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MyHeartDiseaseTeam Writing Staff | Sierra Lear, Ph.D. Candidate

Posted on February 21, 2024

Sierra Lear, Ph.D. Candidate

Medical and Health Writer

Sierra Lear, Ph.D. Candidate

Sierra Lear earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering and neuroscience from Tulane University. She will graduate with a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Francisco, in September 2023. Sierra has spent a decade in the lab developing gene editing and other molecular tools to understand and treat different diseases.

Education


  • University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, San Francisco (Ph.D. in bioengineering in progress)
  • Tulane University (B.S. in chemical engineering and neuroscience)