Special Agent (SA) Adam Karcher is a Philadelphia Division SA specializing in Cyber cases spanning National Security and Cyber Criminal threats. SA Karcher joined the FBI in 2003 where he was initially assigned to the Philadelphia Division. In 2009, SA Karcher transferred to the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. as a Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) in Asia Cyber Operations, and in 2013 became the Unit Chief/Deputy Director of the Office of Data Exploitation at the NCIJTF. Prior to joining the FBI, SA Karcher obtained a degree in Molecular Biology from the George Washington University and worked at the National Cancer Institute at the NIH and in the biotech industry as a researcher utilizing bioinformatics tools to screen genetic targets for drug development.