Biography:

Dr. Kocher is the Director of Virology at EmitBio and is responsible for the preclinical evaluation of EmitBio’s proprietary visible-light based technology platform targeting upper respiratory viruses. He conducted his post-doctoral training in Dr. Ralph Baric’s group in the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to his post-doctoral work with betacoronaviruses (MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV), he obtained his Ph.D. in Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences from the research group of Dr. Lijuan Yuan at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University studying norovirus. He received his B.S. in Biology from St. Vincent College.