Jorge Ferrer

Jorge leads the company's clinical research and strategy for the cancer applications and oversees the work with Lumicell’s academic collaborators conducting clinical studies. Jorge also manages Lumicell’s regulatory strategy, as well as the preparation of communications and reporting to the FDA. As Lumicell’s employee #2, he co-developed Lumicell’s cancer detection drug. During his post-doctoral tenure with Dr. Moungi Bawendi at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he developed the prototype of the Lumicell imaging device and conducted the proof-of-concept experiments in mice and clinical trials in dogs. He holds a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from MIT, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. Prior to his post-graduate studies, Jorge worked as a Mechanical Design Engineer in the sensors and controls industry at Texas Instruments.