Our People

Sirrah Staff: Front row (left to right): Dr. Hank Harris, Abbie Loynachan, Robyn Hoing. Second row (left to right): Dr. Matt Erdman, Kimberly Meier, Megan Starbuck, Joel Harris. Third row (left to right): Matt Wimmer, Eugene Bradley, Dr. Jerry McVicker, Dr. Peter Winter.

 

Dr. Peter Winter, Director of Product Development
Peter is a Viral Immunologist who joined Sirrah in October 2007. Prior to his arrival he was a scientist at BioProtection Systems Corporation (BPSC), developing vaccines against Category A viral pathogens. Peter graduated from his PhD at the University of Liverpool in 2004, where he studied the host immune responses to Japanese Encephalitis. His postdoctoral training was completed in the USA; first at the University of Kansas where he worked on producing infectious clones and looking at the immune responses to West Nile Virus. Before moving to the University of Georgia, where he assisted in setting up the West Nile project and worked on siRNA, prior to his first industrial position at BPSC.

Robyn Hoing Laboratory Technician
Robyn graduated with a BS in Biology from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. She joined Sirrah in September of 2007 as a laboratory technician.

Matt Wimmer Laboratory Technician
Matt graduated from Iowa State University with BS in Microbiology. He joined Sirrah in December of 2007 as a molecular laboratory technician.

Megan Starbuck Administrative Assistant
Megan worked as an account coordinator for 3 years with Donnelley Marketing. In January of 2008 she joined Sirrah as the administrative assistant

Abbie Loynachan, Laboratory Manager
Abbie graduated from Iowa State University in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in Microbiology. After graduation, she accepted a research laboratory technician position at Alltech Biotechnology Center in Nicholasville, Kentucky.  She joined Sirrah in March of 2007 as Laboratory Manager.   

Eugene Bradley Laboratory Technician
Eugene graduated with a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from University of California in Santa Barbara. He joined Sirrah in October of 2007 as a laboratory technician.

Kimberly Meier Laboratory Technician
Kimberly is an undergraduate at Iowa State University. She will graduate with a BS in Microbiology in December of 2009. She joined Sirrah as a laboratory technician in August of 2007. Joel

Joel Harris Account Manager
Joel graduated from University of Iowa with a BA in Economics. He joined Sirrah in March of 2008 as the Accounts Manager.

 

 

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