Emerson Doering received a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Northwestern University and graduated magna cum-laude from University of Illinois, where Doering was awarded a Howard Hughes fellowship.  Prior to writing novels, Doering worked as a biotech market analyst, appearing on CNN and in the pages of WSJ and IBD, conducted research as a member of a xenotransplanation team at NWU, and coordinated investigational clinical trials.  Doering teaches biology at Columbia Arts College and lives in the Chicago area.