Elena Breidenstein

Elena Breidenstein is a Scientific Director and AMR Senior Project Leader at LifeArc since September 2023. Previously, Elena held several positions at Summit Therapeutics, including Director of Anti-infectives Research, where responsibilities included project leadership for preclinical candidate SMT026738, and Associate Director, focusing on lead optimization for the DDS-04 antibiotic series, along with line management duties. Prior to that, Elena was an Investigator in Anti-infectives Research, leading early-stage drug discovery efforts, and served as a Research Scientist at Discuva, generating transposon mutant libraries for Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. Additionally, Elena worked as a Post-doc at Institut Pasteur under Professor Patrice Courvalin, studying vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis. Elena earned a Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology from The University of British Columbia and holds a Master's degree in Biology from the University of Tübingen.