In addition to his roles with Altis, Scott Magness is an Associate Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and North Carolina State University (NC State) and in the Departments of Medicine, and Cell Biology & Physiology at UNC. He obtained his Ph.D. in genetics and molecular biology from UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Magness’ expertise is in stem cell biology, intestinal physiology, single-cell genomics, and high-throughput platforms to study factors that influence GI stem cell maintenance & differentiation and the microbiome.