Bahjat Fadi Marayati is an mRNA Process Development Scientist in the DHVI GMP Program. Prior to joining DHVI, Bahjat Fadi completed his post-doctoral training in Kate Meyer’s lab in the department of Biochemistry at Duke University School of Medicine, where he focused on building new tools to understand RNA modifications and developed the first real-time genetically encoded RNA modification sensor. This technology was recently published in Nature Biotechnology and was featured as a research highlight in Nature Chemical Biology. Bahjat Fadi earned his PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Wake Forest University, where he explored the field of Epigenetics at the intersection of RNA regulation and chromatin organization, and was awarded the Outstanding graduate student award upon graduation. Bahjat Fadi moved to North Carolina in 2012 from Beirut, Lebanon, where he received his bachelor’s degree in biology from the American University of Beirut. He is an active member and served on the Junior Scientists committee of the International RNA Society.