Jennifer Treweek

Having completed her undergraduate degree (B.S. in Chemistry, Economics) and postdoctoral studies (Div. of Biology and Bioengineering) at Caltech, Dr. Treweek has returned to her alma mater to serve as Scientific Director of the Merkin Institute for Translational Research. At MITR, Jenny will leverage her multidisciplinary training in chemistry and vaccinology (Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute) and her leadership experience as a BBRF- and NIH BRAIN-funded investigator and tenure-track professor (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering) to forward the Merkin Institute goal of catalyzing biomedical breakthroughs that will profoundly impact human healthcare.