Biography

Wim Jiskoot graduated as a pharmacist at Utrecht University (1987). In 1991 he obtained his PhD degree at Utrecht University with his thesis entitled 'Pharmaceutical Aspects of Monoclonal Antibodies'. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utah, USA (1991–1993), he studied protein-ligand interactions using biophysical techniques. After his return to The Netherlands in 1994, he became head of the Department of Bacterial Vaccine Development at the Laboratory for Product and Process Development, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, where he was in charge of the development of production processes for bacterial vaccines. In 1998 he became a staff member at the Department of Pharmaceutics.
In 2006, Wim became Full Professor at the Division of Drug Delivery Technology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University. He heads the Biologics Group at the Center and is involved in research on vaccine delivery and unwanted immunogenicity of biopharmaceuticals. Professor Jiskoot has significant expertise in the field of formulation, delivery and biophysical characterization of therapeutic proteins and vaccines