Scientific Experience: Three years of virology (developing cell-based assays for inhibitors of HIV replication), about six months studying breast cancer immunology, about seven years in immunology (studying microRNA regulation of T cell function in the context of graft-versus-host disease), and about nine months in nucleic acid based vaccines and therapeutics (at Alvea). Currently working at Panoplia Laboratories and developing prophylactic and therapeutic broad-spectrum antivirals.
Education: Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology; B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology, Chemistry minor
Other Experience: Biotechnology specialist for an intellectual property law firm for about two years
Primary EA Interest: Catastrophic biological risk