Dr. Seid has over twenty-five years of experience in the Biotechnology field which have included various positions ranging from basic research to process development, manufacturing, and molecular services. Before joining Avance Biosciences, Dr. Seid was Director of Upstream Process Development for Tropical Medicine Research in the section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Prior to BCM, Dr. Seid was Study Director for Beckman Coulter Genomics, Inc., a molecular and genomic services provider to the Biotechnology, Academic, and Pharmaceutical community. Other positions held include Technical Manager of the Molecular Genomics Bioproduction Department at the American Type Culture Collection and Senior Scientist at Regeneration Technologies Inc., a tissue engineering company located in Alachua, Florida. Dr. Seid received his B.S. in Biology in from Stephen F. Austin State University and his Ph.D. in Cellular & Developmental Biology from the University of Houston.