Daniel Heisey, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scientist at PPD, a clinical research business within Thermo Fisher Scientific, where they have worked since 2022. Previously, Daniel held roles as an Associate and Research Scientist at the same organization. Daniel completed a PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, where they were a candidate from 2014 to 2019. Earlier, they were a Post-Baccalaureate Fellow at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education from 2011 to 2014, focusing on nucleic acid screening for Arbovirus contamination. Daniel earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Christopher Newport University in 2011.