Summary
Bryan Sutherland is a Senior Scientist and materials-focused Ph.D. with 11 years of interdisciplinary experience advancing biomaterials, drug delivery, and developability assessment across academia and industry. At Merck he designs and executes physicochemical characterization and formulation strategies to de-risk new modalities, bridging discovery and development teams. His postdoctoral work at the Wyss Institute and University of Delaware produced tunable click-functionalized polysaccharides, photodegradable hydrogels, and microfluidic platforms that improved vascularization and enabled on-demand release of biologics. He combines deep synthetic chemistry and polymer engineering skills with hands-on process development and team leadership, having scaled gram‑scale DNA analogues, optimized electrospinning of natural polymers, and mentored junior researchers. Based in Boston, he pairs technical rigor with creative pursuits—Blues dancing and guitar—that reflect a consistent drive for iterative learning and cross-disciplinary problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and Master of Science (M.S.), Materials Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and Master of Science (M.S.), Materials Science & Engineering at Drexel University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Science and Engineering at University of Delaware
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