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Dr. Zynda has been with Thermo Fisher Scientific for almost 9 years. He serves as a Senior Staff Scientist in R&D for the department of Cell Culture and Cellular Medicine to align teams in cell therapy process development and product development. He first began studying T cell biology in 2005 at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, where he received a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics and Biochemistry. During his 11 years in academia, he elucidated mechanisms by which tumor cells evade the immune system and he has since applied this experience to drug development and cell therapy manufacturing.