Jovan Livada
Senior Scientist Pfizer
Jovan has obtained his bachelor’s degree working for Professor George Shields at Hamilton college where he applied computational methods to study the hydrogen bonding of water molecules in the atmosphere. He then obtained his PhD from the Bollinger Lab at Penn State where he studied the complex radical mechanism of Ribonucleotide Reductases focusing on the enzymes that contain the Mn/Fe cofactor. He is currently a Senior Scientist at Pfizer, Groton, Connecticut working as an enzymologist/molecular biologist developing biocatalytic processes in the pharmaceutical industry.
Seminars
Thursday 1st October 2026
Panel: Embedding Biocatalysis Upstream, When Does It Add Value & How Do You Make It Stick?
12:10 pm
- When is the right stage to introduce biocatalysis in the development pipeline?
- How are organizations balancing early investment with high attrition risk?
- What has worked (and failed) when trying to shift from late-stage to early-stage adoption?
- How do you align chemists, biologists, and process teams around a shared approach?
Wednesday 30th September 2026
Cutting Through the Noise of AI Tools to Identify What Delivers Real Value in Enzyme Engineering
9:00 am
- Compare different AI/ML tools and platforms across enzyme classes and use cases
- Selecting the right computational approach for your specific workflow
- Understand how to combine AI with directed evolution and traditional methods effectively
