David Gresham is professor of biology and vice dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at New York University. His lab focuses on genome evolution and plasticity, post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression and control of cell growth.
David Gresham
Vice dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
New York University
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