Tim Culp, PhD

Tim joins Interius following a distinguished 14-year career with Merck Research Laboratories, where he supported vaccine and oncolytic virus program development as a Senior Principal Scientist. His experience includes leadership of both early-stage and late-stage development teams responsible for all CMC deliverables needed for clinical programs. Tim enjoys working closely with both scientists and process engineers on research and development teams to help overcome technical obstacles and enable team success. His background includes extensive experience working with regulatory agencies to advance novel live virus candidates.

Tim was awarded a PhD from the Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, for his research on human papillomaviruses. He subsequently completed postdoctoral studies at Penn State developing chimeric papillomavirus vaccines. Tim holds a BS in biology/secondary education from Christian Heritage College and had a 15-year high school teaching career prior to his graduate studies.