Andrew is a vocal proponent for the use of sequenced recombinant antibodies in research to improve reproducibility. He has frequently served as an expert witness in antibody patent cases involving some of the world’s best selling antibody drugs. Andrew has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers and is the inventor on numerous patents and patent applications.

Andrew holds a PhD from Cambridge University, where he studied under Nobel Laureate Cesar Milstein, the inventor of monoclonal antibodies, and also holds an MB BS (medical degree) from the University of London as well as a BA and MA from Oxford University.

Sara D’Angelo serves as our Chief Technical Officer. She holds a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Eastern Piedmont and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Trieste, Italy. Over the last 8 years she has authored 17 publications in the field of Library design, display technologies, recombinant antibodies and high-throughput screenings methods.

Before joining Specifica, she was Research Assistant Professor in Experimental Therapeutics at the University of New Mexico and Associate Member of the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Her long-time collaboration with Andrew Bradbury, our co-founder and CSO, dates back to 2009 when she joined his laboratory as a post-doctoral fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, first, and as Senior Scientist at the New Mexico Consortium.

Before joining Specifica, Fortunato was an Assistant Research Professor in Experimental Therapeutics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of our co-founder Andrew Bradbury, at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Fortunato has co-authored over 37 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and is the co-inventor on several patents and patent applications.

He holds a PhD in Molecular Medicine and a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Trieste, Italy.

Frank brings over 15 years of experience in the antibody discovery industry, with expertise in the design of next generation antibody libraries, leading biophysical characterization and bioinformatic teams, employing high throughput screening technologies and developing computational tools in support of discovery technologies.

A recognized thought leader at the intersection of in silico tools as applied to biologics, he currently co-chairs and serves on the scientific advisory board of the Protein Engineering Summit and drives global benchmarking challenges to facilitate the advancement of in silico  tools in antibody discovery. He has co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications and patents, including several in leading journals. In his spare time, you’ll find Frank traveling, swimming, fly fishing, scuba diving, snowboarding, and surfing (if near a coast).