Biotechnology Faculty - Office of Professional Programs

Dr. Annica Wayman, Ph.D. | Associate Dean

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, UMBC

Dr. Annica Wayman is the Associate Dean for Shady Grove Affairs in the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) for UMBC. She is responsible for administering and directing the undergraduate Translational Life Sciences Technology (TLST) program and Master of Professional Studies in Biotechnology at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG).

Dr. Wayman received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UMBC and Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focus at Georgia Tech was on selectin-mediated cell adhesion. Following Georgia Tech, Dr. Wayman worked at Becton, Dickinson & Co. (BD) where she served in various R&D engineering roles ranging from advanced technology development to new product development for their anesthesia platform. Immediately prior to her UMBC appointment as Associate Dean, she was Division Chief of the Research Partnerships for Development unit in the Global Development Lab at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where her team managed scientific research policies and programs for the agency and its more than 90 field offices worldwide and developed research partnerships with higher education institutions, federal science agencies, global development institutions, and private sector companies.

Sanjeev Ahuja, Ph.D. | Graduate Faculty

Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UMBC
M.S., Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology

Sanjeev Ahuja joined the Biotechnology program as an instructor in 2008. As Senior Scientist in MedImmune’s Process Cell Culture department in Gaithersburg, MD, he manages process development, scale up, scale down, commercial support, and technology development in support of mammalian cell culture processes.

He is equally involved in applying statistical principles to development of cell culture processes and data mining techniques to enhance the understanding of commercial bioprocesses. Prior to joining MedImmune, Dr. Ahuja had had extensive experience in various aspects of development and commercialization of upstream processes including bacterial fermentation, mammalian cell culture, and associated primary recovery unit operations at Biogen Idec, Human Genome Sciences, and Baxter Healthcare Corporation. He primarily teaches BTEC 652: Applied Bioprocess Engineering. Additionally, he is Six Sigma certified, has one patent, and is published in a variety of journals.

You can view Dr. Ahuja’s public LinkedIn profile here.

Sheldon Broedel, Ph.D. | Assistant Graduate Program Director and Instructor

Ph.D., Microbial and Molecular Genetics, UMBC
M.S., Microbial and Molecular Genetics, UMBC
B.S. Biology, State University, New York

Sheldon Broedel, a member of the UMBC faculty since 2008, has a combined 33 years of industry and academic experience. He is a founder/CEO/CSO of Athena Environmental Sciences, Inc., a diversified biotechnology company that specializes in designing, developing and manufacturing bio-based products. Under the Athena Enzyme Systems™ brand, the company makes and sells a line of biotools designed to improve the expression and recovery of recombinant proteins. Additionally, Dr. Broedel has held research and management positions with Martin Marietta Laboratories (now Lockheed-Martin), Dorlin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly ChekTec Corporation). In 2005, Dr. Broedel received UMBC’s Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award. He has a diverse range of scientific publications, holds five issued patents, and has designed, reduced to practice and launched more than 160 products. Dr. Broedel and his development teams have received ten SBIR grant awards for their work with infectious diseases, environmental products and diagnostic tests. Athena currently has a portfolio of over 500 products serving world-wide biotechnology and consumer markets.

Dr. Broedel completed his B.S. in Biology at the State University of New York at Geneseo and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Microbial Genetics at UMBC. He also holds positions as the Associate Graduate Program Director and Instructor for the MPS: Biotechnology at UMBC and as an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

You can view Dr. Broedel’s public LinkedIn profile here.

Connie Dudley | Adjunct Instructor

Ms. Dudley teaches BTEC 670: Legal and Ethical Isssues.

Greg Hamilton, Ph.D. | Adjunct Instructor

Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Virginia
M.P.S., Biotechnology, UMBC
B.S., Biological Chemistry, University of Virginia

Dr. Hamilton has been an instructor in the MPS Biotechnology program at UMBC since 2017. He has over thirty years of experience in the pharma and biotech industries, both in R&D and in intellectual property management. His experience in pharma/biotech research spans several therapeutic areas and multiple companies. He was Vice-President of Chemistry at Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Artesian Therapeutics, Inc. before joining MGI PHARMA (subsequently Eisai Inc.) as Sr. Director of Intellectual Property. Compounds of his invention have entered human clinical trials for Parkinson’s Disease, erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy, congestive heart failure, and wound healing.

Dr. Hamilton has a bachelor’s degree in Biological Chemistry, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry (natural products total synthesis), both from the University of Virginia, and has been a member of the US patent bar since 2004. He also has an MPS degree in Biotechnology from UMBC. He is founding editor and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Central Nervous System Agents: Medicinal Chemistry. He is currently Director of Chemistry and Intellectual Property at Acidophil LLC, a Baltimore area biotechnology incubator shop.

