Dr. Kelvin Pond is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Arizona. He specializes in patient-derived organoid models, epithelial homeostasis, and single-cell kinase dynamics to study colorectal cancer and therapeutic resistance. Dr. Pond earned his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and MS in Chemistry from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University, respectively. Dr. Pond then completed his post-doctoral work at the University of Arizona under Dr. Andrew Paek and Dr. Curtis Thorne where he discovered that waves of kinase signaling can drive patterning of patient-derived organoids. He collaborates on multidisciplinary projects involving spatial transcriptomics, nanoparticle delivery, and mechanical control of stem cell fate. His work aims to leverage new technology to address fundamental questions in cancer biology and therapeutic innovation.