After graduating from the Chemical Engineering Department of Middle East TechnicalUniversity, Ali Özüer completed his post-graduate and PHD degrees in ChemicalEngineering at Pittsburgh University. Following that, he graduated from two otherpost-graduate programs: Clinical Research and MBA.

He started his career as a Process Engineer at SEKA (Cellulose and Paper IndustryFoundation), and then undertook high level responsibilities at the Human GeneTherapy Laboratory as well as the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Departmentof Pittsburgh University.

After accumulating vast experience at the university, he worked in numerous roles atvarious US pharma companies as Process Development Scientist, TechnologyTransfer Director, Deputy Director for Global Manufacturing Services, TechnicalProject Leader for the Integrated Cell and Gene Therapy Unit and also as a Directorfor Cell and Gene Therapy. Since August 2021 he has been acting as the President, AbdiBio.