Professor, Department of Cancer Precision Medicine and Director, Genetically Engineered Models at Pennington Biomedical Research Center (LSU)

Dr. Kesterson has a long career in genetics research, including extensive work studying the mechanisms of gene transcription and regulation. Dr. Kesterson is currently leading several NF1 research and gene therapy projects that make use of animal models his lab has engineered to carry NF1 mutations found in patients. Dr. Kesterson studied at Baylor College of Medicine (PhD, 1993) and was a professor at the University of Alabama in the Department of Genetics for many years prior to his move to LSU.  Dr. Kesterson has been on iNFixion Bioscience Scientific Advisory Board since 2017.