Alexander Galkin, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Alexander is Associate Professor in Neuroscience at Brain and Mind Research Institute Weill Cornell Medicine. He earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Moscow State University, Russia for the study of mechanisms of proton translocation by mitochondria. As a postdoctoral fellow, he worked at Uli Brandt’s Molecular Bioenergetics group in Frankfurt and at Sir Salvador Moncada’s Cardiovascular Pharmacology lab in Wolfson Institute, University College London. Currently, the main focus of his work is the characterization of the role of mitochondria metabolism and redox regulations in the development of tissue injury during ischemia/reperfusion.
alg2057 AT med.cornell.edu
Csaba Konrad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Csaba received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Semmelweis University, Hungary. He continued his work at Weill Cornell College in Brain and Mind Research Institute focusing on neurodegeneration using bioenergetic, molecular biology, and cellular morphometry coupled with statistical machine learning techniques.
csk2001AT med.cornell.edu
Belem Yoval-Sanchez, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher
Belem received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Science at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, studying the reactivity of human aldehyde dehydrogenase. She continued her postdoctoral studies focusing on the tissue antioxidant response in neurodegenerative processes.
bey7006 AT med.cornell.edu
Ivan Guerrero, BA, Research Assistant
Ivan graduated from New York University in 2023 with a Bachelor’s in Biology. While studying Ivan worked in the Christine Vogel lab at NYU analyzing post-translational modifications of proteins in neurons. His project is aimed at understanding mitochondrial metabolic shifts in brain ischemia/reperfusion.
ifg4001 AT med.cornell
Max Siragusa, BA, Research Assistant
Max is a Cornell Univeristy graduate Bachelor in Cell and Molecular Biology at Cornell University aspiring to perform research to prepare for Graduate School. His work is focused on the characterization of mitochondria Complex I flavin interactions with apoenzyme.
mas4005 AT med.cornell.edu
Helgi Nikolli, BA, Research Assistant
Helgi is a Hunter College graduate B.A. in Physiology and Physics. She studies active-deactive conformational change of mitochondria complex I and its role in tissue hypoxic response.
hen4002 AT med.cornell.edu