Kalle Gehring was the founding Director of the Quebec/Eastern Canada High Field NMR Facility (QANUC) and the founding Director of the FRQS-sponsored Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines. He also directed the NSERC CREATE training grant program in bionanomachines. He brings experience in a broad range of biophysics and structural biology techniques. He trained at Berkeley and in Paris and brings additional experience in X-ray crystallography and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). His current research focus is the interdisciplinary application of biophysical techniques to study diseases such as Parkinson’s and cancer.