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Our team of experts

We aim to provide our clients with the best protein analysis service by providing access to our service-minded team of highly experienced and skilled scientists, hand-picked from leading universities and companies, to cover protein chemistry, mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics. We apply top-of-the-line equipment and are experts in the interpretation of data for biopharmaceutical protein characterization.

Scientific Support

Informatics & Digital Solutions

Chief Executives

Thomas Kofoed, co-founder and CEO

Thomas Kofoed, PhD

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

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Thomas holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry and a BSc in Business Administration. He has 20+ years of management experience in the biotech industry and has set up business relationships with hundreds of biopharmaceutical companies. As CEO of Alphalyse, his main emphasis is putting together a diverse team of highly skilled employees creating an innovative environment focusing on quality and customer needs.

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Ejvind Mortz, COO and Co-founder, Alphalyse

Ejvind Mørtz, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)

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Ejvind holds a PhD in Protein Chemistry & Molecular Biology. He has more than 20 years of experience in several biotech companies. His background counts the development of protein analysis methods in research & CMC development of protein biologics and business collaboration with CMOs/CROs. He is driving the development and improvement of analysis services for our customers. Ejvind has a Business Executive education from Harvard Business School.

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John Manzello, Alphalyse

John Manzello

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

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Katrine Pilely, COO Alphalyse

Katrine Pilely, PhD

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

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Katrine has an MSc in Biomedicine and a PhD in Immunology. She has extensive experience in immunological techniques and mass spectrometry, specializing in the development and optimization of analytical methods, particularly for improving impurity analysis. At Alphalyse, Katrine heads the Data-Driven Innovation Department, where she oversees the automation and optimization of pipelines and the collection and application of data to drive continuous learning and innovation.

QA

Esben Fisker, QA Manager

Esben Fisker, MSc

QA Manager

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Esben holds an MSc in Chemistry and as Quality Manager, he is responsible for continuously developing the pharmaceutical quality system at Alphalyse. He has ten years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and brings a diverse skill set in quality assurance, quality control, qualification, validation, and statistical process control. Esben has been one of the main drivers behind obtaining a GMP Authorization for Quality Control of pharmaceutical products at Alphalyse.

Commercial & Administration

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Hillary Youngberg

Senior Director of Business Development

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Hillary has a background in Cellular and Molecular Biology and brings extensive experience in biologics and advanced therapy medicinal products, including viral vector, cell and gene therapy process development, analytical development, manufacturing, and GMP operations.

As Senior Director of Business Development, Hillary serves as the west coast main point of contact for biotherapeutics developers in the United States. She builds long-term partnerships with clients, helping them navigate complex analytical and regulatory challenges across all phases of development, from early research and development, through CMC, to commercialization.

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Debra Harris, MSc

Senior Applications Subject Matter Expert
(Western USA)

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Debra holds an MSc in Molecular Biomedicine and Biochemistry and brings broad experience in process development, manufacturing, quality, regulatory strategy and operations.

As Senior Applications Subject Matter Expert for the Western United States, Debra provides practical, science-driven guidance throughout the product lifecycle to support clients across a wide range of analytical and development challenges. She helps clients achieve a deep understanding of their processes, enabling a clear and efficient path toward regulatory approval and licensure.

Markus Born, Alphalyse

Markus Born, PhD

Regional Business Development Lead (DACH/Southern Europe)

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Markus Born holds a PhD in Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry and brings over 20 years of scientific and commercial experience in the pharmaceutical industry. His expertise spans research and development, product lifecycle management, and strategic business development.

At Alphalyse, Markus serves as the primary point of contact for biotherapeutics developers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, helping clients navigate complex analytical challenges across all development phases: R&D, CMC, and commercialization.

Fluent in English, German, French, and Spanish, Markus also represents Alphalyse at industry events and conferences across the DACH region as well as in French- and Spanish-speaking regions.

