Dr. Merkhofer graduated with a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Gettysburg College and a Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he did his dissertation work studying gene expression in breast cancer. He did his postdoctoral work in Tracy Johnson’s lab at the University of California San Diego before coming to the Mount in 2014. Dr. Merkhofer’s interest is in studying the mechanisms of how genes are expressed, and teaches classes in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Virology.