Novak, Dr. Jeanne

Title: Professor of Biotechnology

Department: Biotechnology

Dr. Jeanne Novak currently serves as the Head of Novotech Drug Development. She has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

Dr. Novak started her career as a Scientist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and later joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At FDA, she served as a credentialed Investigator, as Review Scientist at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, as a Senior Review Scientist at the Division of Vaccines and Related Projects in the Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research (CBER) and, ultimately, as a Project Manager at CBER.

Her previous executive roles at other organizations include President, Chief Executive Officer, Principal Consultant, and Principal Regulatory Scientist.

Dr. Novak attended the United States Military Academy before completing a B.S. in Biology at the University of Utah and a Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

In addition to being a recognized leading authority in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, she has served on faculty in Cell and Molecular Biology as well as Pharmaceutical Science at several universities.