Luigi Grasso, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Chief Scientific Officer

Luigi Grasso, Ph.D is a co-founder of Morphotek. Prior to joining the company, he was an Assistant Director of Research at the Magainin Institute of Molecular Medicine, a division of Magainin Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Dr. Grasso's scientific background is in pathology and molecular genetics, where he has studied and co-authored many scientific papers on the molecular and genetic basis of human disease.

Dr. Grasso received his Ph.D. in Pathology at the University of Catania, Italy and continued his post-doctoral training at the Kimmel Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA.

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