Lena Kikuchi
About Lena Kikuchi
Lena Kikuchi is the Principal Scientist of Automation and Assay Technologies at Bristol Myers Squibb, specializing in automating workflows for small molecule drug discovery.
Company
Lena Kikuchi currently works at Bristol Myers Squibb as Principal Scientist in Automation and Assay Technologies. Her role involves managing a lab automation team, focusing on Leads Discovery and Optimization (LDO). She is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Title
Lena Kikuchi holds the title of Principal Scientist, Automation and Assay Technologies at Bristol Myers Squibb. She specializes in automating workflows for small molecule drug discovery (SMDD) and manages a team utilizing systems from HighRes BioSolutions (HRB) and Thermo.
Education and Expertise
Lena Kikuchi studied at the University of Toronto and earned a MASc in Chemical/Biomedical Engineering from 2000 to 2003. She also achieved a BASc in Engineering Science: Biomedical Engineering from 1996 to 2000. Her expertise includes automating workflows for small molecule drug discovery, as well as proficiency in cell and biochemical processes for high throughput assays.
Professional Background
Lena Kikuchi has held several key roles in her professional career. Before joining Bristol Myers Squibb in October 2021, she worked at Novartis for 13 years as a Senior Automation Engineer and Senior Scientist II in NIBR. She also served as a Process Engineer and Research Scientist at AgaMatrix, Inc. from 2005 to 2008, and as a Research Associate at Harvard University from 2003 to 2005. Before that, she was a Research Associate at the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2003.