Dr Simona John von Freyend
Director and CEO
Dr John von Freyend is the Managing Director of PTNG Consulting. Her background in cell biology, high-level stakeholder management and strategic development, combined with her capabilities of team building, facilitation, and communication skills makes her ideal to lead PTNG’s science consulting business.
Dr John von Freyend completed her PhD in cell signalling in parasites in 2010 after working at Strathclyde University, Glasgow (UK) and the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg (Germany). Her postdoctoral research brought her to Australia where she worked at the Department of Biochemistry, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne and the Department of Microbiology, Monash University, commencing as Research Fellow and reaching Senior Research Fellow.
Dr John von Freyend is passionate about the applied combination of niche research skills, communication and connecting people to deliver targeted developments with economic outcomes to scientific companies and groups to revolutionise medicine through novel drug discovery and new treatments.
