Desmond Edwards, PhD student at Stanford University (USA) in Microbiology and Immunology. Desmond was a CADSTI-NE summer intern in 2018 at Voyager Therapeutics, and a SPISE 2017 Caribbean Development Bank Scholar. He is a recipient of the prestigious Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship. Desmond graduated with honors from MIT in 2022 with a B.S. in Biological Engineering and Biology. See https://www.pdsoros.org/meet-the-fellows/desmond-edwards and https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/04/25/the-paul–daisy-soros-fellowships-for-new-americans-for-2023-are-announced/?sh=79e479933f4f