Michelle Carrasco

Michelle Carrasco currently serves as the Director of Manufacturing Sciences & Technology at KSQ Therapeutics, Inc., a position held since November 2022. Prior to this, a role as Associate Director of Process Sciences at Mana Therapeutics involved leading a team in the development of a cell therapy platform and providing expertise in process characterization and experimental design. Experience at Seattle Children's Research Institute included researching gene-edited human T regulatory cell products and optimizing scale-up processes. Education includes a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Biology from Northern Illinois University, alongside early roles as an undergraduate research assistant contributing to molecular biology projects.