Scott Munzer, PhD

Scott Munzer, PhD

Senior Applications Subject Matter Expert
(Eastern USA)

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Scott holds a PhD in Experimental Medicine & Biochemistry, bringing over 20 years of experience in biotech and life sciences. His background encompasses the design, purification, analysis, and manufacture of protein biologics, vaccines, and advanced therapy medicinal products. Scott has hands-on expertise in CRISPR gene editing, protein engineering, and biologics process development, and has served as client representative (PIP) during many manufacturing campaigns.

As Senior Applications Subject Matter Expert for the Eastern United States, Scott works closely with clients to support efficient product development, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence from research through clinical and GMP manufacturing.

Valeria Barattini, Business Development Manager, Alphalyse UK

Valeria Barattini, PhD

Regional Business Development Lead
(UK/France)

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Valeria holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry and Biocatalysis and has extensive knowledge of chromatography and mass spectrometry-based analytical techniques. She has 15+ years of experience with customer support and client relations in the biopharmaceutical sector. At Alphalyse, Valeria is our on-the-ground, trusted advisor to biotherapeutics developers based in the United Kingdom. Her goal is to develop long-term collaborations with clients, e.g., by representing Alphalyse at local industry events and conferences.

Martin Rask Johansen, Alphalyse

Martin Rask Johansen, MSc

Director of Sales Operations

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Martin focuses on the collaboration with new and existing biopharmaceutical clients, helping them settle on the proper analysis for their needs, and facilitating contact with our team of experts. He has an MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, specializing in mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and lipidomics. He also has practical experience with protein analysis, cell biology, immunology, and bioinformatics.

Elisabeth Rosenbæk

Elisabeth Wriedt Rosenbæk, MSc

Sales Operations Specialist

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Josefine Wittendorff Ipsen, MSc

Sales Operations Specialist

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Jette Friis Thirup, Head of Business Development

Jette Friis Thirup

Director of Marketing & Branding

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Jette holds several degrees in International Business Administration and Marketing Management. She has 20 years of experience in international marketing strategy & execution. She has substantial experience growing international medico and biotech businesses and building online channels in the USA and Europe and has planned multiple worldwide product launches. Jette has also managed several large-scale digitalization implementations.

Cecilie Howitz Lautrup-Larsen, Communication Specialist, Alphalyse

Cecilie Hovitz Lautrup-Larsen, MA

Marketing & Branding Specialist

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Thomas Kofoed, co-founder and CEO

Anette Rasmussen, BSc

Director of Administration

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Anette has a BSc in Biomedicine. She has extensive protein chemistry and mass spectrometry knowledge, with a particular flair for customer service and laboratory organization. Anette specializes in protein identification workflows, protein digestion, and laboratory robotics – gathered over more than ten years. She is your go-to person for customer support and questions related to sample submissions.

Scientific Support & Research

Anette Holck Draborg, expert on HCP coverage analysis and ELISA characterization

Anette Holck Draborg, PhD

Subject Matter Expert

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Anette is highly educated in immunology, virology, and autoimmunity. During her PhD, she focused on systemic autoimmune diseases and method development of immunochemical assays. Her methodological expertise includes ELISA, flow cytometry, cell culture, and various blotting techniques. At Alphalyse, Anette is an expert in immunopurification and ELISA coverage assay projects and a manager of ELISA characterization projects and custom-designed HCP projects for virus-based therapies.

Rie Bak Jäpelt, MSc Pharmacy, PhD Analytical Chemistry

Rie Bak Jäpelt, PhD

Subject Matter Expert

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Rie has worked with the development of high-quality quantitative mass spectrometry-based assays for more than ten years. Alphalyse also uses her immense experience with assay qualification and validation under GMP, from implementing quality protocols and achieving accreditations. Rie has an interdisciplinary background in food science and genetics and expertise from academia, diagnostics, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Rikke Raaen Lund, Senior Matter Expert, Alphalyse

Rikke Raaen Lund, PhD

Subject Matter Expert

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Rikke has a PhD in Biomedicine. She has broad experience in bioanalytical methods and clinical proteomics after more than ten years of work focusing on protein biomarker analysis, mass spectrometry, and handling large data sets. She has been part of the team developing our impurity analyses, i.e., host cell and residual protein analysis, of biopharmaceuticals and is an expert in development of improved impurity analyses using mass spectrometry, ELISA, and immuno-purification techniques. Rikke heads the Characterization department, which performs all our product and impurity analyses of pre-clinical biopharmaceuticals.

