Simon Wagschal currently works within Lonza’s Advanced Chemistry Technologies team as an Associate Director. Prior to this, he worked within Janssen External R&D team, focusing on compounds in early development and delivering GxP batches at CRO partners.
Simon also worked in Janssen’s Chemical Process R&D group and was involved in a dozen late-stage projects, developing, and introducing new processes in the pilot and production plants.
He received the Janssen Vice Presidents’ Research Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement in 2020 and the CPHI ‘API Development and Innovation’ Award for Lonza AI-enabled Route Scouting Service in 2024.
Simon earned his Ph.D. in 2010 from École Polytechnique, Paris, France, under the supervision of Prof. El Kaïm and Prof. Grimaud. He then delved into organometallic chemistry during his postdoctoral stay with the Kündig group in Geneva, Switzerland.