Morgridge Institute for Research
Vernella Vickerman is an accomplished assistant scientist at the Morgridge Institute for Research since April 2013, with a notable background in regenerative biology. Prior to this role, Vernella served as a postdoctoral research associate and gained experience at Merck Group in 2012, focusing on troubleshooting analytics and FT-IR chemical imaging method development in a GLP/GMP clean room environment. Vernella's extensive academic background includes a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with a master's degree in the same field from MIT and a bachelor's degree from Howard University. Additional industry experience encompasses roles as a pharmaceutical development technical consultant at GlaxoSmithKline and a process engineer consultant at General Mills, both emphasizing GMP compliance and project leadership.
Morgridge Institute for Research
The Morgridge Institute for Research is a nonprofit biomedical institute exploring uncharted scientific territory to discover tomorrow’s cures. Morgridge works to improve human health through innovative, interdisciplinary biomedical discoveries, spark scientific curiosity and serve society through translational outcomes, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research areas include regenerative biology and bioinformatics, virology, medical engineering, metabolism, core computational technology and bioethics.