SCB Staff

Executive Director: Dawn Henke, PHD

Dawn holds a PhD in Genetics and Genomic Sciences from University of Alabama at Birmingham. Prior to joining SCB, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health in the National Eye Institute performing stem cell research developing retinal organoids for testing and therapeutic purposes from stem cells. She has six years of program management experience in the cell and gene therapy field and more than eight years of research experience in genetics and cell biology laboratories.

Director of Standards Education & Outreach: Catherine (Katie) Zander, PhD

Katie holds a PhD in Chemistry from Binghamton University, where she studied the kinetics of neurotransmitters. Her past experience includes post-doctoral research on a rare blood clotting disease at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she also founded a patient education program. Additionally, she was the co-chair of the National Postdoctoral Association’s Advocacy Committee and an American Society of Hematology/American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellow, working within the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Scientific Program Manager: Jonathan Campbell, PHD

Jonathan gained his PhD in Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials from Queen Mary, University of London in the United Kingdom, studying the role of mechanics in stem cell differentiation pathways. His past experience includes post-doctoral research at the University of Cambridge and Science Leadership at the National Measurement Laboratory, Teddington, with roles including team leadership, project planning, and delivery of custom analytical solutions for a range of private and public stakeholders. He is also a past chair of the cell analysis working group within the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance (BIPM, Paris).