Fernando Martinez

Biography

Fernando has thirteen years of hands-on experience that span across industry, startup and academic research. During his doctoral work at UCSD, Fernando identified a new function for an ALS causal gene by combing cutting-edge methods in stem cell biology, biochemistry, and genomics. Before that, Fernando was an early employee at iPierian where he created the first “disease-in-a-dish” model for sporadic ALS. He has co-authored eight peer reviewed publications spanning a broad range of topics. Fernando graduated cum laude from Princeton University, receiving his AB in physics. He holds a MS in biophysics from Stanford University and completed a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences at UCSD in the laboratory of professor Gene Yeo.

Research Interest

comutational biology