Martine Mørck Taagholt, Project Manager, Alphalyse

Martine Mørck Taagholt, MSc

PhD student

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Lab Operations

Flemming Holm Bergholdt, Biomedical Laboratory Scientist

Flemming Holm Bergholdt

Scientist, QC Laboratory Operations

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Flemming has a broad technical background and 20 years of theoretical and practical experience with clinical genetics and immunology, working with method development and research. He specializes in techniques such as HPLC, PCR, MLPA, Microarray, bacterial/cell-culturing, lentivirus production, cloning, and antibody sequencing. At Alphalyse, he mainly focuses on ELISA, Host Cell Protein, and HCP coverage analysis projects.

Helle Vinsløv Jensen, Alphalyse

Helle Vinsløv Jensen

Scientist, QC Laboratory Operations

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Line Greve, Biochemical Laboratory Scientist

Line Greve

Scientist, QC Laboratory Operations

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Vicki Nautrup Nielsen, Biochemical Laboratory Scientist

Vicki Nautrup Nielsen

Scientist, QC Laboratory Operations

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Vicki has a broad technical background and more than 20 years of practical experience in clinical immunology and molecular medicine. She specializes in working with laboratory optimization and automation, immunoassays for protein analysis, expression and purification of recombinant proteins and antibodies. In addition, she is familiar with animal models, cell lines, and biopharmaceutical characterization using various chromatographic methods.

Thanh Ha Nguyen, MSc in Biotechnology

Thanh Ha Nguyen, MSc

Scientist, QC Laboratory Operations

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Tine Nielsen, expert on protein quantification

Tine Nielsen, MSc

QC Assistant

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Tine holds an MSc in Biomedicine, and as a Quality Assistant, she assists in the continuous development of the pharmaceutical quality system at Alphalyse. She has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry and brings a diverse skill set in quality control. Moreover, she has experience in LC-MS/MS-based analysis of post-translational modifications, chemical modification (particularly cross-linking), and structural characterization. At Alphalyse, Tine assists the Quality Control and Quality Assurance teams.

Lisa Kathrine Ivalu Jensen Alphalyse

Lisa Kathrine Ivalu Jensen, MSc

QC Chemist

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Lisa holds an MSc in Medicinal Chemistry with a focus on the development and synthesis of medicinal compounds. She brings several years of experience in quality assurance and QMS management under GMP conditions, including considerable experience with optimizing procedures and streamlining processes.

As a QC Scientist at Alphalyse, Lisa works on the continuous improvement of procedures and supports quality compliance across laboratory operations in a GMP setting.

Freja Andersen, expert on analyzing HCP levels using MS

Freja Andersen, MSc

Team leader, Impurity Characterization

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Freja’s specialties include immunological techniques, protein expression and purification, vaccine development, and protein analysis methods such as ELISA, SDS-page, and HPLC. She has industrial experience with research and production to GMP standards, Quality Control Systems, method validation, and preparation of GMP documentation. At Alphalyse, Freja works as a project manager and specializes in setting up GMP-related workflows.

Dean Malte Pedersen, expert on analyzing HCP levels using MS

Dean Malte Zisco, MSc

Project Manager, Impurity Characterization

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Dean has an academic and industrial background in protein chemistry and mass spectrometry. He has experience analyzing nanoparticle-protein complexes and Host Cell Proteins in drug substances using mass spectrometric approaches and working with GMP and QC systems. At Alphalyse, Dean works as a project manager for host cell protein characterization and assists in maintaining the mass spectrometers.

