Sherry Fang Shiuan Leung
Sherry is currently a PhD student in Physiology and Biophysics at the University of California, Irvine. Previously, she joined the Chen lab as a PhD student in Genetics and Genomics at Baylor College of Medicine. She is interested in studying the mechanisms in the ABCA4 gene that lead to macular degeneration and in developing gene therapy for retinal diseases. Earlier, she was an Assistant Specialist at UC San Francisco, where she studied morphogenesis and signaling in the mouse model, focusing particularly on craniofacial and foregut development. She graduated from UC Davis, where she received a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences. In addition to her academic pursuits, she served as the 6th President of the Bay Area Taiwanese Biotechnology Association and as the 11th Secretary-General for the Taiwanese American Junior Chamber of Commerce—Northern California.