Karen Martin

Karen Martin serves as the Associate Director of Corporate Quality Assurance at Editas Medicine since June 2021, bringing extensive experience in quality assurance within the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Previously, Karen worked as a Quality Assurance Specialist at AveXis, Inc. / Novartis Gene Therapies and as a Senior Quality Assurance Specialist at NantCell / ImmunityBio / Etubics, where responsibilities included supporting the start-up activities for clinical-phase manufacturing and establishing quality systems. Additional roles as Senior Quality Assurance Specialist at Rezolute, Inc. and KBI Biopharma involved ensuring GxP compliance and managing quality systems for manufacturing processes. Karen's early career included positions at W. L. Gore & Associates, Amgen, and Sandoz, contributing to quality oversight, regulatory compliance, and raw material management. Karen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Dickinson College.