Keith R. Kirkwood | Adjunct Instructor

M.S., Engineering Management, UMBC, 2014
B.S., Computer Information Systems, Eastern Washington University
Graduate, U.S. Army Computer Science School

Mr. Kirkwood has almost 30 years of leadership and management experience in both industry and the U.S. Army. He is currently an Engineering Program Manager for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems in Linthicum, MD. He has been with Northrop Grumman for 18 years in a variety of leadership and management positions. His assignments include serving as the Communications Integrated Product Team lead for the Tactical Exploitation System, Department Systems Engineering Manager for the C4ISR Department, Lead Systems Engineer and Chief Engineer for the Distributed Common Ground System – Army (Version 4), and the manager for the Processing Architectures Department in the Advanced Concepts & Technology Division. Keith has also served as technical business development engineer and has been a functional manager for the previous 9 years.

Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Keith served as a Cavalry officer and a Systems Automation Acquisition officer for the United States Army for 11 years. As an acquisition officer, he was responsible for the software lifecycle management for the All Source Analysis System (ASAS). As a Cavalry officer, Keith was fortunate to be able to witness firsthand the fall of the East-West German border.

Keith’s principal areas of interest include cyber security, system of systems engineering, processing architectures, intelligence processing systems, component based software engineering and model driven engineering.

Scott Krygier | Adjunct Instructor

Antonio Moreira | Vice Provost, Graduate Faculty

Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal

Antonio Moreira is the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and a professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Moreira has both previous (Schering-Plough Corporation) and ongoing biotechnology industry contacts and experience. He draws from first-hand work in research and development, scale-up and introduction to commercialization of biotechnology products, such alpha interferon. Dr. Moreira has an active research program in bioprocess engineering and is a consultant to various biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

He has received various awards including a NATO Senior Fellowship and the James Aggalloco Award from the Parenteral Drug Association. He served as the President for the Chesapeake Bay Area Chapter of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering; he is immediate past-chair of the Council for Biotechnology Centers for the BIO Industry Organization, and serves on scientific advisory boards for various organizations. Dr. Moreira is Chairman of Peritus Consultants, Inc. an international consulting corporation. He is also a graduate of Leadership Maryland, class of 1998.

He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Porto in Portugal and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Moreira is the Graduate Program Director for the Graduate Certificate in Biochemical Regulatory Engineering. He currently teaches BTEC 660: Regulatory Issues in Biotechnology and BTEC 662: Good Manufacturing Practices and Bioprocesses.

You can view Dr. Moreira’s public LinkedIn profile here.

Irina Ramos | Adjunct Instructor

Ph.D., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UMBC
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Oporto

Irina Ramos has over 7 years of experience in Biopharmaceutical Downstream Processing Development. As Scientist in MedImmune’s Purification Process Sciences department in Gaithersburg, MD, she manages downstream process development and optimization, scale up, technology transfer activities into cGMP manufacturing to supply clinical trials and contributes to regulatory submissions.

Dr. Ramos received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oporto, School of Engineering and her Ph.D. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from UMBC. She primarily teaches BTEC 653.

You can view Dr. Ramos LinkedIn profile here.

Mark Schenerman, Ph.D | Adjunct Professor

Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida
B.S., Medical Technology, University of Maryland

Dr. Mark Schenerman is currently President of a consulting firm (CMC Biotech-MAS Consulting) that he founded and is advising academic, industry, and regulatory agency groups. He is also a Professor of the Practice of Biotechnology at the University of Maryland. He is an experienced biopharmaceutical scientist and executive who has most recently been responsible for developing and aligning cross-functionally Chemistry, Manufacturing, & Control (CMC) strategy leading to global regulatory filings (IND through BLA) at MedImmune/AstraZeneca. Dr. Schenerman was also responsible for maintaining and building key collaborations externally with peer biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and government agencies to advance regulatory science. Prior to this, Dr. Schenerman headed an R&D group that performed structural and biological characterization of preclinical and clinical products, stability and release testing, technology transfer to quality control and ongoing product development support. Since joining MedImmune in 1994, Dr. Schenerman played an integral role in developing and leading the company’s Analytical Biochemistry function, supporting all stages of product development.

Prior to joining MedImmune, Dr. Schenerman held positions in biologics development and research and development at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and was a post-doctoral fellow at Cornell University. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology at the University of Maryland and his doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Florida.

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