Chris Chen

Chris Chen is a research operations manager at a National Primate Research Center with expertise in project management, research coordination, biomaterials, biorepository, and research support laboratory. He also leads an independent lab that concentrates on liver disease. His scientific background covers infectious disease, cancer, gene therapy, gene-editing, genetic testing, hepatology, nephrology, and live-animal imaging.

Educationally, Chris holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. He also completed his B.S. in Genetics at Purdue University and attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School.

Chris Chen's professional journey includes roles such as Assistant Director of Research Support, Staff Scientist I, and Staff Scientist II at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute. He has also served as a Research Scientist at the Mayo Clinic, Senior Scientist at Imanis Life Sciences, LLC, and Applications Scientist at Transgenomic. His experience ranges from post-doctoral research fellowships at Yale University and the Mayo Clinic to various teaching and research roles at Purdue University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.