Charles Gersbach, PhD profile page

Dr. Charles Gersbach is the John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and the director of the Duke Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies. His research interests are genome and epigenome editing, gene therapy, regenerative medicine, biomolecular and cellular engineering, synthetic biology and genomics. Gersbach’s work has led to new approaches to studying genome structure and function, programming cell biology and treating genetic disease. His work has been recognized through awards including the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the Outstanding New Investigator Award from the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy and induction as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and member of the National Academy of Inventors. He is also the co-founder of several biotechnology companies and an advisor to others.