Melissa Fernard Pedersen, Protein scientist

Melissa Fernard Pedersen, MSc

Project Manager, Impurity Characterization

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Marcella Nunes de Melo-Braga, Protein Scientist, Alphalyse

Marcella Nunes de Melo-Braga, PhD

Project Manager, Product Chracterization

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Maša Babović, peptide mapping analysis services

Maša Babović, PhD

Project Manager, Product Chracterization

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For her PhD, Maša developed mass spectrometry methods for therapeutic protein characterization. She has extensive practical experience with process optimization, LC-MS method development, data analysis, intact mass and post-translational modification analysis, and stability and forced degradation studies. At Alphalyse, Maša is a project manager, focusing on process optimization and analytical method development for product characterization.

Stine Thyssen, Expert on peptide mapping services

Stine Thyssen, PhD

Director of Analytical Development

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Stine has a PhD in Health Science. She has a background in biomedicine, redox biology, protein chemistry, and mass spectrometry. She is experienced in LC-MS/MS-based analysis of post-translation modifications, chemo-proteomics, protein, and peptide purification using various chromatographic methods, cell culturing, and extensive dataset analysis. Her primary focus is characterization projects and the development of novel mass spectrometry analyses.

Bente Mariann Jensen, QC Lab Manager at Alphalyse

Bente Marianne Jensen, PhD

Project Manager, Analytical Development

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Christina Erika Hagensen, Project Manager, Alphalyse

Christina Erika Hagensen, PhD

Project Manager, Analytical Development

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During her PhD, Christina explored cellular signaling networks for stem cell and skeletal muscle differentiation. She has extensive practical experience with cell culturing, LC-MS/MS, biological interpretation of large-scale proteomics, and GMP-required quality control. At Alphalyse, Christina works as a project manager and specializes in handling custom-designed HCP projects for biologics and gene therapies.

Janne Skaarup Crawford, BSc in Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Janne Skaarup Crawford, BSc

Project Manager, Analytical Development

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Janne has comprehensive experience in proteomics, biotechnology, and protein analytics by LC-MS. The experience has been gathered during her 20 years in the biopharmaceutical industry, providing analytical services. She has significant expertise in quantitative LC-MS methods for MRM quantification of specific proteins in bioprocess samples. She is deeply involved in developing host cell and residual protein analyses by mass spectrometry, under GMP.

Kirstine Evald, Alphalyse

Kirstine Evald, MSc

Project Manager, Analytical Development

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Kirstine holds an MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and brings experience in GMP environments, quality assurance, immunoassay techniques, and project management. As Project Manager in the QC Department at Alphalyse, Kirstine leads quality control initiatives, ensuring high-quality standards in analytical workflows and contributing to continuous improvement of QC documentation and processes.

Peter Toft Jensen, Project Manager, Alphalyse

Peter Toft Jensen, PhD

Project Manager, Analytical Development

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Solveig Beck Nielsen, expert on residual protein analysis

Solveig Beck Nielsen, PhD

Project Manager, Analytical Development

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Informatics & Digital Solutions

Victor Chrone, bioinformatics scientist

Victor Chrone, MSc

Director of Informatics & Digital Solutions

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Lykke Ottosen Eghøj, bioinformatics scientist

Lykke Ottosen Eghøj, MSc

Scientist, Informatics & Digital Solutions

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Sigurd Frederiksen, MSc in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Sigurd Frederiksen, MSc

Scientist, Informatics & Digital Solutions

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Sigurd holds an MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and has a vast background in mass spectrometry and proteomics methods on advanced mass spectrometers.

He has acquired extensive knowledge on characterizing single proteins, focusing on MS/MS fragmentation analysis of peptides and posttranslational modifications.

At Alphalyse, Sigurd makes sure we utilize the full potential of our instruments and methods.

Kasper Wang Kobberholm, Alphalyse

Kasper Wang Kobberholm, MSc

IT Manager

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