Guangping Gao, PhD – World-renowned Gene Therapy Pioneer
- Penelope Booth Rockwell Professor in Biomedical Research, UMMS
- Professor of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, UMMS
- Director, Horae Gene Therapy Center and Viral Vector Core, UMMS
- Co-Director, Li Weibo Institute for Rare Diseases Research, UMMS
- President, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy
- Elected fellow, US National Academy of Inventors
- Elected fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
- Co-Founder, Aspa Therapeutics
- Co-Founder, Voyager Therapeutics (NASDAQ market cap: USD 547.6M)
- 135 patents with 239 more patent applications pending
- Ranked #4 of World Top 20 Translational Researchers by Nature Biotechnology
- First to identify and develop AAV7, AAV8, AAV9 and numerous variants
Jae-Hyuck Shim, PhD – Bone Biology Expert
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UMMS
- Director, Bone Analysis Core, UMMS
- Assistant Professor of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Postdoctoral, Harvard School of Public Health
- PhD, Immunobiology, Yale Medical School
- BS, Biotechnology, Yonsei University
- Research areas: osteoporosis, inflammation-associated bone diseases, heterotopic ossification
