Giorgio Carta, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville (USA), where his research focuses on transport phenomena and bioseparations. He regularly organizes professional courses on various aspects of bioseparations, including a course on protein chromatography development and scale-up together with Alois Jungbauer.
Alois Jungbauer, PhD, is the head of protein technology and downstream processing at the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna (Austria). For more than 30 years, Professor Jungbauer has worked in biochemical engineering, with a focus on bioseparation, where he has published widely and holds 15 patents. He has also organized a biannual professional course in protein chromatography focused on mass transfer, dispersion, and scale-up.