Dr. Elçin Içten-Gençer is an Associate Director of Data Sciences in Transformative Digital Capabilities at Amgen, where she leads a team focused on AI and Machine Learning Digital Twins for process development. With a background spanning synthetics, biologics, and drug product technologies, she has led digital innovation in biopharmaceutical process development, enhancing efficiency, control, and predictive capabilities across drug development pipelines.
Elçin holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Boğaziçi University. She has authored 18 peer-reviewed publications and presented at over 30 international conferences. Her achievements include the Amgen Operations Global Innovation Award for contributions to continuous manufacturing (2019) and the AIChE PD2M Excellence in Integrated QbD Award (2020).
At AccBio, Elçin will share insights on leading AI/ML-driven digital twin initiatives in biopharmaceutical process development, highlighting innovations that enhance process control, accelerate drug development, and improve manufacturing resilience.