Charles Joseph Epstein (September 3, 1933 – February 15, 2011)[2][3][1] was an American geneticist who was severely injured in 1993 when he became a victim of a mail bomb attack by the Unabomber.
While there, Epstein worked to understand the nature of Werner's syndrome, a genetic disease that causes premature aging.
[7] In 1967 he became the chairman of the medical genetics division in the pediatrics department of UC San Francisco.
In June 1993, Epstein received a mail bomb sent by Ted Kaczynski, known at the time as the Unabomber.
[2] Epstein died on February 15, 2011, at the age of 77 after a protracted struggle with pancreatic cancer.