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Professor David Schaffer is the director of QB3-Berkeley.

David Schaffer with the multiphoton fluorescent confocal microscope used by his research group to measure the success of gene delivery by their engineered viruses. Photo credit: Mark Joseph Hanson

David Schaffer is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience. In 1993, he received his bachelor of science from Stanford University and in 1998 he earned his PhD in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Subsequently, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA, before taking his position at UC Berkeley in 1999. At Berkeley, Schaffer applies engineering principles to enhance stem cell and gene therapy approaches for neuroregeneration. This work includes mechanistic investigation of stem cell control, as well as molecular evolution and engineering of viral gene delivery vehicles. In addition to his lab’s research and his work as the director of QB3-Berkeley, Schaffer also serves as the director of the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub and Bakar Labs.

QB3-Berkeley Staff

Annie Lin Communications Assistant QB3-Berkeley	ann.yhl@berkeley.edu
Cherry Chung Facilities & Engineering Director QB3-Berkeley	cherry.chung@berkeley.edu
Chris Hardin Receiving Department Staff Stanley Hall Receiving	510 666-3330 chrishardin@berkeley.edu
Donna Hendrix Managing Director QB3-Berkeley	510-666-3316 dkhendrix@berkeley.edu
Kate Chase Program Coordinator & Graduate Advisor Biophysics Graduate Group & Computational Biology	510-642-0379 katechase@berkeley.edu
Kris Thompson Assistant Building Manager QB3-Berkeley	510-666-2666 kristine@berkeley.edu
Mackenzie Smith Communications Manager QB3-Berkeley	510-666-3309 mackenzie.smith@berkeley.edu
Mike Bentley Receiving Department Lead Stanley Hall Receiving	510-642-6181 mbentley@berkeley.edu
Oliver Santos Program Support Administrator QB3-Berkeley	510-666-3317 omsantos@berkeley.edu
Rosanne Lurie Director QB3-Berkeley Graduate and Postdoc Career Development	510-666-3323 rlurie@berkeley.edu
Thom Opal EH&S Specialist QB3-Berkeley	510-666-3307 opal@berkeley.edu
Xuan Quach Executive Director Center for Computational Biology	510-666-3342 xuquach@berkeley.edu