Ioscani Jimenez Del Val

Dr. Ioscani Jimenez Del Val is an Assistant Professor and School Head of Teaching & Learning at the School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin. He leads the Animal Cell Technology Group (ACTG), focusing on optimizing biopharmaceutical production through computational and experimental strategies. His research combines synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and multi-scale modeling to enhance antibody and viral vector quality.

• Education: BSc (UNAM, 2006), MSc and PhD (Imperial College London, 2008–2013)
• Professional Roles: Postdoctoral Researcher at Imperial College London (2012–2014), Assistant Professor at UCD (2014–present). Currently serves on teaching and EDI committees.

Research Interests: Glycosylation control, bioprocess modeling, Quality by Design (QbD), and metabolic engineering of CHO cells. Key focus areas include antibody glycosylation optimization and hybrid computational/experimental frameworks.

Notable Grants: GalMAX (2022–2025), Dial-A-Sugar (2021–2025), and BioPharmPSE (2018–2020).

• Awards: Best Poster Prize (2019), PSE Model-Based Innovation Prize (2016), Dudley Newitt Prize (2013)

Labs/Teams: Leads the ACTG, collaborating on projects like CHOmpact metabolic models and glycosylation control systems.