Professor in Surgery
Synthetic Virology & Gene Therapy
Appointments and Affiliations
- Professor in Surgery
- Director of Gene Therapy
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
- Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center
Contact Information
- Email Address: aravind.asokan@duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2004
Research Interests
Virology
RNA Biology
Viral Engineering
RNA Engineering
Gene Therapy
Gene Editing
Gene Regulation
Regenerative Medicine
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Fellow (NAI). National Academy of Inventors. 2025
Courses Taught
- BME 792: Continuation of Graduate Independent Study
- BME 791: Graduate Independent Study
- BME 494: Projects in Biomedical Engineering (GE)
- BME 493: Projects in Biomedical Engineering (GE)
In the News
- Duke Researchers Selected to National Academy of Inventors (Dec 11, 2025 | Duke…
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- Gene Therapy for Heart Attacks in Mice Just Got More Precise (Dec 13, 2022)
Representative Publications
- Hickman, Peyton G., Aravind Asokan, and Matthew H. Wilson. “Rewriting Renal Fate: The Evolving Landscape of Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Kidney Gene Therapies.” Kidney360, December 24, 2025. https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0000001119.
- Loeb, Ezra J., Sophia A. Fergione, Vivian Yudistyra, Marco M. Fanous, Abigail R. Benkert, Delaney G. Fisher, Joshua A. Hull, Mai K. ElMallah, and Aravind Asokan. “Complete neutralizing antibody evasion by serodivergent non-mammalian AAVs enables gene therapy redosing.” Cell Rep Med 6, no. 12 (December 16, 2025): 102475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.102475.
- Peek, Jennifer L., Alan Rosales, Julie Qi, Lena Feleke, Anna Menshikh, Richard C. Welch, Lauren E. Woodard, Aravind Asokan, and Matthew H. Wilson. “Efficient kidney gene transfer and proximal tubule transduction using self-complementary AAV.cc47 vectors.” Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 33, no. 4 (December 11, 2025): 101606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2025.101606.
- Gibson, Rebecca A., William R. Jeck, Rebecca L. Koch, Neha Jumani, Su Jin Choi, Deeksha Bali, Sarah P. Young, Aravind Asokan, Jeong-A Lim, and Priya S. Kishnani. “Liver-directed AAV gene therapy in mice corrects glycogen storage disease type IX γ2.” Sci Adv 11, no. 46 (November 14, 2025): eady6760. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady6760.
- Martinino, Alessandro, Zishen Li, Timothy J. Smith, Davide Schiliro, Zachary C. Elmore, Janghoon Yoon, Emma Fatzaun, et al. “A Novel IgG- and IgM-Cleaving Endopeptidase, IceMG, for Antibody-Mediated Rejection.” Am J Transplant, October 22, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2025.10.007.