
Alumni Spotlight: Ken Cunningham, 2017, B.S.
Principal Engineer, Prevail Therapeutics
Prevail Therapeutics
Ken Cunningham graduated in spring of 2017 and works as a Principal Engineer at Prevail Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Co. At UC Davis, Ken worked at the UCD Olive Research Center on enzymatic food processing methods. After completing his B.S. at UC Davis, Ken did an internship/co-op at Genentech in Upstream Drug Process Development. Ken then moved to New York City to work at a medical device startup, then at NYP Weill Cornell Medical Center on GMP manufacturing of CAR-T cellular therapies. Ken has now worked at Prevail Therapeutics in New York City on AAV gene therapy process development for three years. He also serves as the Chair for the Prevail LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group.