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Rockie C. is an accomplished program manager currently at Lonza, where responsibilities include directing multidisciplinary project teams focused on clinical manufacturing of biologics and promoting global collaborations in complex research environments since March 2023. Prior to this role, Rockie served as a senior scientist and program lead at CareDx, Inc., where successful product development and automation of genomics-based diagnostics products were achieved, along with authoring a peer-reviewed publication on clinical biomarkers in kidney transplant recipients. Experience also includes positions as a senior scientist at Senti Biosciences, where technical leadership in gene therapy was exercised, and academic roles as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles. Education includes a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.