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Charles Gersbach is the John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor at Duke University, within the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He has made significant contributions to the fields of biomaterials, gene delivery, immune engineering, and regenerative medicine. Gersbach's research interests include gene therapy, genomics, cellular engineering, and synthetic biology, with a focus on advancing methodologies for gene editing, particularly in the context of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, he completed his Ph.D. in 2006. Over the years, Gersbach has earned numerous accolades including being named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and receiving the 2019 Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award from the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke. He has published extensively in high-impact journals, contributing to the scientific community’s understanding of CRISPR technology and its applications. Gersbach’s lab is heavily engaged in developing innovative strategies for gene therapy that promise to transform treatment approaches for a range of genetic disorders, underscoring his commitment to translating scientific discoveries into therapeutic interventions.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)