Holger Kavermann, PhD

Holger studied microbiology at the University of Göttingen and obtained his PhD in medical microbiology at the University of Munich. In 2003, he joined Roche Diagnostics GmbH as Manager QC responsible for microbiological and adventitious agent testing of biotechnological derived active pharmaceutical ingredients. In 2013, he became head of the QC Department for Environmental Monitoring and Cleaning Validation. Since 2017, he has been the department head for Microbiology, EM and Cleaning Analytics. Holger is engaged in multiple industry and regulatory expert working groups and is a frequent presenter at conferences in the areas of microbial control strategies, rapid microbiology and adventitious agent management.