Frank Agbogbo, Ph.D.

Frank Agbogbo is Vice President of Process Development at Forge Biologics, responsible for rAAV process development and plasmid DNA production. He has 20 years of experience in process development, biotechnology, gene, and cell therapy industries. Previously, Dr. Agbogbo was the Senior Director of Process Development at Cytovance Biologics, where he took increasing responsibilities with oversight responsibilities over the Upstream and Downstream teams. Dr. Agbogbo’s experience includes process development, Design of Experiments (DoE), process optimization, process characterization, and scale-up from R&D to manufacturing (cGMP and non-cGMP). He has co-chaired and presented at many scientific conferences such as ASGCT, Bioprocess Summit, BPI East. Dr. Agbogbo earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University, and an M.B.A. with a certificate in Entrepreneurship from the Price College of Business, Oklahoma University.