Stephen Pak's Biography

Stephen Pak, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Dr. Pak received his Ph.D. in mammalian cell biotechnology from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He then completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, where he investigated the role of serpins in cancer. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His primary interest is in modeling complex human genetic disorders in the model organism, C. elegans, for the purpose of drug discovery. He is a recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Innovator’s Award and Thermo Scientific’s Cellome Award for his pioneering work on the development of whole organism-based HCS.