Kate Malachowski PhD Novavax

Kate Malachowski is a Director of Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) at Novavax. In this role, she leads a team of scientists and engineers to support Novavax's global vaccine pipeline. Her team has oversight of tech transfers, non-conformance investigations, and manufacturing performance trending. She has also previously worked at Catalent supporting gene therapy projects and with the BioPhorum Extractables and Leachables work group. Kate previously served on the 2023 and 2024 PDA Annual Meeting Planning Committee and as the 2025 PDA Week co-chair. Before entering the biotech space, she worked in microscale medical and semiconductor devices at the Army Research Laboratory and Northrop Grumman. Kate holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University.