Keerthana Gnanapradeepan, Ph.D.

Keerthana Gnanapradeepan, Ph.D. has had a diverse work experience beginning in 2008 as a Student Intern at the Broad Institute. Keerthana then became a Summer Intern at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2010 and a Biology Intern at Agios in 2012. In 2013, they were an Automated Strain Engineering Intern at Amyris Inc. and an Undergraduate Researcher at Tufts University in 2011. From 2008-2010, they were a Summer Intern at the Dana-Farber Cancer Center/Harvard School of Public Health. From 2014-2015, they were a Research Associate at the Broad Institute and from 2015-2021, they were a PhD Candidate at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where they studied the role of p53 in tumor suppression and metabolism. Currently, they are a Scientist and Associate Scientist at CAMP4 Therapeutics.

Keerthana Gnanapradeepan earned a Bachelor of Science (BS), cum laude in Biochemistry from Tufts University. Keerthana then went on to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, which they completed in 2021.