SKD CONSULTING - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Distinguished Research Fellow at Coherus Biosciences

Dr. Scott Klakamp is a Distinguished Research Fellow at Coherus Biosciences. Previously, he was the Senior Director and Head of Biophysics for biologics at Janssen R&D, LLC. He is also the Founder and Principal Consultant of SK D Consulting LLC. Prior to starting his own consulting company, Dr. Klakamp was the Vice President of Chemistry and Biochemistry at BiOptix Inc., a company that provided the 404pi biosensor. Previous to BiOptix, he was a Senior Research Fellow at Takeda San Francisco, Inc. where he led the Biophysical Chemistry Group. Dr. Klakamp has extensive experience in research and development involving the biophysical and analytical characterization of biologics and monoclonal antibodies. Dr. Klakamp has been an author on over 30 research and review papers, book chapters, and patents, and has been an invited speaker at numerous international and national meetings, and has co-edited two books. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Houghton College and his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Pennsylvania State University. From 1990 to 1993, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship (funded by a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health) at the California Institute of Technology in bioinorganic chemistry.