Vernella Vickerman

Vernella Vickerman is an accomplished assistant scientist at the Morgridge Institute for Research since April 2013, with a notable background in regenerative biology. Prior to this role, Vernella served as a postdoctoral research associate and gained experience at Merck Group in 2012, focusing on troubleshooting analytics and FT-IR chemical imaging method development in a GLP/GMP clean room environment. Vernella's extensive academic background includes a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with a master's degree in the same field from MIT and a bachelor's degree from Howard University. Additional industry experience encompasses roles as a pharmaceutical development technical consultant at GlaxoSmithKline and a process engineer consultant at General Mills, both emphasizing GMP compliance and project leadership.