Dr. Michael F. Wells, Ph.D. is a K99/R00 Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute and the Department of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology at Harvard University. He earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame in 2008, and a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Duke University in 2015. Dr. Wells’ research focuses on the impact of genetic variation on human brain development and susceptibility to viral infection, and his work has been published in such high-impact journals as Nature, Cell, Neuron, and Cell Stem Cell. Dr. Wells is also the creator and co-director of the COVID-19 National Scientist Volunteer Database (covid19sci.org), which is a resource for health officials and decision-makers around the country looking to build COVID-19 testing capacity. The growing database consists of over 9,000 scientists in the United States who have signed up to volunteer their time and expertise towards the fight against COVID-19 in their local communities. Dr. Wells will be on the market for tenure-track assistant professorships in the Fall of 2020.