Peng Qu

Associate Director, Business Development & Licensing @ WuXi Biologics

About

Business development professional with experience in strategic partnerships, licensing, and alliance development across the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. With a background spanning technology transfer, research, and strategy, I focus on identifying and advancing partnership opportunities for innovative therapeutic programs and technology platforms. My experience includes deal sourcing, scientific evaluation of assets, and coordinating cross-functional teams to support collaboration discussions and transactions. Before transitioning fully into business development, I worked in academic research environments at Princeton University and Tsinghua University, which provides me with a strong foundation in understanding the science behind emerging therapeutic technologies. Having worked across both the U.S. and China biotechnology ecosystems, I am particularly interested in enabling cross-border collaborations and helping innovative science translate into meaningful partnerships.

Country

United States

City

Greater Philadelphia

Industry

Biotechnology

Skill

Project Management, Salesforce , Business Development, SPSS, Creative Problem Solving, Data Visualization, Market Assessments, Intellectual Property, Statistics, Life Sciences, Data Analytics, Pardot, Statistical Data Analysis, smartsheet, Molecular Biology

Experience

Associate Director, Business Development & Licensing

WuXi Biologics

2022-6 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Pennsylvania, United States

• Lead out-licensing initiatives for internally developed biologics assets, identifying strategic partnership opportunities with global biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Director of Business Development

Shuimu BioSciences

2021 - 2022-6 · 1 yr

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Led global business development activities for the company’s cryo-EM structural biology platform and AI-enabled drug discovery technologies.

Business Development Manager

Biocytogen

2019 - 2021 · 2 yrs

Greater Boston Area

• Led global business development initiatives focused on out-licensing antibody assets and forming strategic platform partnerships with biotech and pharmaceutical companies. • Sourced and evaluated partnership opportunities for proprietary antibody discovery platforms and therapeutic programs. • Built relationships with global biotech partners to expand collaboration opportunities and industry visibility.

Research Assistant at Prof. Nieng Yan Lab

Princeton University

2018 - 2019 · 1 yr

Princeton, NJ

• Conducted biochemical and molecular biology experiments supporting research on membrane protein structure and function. • Performed protein expression, purification, and functional characterization experiments. • Assisted in experimental design, data analysis, and laboratory operations in a structural biology research environment.

Manager, Technology Transfer Office

Tsinghua University

2013 - 2015 · 2 yrs

Beijing City, China

• Managed technology transfer activities including intellectual property evaluation and commercialization of academic discoveries. • Facilitated industry collaborations and licensing discussions between university researchers and external partners. • Led licensing negotiations and partnership development.

Lab Manager at Prof. Yigong Shi Lab

Tsinghua University

2011 - 2013 · 2 yrs

Beijing City, China

• Managed laboratory operations and supported structural biology research projects. • Managed lab resources, equipment management, and research logistics. • Assisted with experimental work, grants management .