Adam Felsenfeld, Ph.D., is a Program Director with overall responsibility for the NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program (GSP), and specific responsibility for the NHGRI Centers for Common Disease Genomics program and the GSP Analysis Centers. Dr. Felsenfeld is involved with all aspects of the program, including monitoring and assessing progress, selecting and coordinating new sequencing projects, policy related to deposition and release of human sequence data, and strategic planning. Dr. Felsenfeld is also responsible for the NHGRI Human Genome Reference Program and is coordinator for the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Sciences Program.

Dr. Felsenfeld is also involved with NHGRI programs in functional genomics and proteomics. He has broad interests in the genomics of inherited disease, comparative genomics, genome structure and evolution, proteomics, developmental genetics, and systems biology.

Dr. Felsenfeld received his undergraduate degree from The University of Pennsylvania (1982), and Ph.D.  from the University of Oregon (1989).