Emily English

Emily P. English, PhD, Vice President, Quality, joined Cartesian Therapeutics in 2021. She oversees Cartesian’s Quality Assurance and Quality Control teams and guides the development and implementation of Cartesian’s Quality Management System. Prior to Cartesian, she was a Venture Partner with a Baltimore family office life science investment firm. She was previously the CEO of Johns Hopkins University spinout, Gemstone Biotherapeutics, and she spent eight years at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where she was the Global Communications Program Manager and led a team of 35 scientists and engineers. Dr. English is a proven innovator with a passion for transitioning early-stage technologies to operational capabilities and commercial products. She holds a Bachelor’s degree, Magna cum laude, in chemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a PhD in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Outside of work, Dr. English enjoys spending time with her family, and she is an avid curler.