Christian P Petersen

Christian P Petersen, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying regeneration in planarians and other organisms.

• PhD: MIT (2006)

Research Interests:

• Planarian regeneration and tissue patterning
• Wnt signaling pathway regulation
• Stem cell biology in regenerative contexts
• Neurogenesis and injury response
• Molecular mechanisms of tissue repair

Affiliations:

• Center for Reproductive Science
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center