Lydia Turkié

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Lydia Turkié

Director CDL Operations

Associate Director TI:GER®

lydia.turkie@scheller.gatech.edu

Functional Areas: TI:GER and CDL

Suite: 421B

Office: 4119

Biography

Lydia Turkié is the Director of CDL-Atlanta and the Associate Director TI:GER® program. She joined the team after an international career in the global pharmaceutical industry. From Shanghai to Montreal, Boston to Paris, with companies such as Sanofi and Bayer, Lydia nurtured her broad vision on different cultures, from a scientific and a business perspective.

Over the past few years, Lydia developed strong ties with the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Boston, around Harvard, and the MIT Martin Trust Center. In France, she launched multiple initiatives and taught innovative entrepreneurship at Grenoble Ecole de Management. Throughout this journey across various innovation landscapes, Lydia became highly enthusiastic to transfer her industry knowledge into creative entrepreneurial development.

Lydia holds a BS, an MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences, and a PhD in Pharmacy from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and an MSc in Management (Programme Grande Ecole) from Emlyon Business School.