Simon Wagschal earned his Ph.D. in 2010 from École Polytechnique, Paris, France, under the supervision of Prof. El Kaïm and Prof. Grimaud.
He then delved in organometallic chemistry during his postdoctoral stay with the Kündig group in Geneva, Switzerland.
In 2013, he joined Janssen’s Chemical Process R&D group and have been involved in a dozen late-stage projects, developing and introducing new processes in the pilot and production plants.
He received the Vice Presidents' Research Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement in 2020.
In 2021, Simon joined the Janssen External R&D team, focusing on compounds in early development and delivering GxP batches at CRO partners.
Presentation Title: Chemical Development of Adafosbuvir