Sameer Sivaamnuaiphorn
About Sameer Sivaamnuaiphorn
Sameer Sivaamnuaiphorn serves as the Senior Director and Program Team Leader for CAR-Treg Cell Therapy at Sonoma Biotherapeutics, where he has worked since 2021. He has extensive experience in the biotechnology sector, having held various leadership roles at Atara Biotherapeutics and Amgen, among others.
Work at Sonoma Biotherapeutics
Sameer Sivaamnuaiphorn serves as the Senior Director and Program Team Leader for CAR-Treg Cell Therapy at Sonoma Biotherapeutics since 2021. In this role, he leads a cross-functional team focused on advancing a first-in-class CAR-Treg cell therapy candidate aimed at treating autoimmune diseases. He is responsible for progressing the lead cell therapy program from the discovery stage towards Investigational New Drug (IND) submission and the initiation of first-in-human clinical studies.
Previous Experience at Atara Biotherapeutics
Prior to his current position, Sivaamnuaiphorn held several roles at Atara Biotherapeutics. He served as the Director of CMC Tech Ops Program Leader and Strategic Planning for seven months in 2020. He also worked as the Senior Director of Global Program Management Leader for Cell Therapy from 2020 to 2021. Earlier, he was the Associate Director of Operations Strategy and CMC Program Leader from 2019 to 2020.
Career at Amgen
Sivaamnuaiphorn has extensive experience at Amgen, where he held multiple positions over several years. He worked as a Senior Manager for Regional Operations and Commercialization for the Asia Pacific Region from 2014 to 2018. He also served as the Senior Manager of Asia Pacific Supply Chain and Head of Capability Build Team from 2018 to 2019. His earlier roles included Manager of Operations Strategic Planning from 2012 to 2014 and Sr. Associate of Operations Risk Strategy from 2011 to 2012.
Educational Background
Sameer Sivaamnuaiphorn earned a Master of Business and Science (MBS) degree from the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, studying from 2009 to 2011. He completed his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2003 to 2007. Additionally, he worked as a Staff Research Associate at the University of California, San Francisco from 2007 to 2009 and as a Graduate Student Consultant for Illumina during his master's program.