Alena Ivanova

Senior Scientist at AstraZeneca

Speaker

Alena Ivanova is a Senior Scientist at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg, Sweden, specialising in drug delivery and therapeutic genome editing. She holds a Ph.D. in Life Science from Heidelberg University and conducted her doctoral research at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), where she focused on advanced microscopy and genome engineering.

During her work at AstraZeneca, Alena developed expertise in targeted delivery, as well as protein and nucleic acid characterisation. Her current work focuses on assay development, high-throughput screening platforms and data analysis. Alena is committed to advancing innovative drug-delivery approaches and bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and practical therapeutic solutions.