Sharon Torigoe

Sharon Torigoe is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Lewis & Clark College. She holds a BA with Honors in Biology & Chemistry from Scripps College (2007) and a PhD from the University of California, San Diego (2013). Her research investigates transcriptional regulation mechanisms in mouse embryonic stem cells, focusing on how genomic information is interpreted to maintain pluripotency.

Her teaching includes courses such as BIO 202 (Biological Core Concepts: Mechanisms), BIO 311 (Molecular Biology), BIO 312 (Molecular Biology Lab), and BIO 411 (Chromatin Structure and Dynamics).