Dr. Cobb has served as our Chief Scientific Officer since December 2023, and as Chief Scientific Officer of Neurogene OpCo since January 2019. Dr. Cobb brings more than 20 years of experience in translational neuroscience. His expertise is focused on developing genetic therapies for severe neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Cobb leads Neurogene s scientific research, the development of scientific strategy to support Neurogene s existing and growing gene therapy portfolio, and efforts to identify novel technologies that complement Neurogene s pipeline. In addition to his role at Neurogene, Dr. Cobb has been a director of Stuart Cobb Consulting LTD, a scientific consultancy firm since December 2018 and has led a genetic therapy research laboratory as principal investigator within the Medical School at the University of Edinburgh since November 2017 where he currently serves as the Chair of Translational Neuroscience. Prior to these roles, Dr. Cobb was an independent principal investigator and laboratory head from October 1999 to October 2017 and was previously head of the Centre for Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow. He also previously worked at Inveresk Research International, a contract research organization, from June 1987 to September 1989. Dr. Cobb received his B.Sc. in Pharmacology from the University of Glasgow and Ph.D. (D.Phil.) in Neuroscience from the University of Oxford.