William Higgins

William Higgins is a Senior Scientist specializing in kidney research at United Therapeutics Corporation since October 2025. Prior to this role, William served as Principal Scientist at Trestle Biotherapeutics from June 2021 to October 2025 and held a position as Senior Scientist at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson from October 2019 to June 2021. William's earlier experience includes roles as Scientist II, Scientist I, and Senior Research Associate at Organovo Holdings, Inc. from March 2015 to October 2019, as well as Associate Consultant at Eli Lilly from January 2008 to March 2015. William’s foundational experience includes a graduate co-op at Merck, where transformations of bacteria were performed for plasmid generation. William holds a Master's degree in Biotechnology and a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology, both from Penn State University.