Maxwell Foisey Parker Scholar Biography Maxwell Foisey is a PhD student at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), working with Kole Roybal, PhD, Director of the PICI Center at UCSF. His previous work has centered around generating novel immunotherapies for use in cancer. During his undergrad, he worked primarily on developing cancer vaccines. Later, he worked in industry focusing on using genome engineering tools to generate cell therapies like chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. His current work aims to expand the applications for synthetic receptors in human immune cells. Education & Training 2021: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), PhD, Biomedical Sciences 2016: Keene State College, BS, Biology Awards & Honors 2023: UCSF Innovation Ventures Global Entrepreneurship Course Tuition Scholarship 2022: National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention 2020: IntelliaTx Impact Award “For contributions to developing a novel allogeneic cell therapy solution.” 2019: Outstanding Senior Service Award, Keene State College 2019: Gianferrari Outstanding Student in Biology Award, Keene State College 2019: Winona V. Hubbard ’25 Memorial Scholarship 2017: CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award