Joanna Rys, PhD

Joanna Rys, PhD, is a Partner at Putnam, where she specializes in providing scientific and analytical insights to develop business strategies for clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. Her expertise encompasses competitive landscape assessments, R&D strategy, market sizing, product launch, pricing, and brand strategy, particularly in areas like oncology, hematology, and rare diseases.1

She holds a PhD from the UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, where her dissertation focused on the mechanobiology of growth factor receptor dynamics in chondrocytes. Additionally, she has a Management of Technology minor from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.12