Dr. Ryan D. Wuebbles, Co-Founder and CSO is responsible for overseeing the Research and Development (R&D) at Strykagen. He has been an integral part of developing Strykagen’s core technologies and is co-inventor on the patented technologies licensed by Strykagen. He has research experience across a broad range of topics including biochemistry, drug development, molecular biology, genetic analysis, DNA engineering, and animal model development.

Ryan received his B.Sc. in Chemistry and later a Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His thesis research focused mainly on developmental muscle biology and its relation to FacioScapuloHumeral Dystrophy (FSHD).