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PhenomeX: Yan Zhang, Tomoya Aoyama

Apr 11, 2023

PhenomeX appointed Yan Zhang chief commercial officer and Tomoya Aoyama regional leader, overseeing the company's commercial operations in the Asia Pacific region.

Zhang previously served as CEO and member of the board at Mission Bio and held executive roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific. She also led product management and commercialization efforts for genetic analysis solutions at Affymetrix, NuGen Technologies, and Molecular Devices. Aoyama previously served in several senior roles at Eurofins Scientific, including as the head of the company's operations in Japan and senior vice president of the Asia region for EurofinsEAG. She has also held leadership roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific and Life Technologies.

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