Samuel Chung, Ph.D. 

Prof. Chung leads an effort to identify the mechanisms underlying lesion conditioning. Mammalian lesion conditioning stimulates central nervous system regeneration, promotes peripheral nervous system regeneration, and inhibits neuronal degeneration. Recent discoveries from the NeuroLab permit the systematic discovery of all genes involved in lesion conditioning.

• Postdoctoral fellow in Christopher Gabel's laboratory at the Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics at Boston Univ. School of Medicine.

• Principal scientist at Physical Science Inc., a small business in Andover, MA. He developed a new approach for multicolor microscopy and contributed to projects on retinal and anterior eye imaging, engineered tissue viability, traumatic brain injury diagnosis, and freeze-drying.

• Graduate study in Eric Mazur's laboratory at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He pioneered a novel femtosecond laser surgery technique in C. elegans.