: | Co-Founder and President |
| Time period: | October 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Co-founder responsible for development & validation of core bioengineered platform using
engineered bacteriophage to treat antibiotic-resistant hospital-acquired infections as well as business development. Finalist in several major entrepreneurship competitions, semi-finalist at MIT’s 100K competition (ongoing) and winner of the University of San Francisco International Business Plan Contest (#1 of 92). |
| Employer: | Genetic Engineering News, Albany, NY, USA |
| Position: | Senior board member |
| Time period: | May 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Senior board member advising editorial board on content and direction of the publication as
well as the creation of a scientific social networking website. |
| Employer: | Health Care Entrepreneurship Center at Boston University, Boston, USA |
| Position: | Co-founder |
| Time period: | February 2007 - February 2009 |
| Description: | Co-founder and leader of the start-up group, an interdisciplinary team advising new startups
and early stage companies originating from within Boston University. |
| Employer: | McKinsey & Company Inc., Frankfurt, Germany |
| Position: | Summer associate |
| Time period: | June 2004 - August 2004 |
| Description: | Summer associate in the financial institutions group (FIG). Engaged in a pan-European capital markets regulatory strategy project as well as simultaneously contributing to credit rating advisory for a separate client. |
| Employer: | BearingPoint Inc. formerly KPMG Consulting AG, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Position: | Internship |
| Time period: | June 2001 - August 2001 |
| Description: | Internship in the consumer and industrial markets (CIM) division. Studied strategic
outsourcing in the pharmaceutical industry, proposed outsourcing of plant construction and maintenance. Acquisition of a new project studying feasibility of outsourcing. |
| Employer: | Schering AG, Berlin, Germany |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | December 2000 - March 2001 |
| Description: | Research assistant at the department of Experimental Dermatology – Studies on the
effects of synthetic hormones on inflammatory skin diseases. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Boston University |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Biomedical Engineering, PhD |
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2003 |
| Degree: | Masters thesis research in the group of Prof. Alexander Rich |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | “Quorum sensing-mediated persister formation via polyamine metabolism”, M. Koeris, D. Camacho, M. Kohanski, K. Allison and J. Collins, under submission.
“Quo Vadis Biofuels Projects?”; M. Koeris, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News 11/1/2008. “Modulation of ADAR1 editing activity by Z-RNA in vitro”; M. Koeris, L. Funke, J. Shreshta, S. Maas and A. Rich (Nucleic Acid Research – Vol. 33, 16). “Wir forschen da wo es unseren Gehirnen am besten geht“, M. Koeris and R. Mickiewicz, Op-Ed, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) 04/2005. |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | European Club @ MIT, Cambridge, USA
September 2005 – ongoing; Vice-president, conceptualized and implemented an endowed fellowship of $100,000 at MIT to further US-European exchanges for MIT students. European Career Fair @ MIT, Cambridge, USA September 2004 – January 2005; Chair, heading a team of 30 volunteer students and young professionals, 45 companies and 20 non-profit organizations attending; initiated re-design of presentation and IT infrastructure, responsible for a budget of $300,000+. Sloan School BioPharma Business Club, MIT Club of Germany, ΣΞ scientific honor society, ΑΧΣ chemistry fraternity, Co-Captain MIT graduate soccer team – New England Division I champions 2004, Richard C. McLaurin Lodge A.F. & A.M. |
| Awards: | DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship
Doctoral thesis support. DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship Masters thesis support. E-Fellows.net scholarship Scholarship for exceptional college students funded by industry sponsors. |
