Marjorie C. Gurganus is a graduate of Cornell University (B.S.), North Carolina State University (Ph.D., Genetics), and of the Duke University School of Law (J.D.). Prior to obtaining her Ph.D., Dr. Gurganus worked in the fields of biotechnology and human pathology for three major agricultural biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporations on subjects ranging from pesticide formulation to HIV and Epstein Barr virus detection kits. Dr. Gurganus conducted post-doctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, at the University of Texas-Arlington, and at North Carolina State University. She also taught biology and genetics courses at Texas Wesleyan University and the University of Texas-Arlington. Subsequent to law school, she worked at the Genome, Ethics, Law and Policy Center at Duke University Law School, researching the technological, policy and intellectual property histories of seminal genomic inventions. Dr. Gurganus then practiced as a patent attorney in New Hampshire prior to returning to North Carolina. She has authored peer-reviewed papers in genetics published in, among others, Genetics and Current Biology. She is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia and of North Carolina and is registered to practice before the United States Patent Office.

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