Philippe-Alexander Gilbert, Ph.D.

Philippe-Alexandre Gilbert was born in Quebec City, Canada. He is a Biochemistry graduate of the University of Ottawa. He subsequently received his master’s degree in molecular biology and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Laval University. For more than 20 years, Philippe has built a solid expertise in bioprocess development for the production of vaccines, gene therapy vectors and oncolytic viruses for cancer therapy. He had the privilege of working for both Academia (Robarts-Schulich in Canada and the Emerging Pathogen Institute at the University of Florida) and the private sector with Sanofi-Pasteur, MedImmune Vaccines, Novartis Vaccines and GSK Vaccines. In both North America and Europe, Philippe led task forces on the development of vaccines for HIV, RSV, CMV, SARS, Influenza and COVID. Philippe, just recently, was responsible for the Flu Technology Group at Sanofi Pasteur for the development of the Next Generation Flu vaccine. He joined the Vaccine Development and Surveillance (VDS) group at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as Senior Program Officer CMC. Philippe is the father of Charles, Catherine, and Thomas and resides with his wife Johanne and children in Cary, NC.