About The Team
Leadership

Dhruv Sareen, PhD
Executive Director, Biomanufacturing Center, Director, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Core, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Peter S. Park, JD
Director, Business Operations, Tech Transfer
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Advisory Board

Clive N. Svendsen, PhD
Executive Director, Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Kerry and Simone Vickar Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Regenerative Medicine, Director, Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Professor, Medicine, Professor, Biomedical Sciences

James D. Laur, JD
Vice President, Intellectual Property

Nicole Anderson Leonard, JD, MBA
Vice President, Research, Assistant Dean, Research

Nirdesh K. Gupta, PhD
Executive Director
Management

Loren Ornelas-Menendez
Manager, Biomanufacturing Center
Business and Administration

Zachary Grodzinski
Business Development, Consultant I

Itzel Sanchez
Senior Administrative Assistant

KiKi Hasson
Senior Administrative Assistant
Process Development and Manufacturing

Raquel Martin-Ibanez, PhD
GMP Manufacturing Manager

Lindsay Panther
Biomedical Scientist

Hojae Lee
Biomedical Scientist

Weidong Xiong, PhD
Biomedical Scientist

Arwin Aghamaleky-Sarvestany
Associate Biomedical Scientist

Emilda Gomez
Associate Biomedical Scientist

Chunyan Liu
Associate Biomedical Scientist

Aaron Frank
Biomedical Specialist

Dylan West
Biomedical Specialist

Daniel Perez
Biomedical Specialist

Hanan Shaharuddin
Biomedical Specialist

Susan Lei
Biomedical Specialist

Rachel Becker
Biomedical Specialist

Erick Galvez
Biomedical Technician

Imara Meepe
Biomedical Technician

Ruby Moran
Biomedical Technician

Louis Pinedo
Biomedical Technician

Joseph Roth
Biomedical Technician

Yunny Lopez
Biomedical Technician

Viviana Valencia
Biomedical Technician

Katherinne Diaz
Biomedical Technician

Crystalline Zhgamadze
Biomedical Technician

Ivan Segovia
Biomedical Assistant

Andy Perez
Biomedical Assistant

Joel Gonzalez
Biomedical Assistant

David Gutierrez
Lead-Support Services

Andre Cunningham
Materials Handler I
Quality Assurance

Laura Jones, PhD
Quality Assurance Manager

Akemi Daly
Quality Assurance Lead

Angela Chen
Quality Assurance Specialist
Quality Control

O'Dalee Balana
Quality Control Biomedical Scientist

Jonathan Rodriguez
Quality Control Biomedical Scientist

Mamadou Diallo
Biomedical Specialist

Ram Dodia
Biomedical Specialist

Richard Sato
Biomedical Technician

Andrew Tang
Biomedical Technician

Carlos Maldonado
Biomedical Assistant
Operations and Facilities

Pankil Patel
Facilities Supervisor

Timothy Pontius
Maintenance Technician III
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