Lauren Carter is a Vaccine Lead at the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute since June 2023, previously serving as a Principal Research Scientist at the University of Washington's Institute for Protein Design, where responsibilities included establishing and managing the Protein Production Core Facility. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Research Associate at Theraclone Sciences, CMC Icos Biologics, and the Infectious Disease Research Institute, focusing on cGMP methods and the purification and characterization of monoclonal antibodies and protein vaccines. Lauren Carter holds multiple degrees from the University of Washington, including a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, a Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology, a Master's in Pharmaceutical Bioengineering, and a Certificate in Biotechnology Project Management.