Faculty

Ahmed Afzal, Lecturer of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aja11@nyu.edu
Education: PhD Southern Illinois University, Postdoc The Ohio State University

Research Interests: Host-Pathogen Interactions, Prion Biology, Protein Structure-Function Relationships

Mohamed Al-Sayegh, Research Assistant Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ma3803@nyu.edu
Education: BA Valparaiso University; MSc University of Leicester; PhD University of London

Research Interests: Stem Cell Biology; Differentiation; Adipose Tissue Development; Next-Generation Sequencing

Shady Amin, Associate Professor of Biology; Global Network Associate Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sa132@nyu.edu
Education: BSc Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara; MA Chemistry, San Diego State University; ...

Research Interests: Chemical Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology, Symbiosis

Stéphane Boissinot, Professor of Biology; Global Network Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sb5272@nyu.edu
Education: BS and PhD Université Montpellier II

Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology

John Burt, Associate Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: john.burt@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, MS, University of Windsor, Canada; BS,Cape Breton University, Canada; PGCE, University of Sunde...

Research Interests: Marine Biology

Dipesh Chaudhury, Assistant Professor of Biology; Global Network Assistant Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dc151@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University of London, School of Pharmacy; PhD Open University

Research Interests: Neural Circuits, Mood Disorders, Memory Loss

Kirsten Sadler Edepli, Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Engagement; Professor of Biology; Global Network Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kirsten.edepli@nyu.edu
Education: BA Mount Holyoke College (Biology and Anthropology); M Med Sci Harvard Medical School; PhD Harvard U...

Research Interests: Liver Regeneration, Epigenetics, ER Stress, Cancer, Fatty Liver, Zebrafish, Mice

Sehamuddin Galadari, Senior Vice Provost of Research; Managing Director, Research Institute; Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: shg3@nyu.edu
Education: BSc. (Hons.) in Biochemistry, University of Southampton, UK; PhD. in Biochemistry, Imperial College,...

Research Interests: Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology

Youssef Idaghdour, Associate Professor of Biology; Global Network Associate Professor of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: youssef.idaghdour@nyu.edu
Education: BSc in Biology from Ibn Zohr in Agadir; MSc, University of Leicester; PhD, North Carolina State Un...

Research Interests: Population and Medical Genomics, Gene-environment Interactions

Aashish Jha, Assistant Professor of Biology; Global Network Assistant Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jhaar@nyu.edu
Education: BA University of California Berkeley, PhD The University of Chicago

Research Interests: Population Genetics, Microbiome, Metagenomics, ELSI, Heritage, Genomics

Dan Ohtan Wang, Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ok2108@nyu.edu
Education: BA Tokyo Institute of Technology; PhD University of Southern California

Research Interests: Synaptic organization; RNA biology; Post-transcriptional regulation

Kenichiro Kamei, Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Biology and Bioengineering Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kk4801@nyu.edu
Education: BA Tokyo Institute of Technology; MA Tokyo Institute of Technology; PhD Tokyo Institute of Technolog...

Research Interests: Stem Cell Biology; Organs-on-a-Chip; Nano/microtechnology; Drug discovery; Regenerative medicine

Hernan Lopez-Schier, Visiting Professor of Biology Affiliation: Visiting
Email: hl5251@nyu.edu
Education: PhD University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Organization; mechanosensory organs; development; regeneration; collective behavior

Mazin Magzoub, Associate Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mm6432@nyu.edu
Education: PhD in Biophysics from Stockholm University

Research Interests: Delivery of Antitumor Agents and Therapeutics for Amyloid Diseases

Bakiza Noutsi, Lecturer of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: bkn2@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, KAUST

Research Interests: Cellular Plasticity, Biophysical Properties of Cells, Stem Cell Engineering and Organoid Technologie...

Piergiorgio Percipalle, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs; Program Head of Biology; Professor of Biology; Global Network Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: pp69@nyu.edu
Education: MSc, Molecular Genetics, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy; PhD, Molecular G...

Research Interests: Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology

Fabio Piano, Joint Distinguished Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi-NYU New York; Professor of Biology and Director, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU New York; NYU Abu Dhabi Provost, 2010-2020. Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fabio.piano@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea, University of Florence; B.A., M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D., Biology, New York University; Post-Docto...

Research Interests: Systems Biology; Reproduction, Development and Metabolism; Evolution; Chemical Genetics; C. elgans a...

Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, Associate Professor of Biology; Global Network Associate Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ksa3@nyu.edu
Education: BS, MA, San Francisco State University (Advisor: Prof. Gregory A. Antipa); PhD, Northwestern Univers...

Research Interests: Evolution, Phenotype-genotype Relations, Metabolism of Algae

David Scicchitano, Professor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: david.scicchitano@nyu.edu
Education: PhD in physiology from the Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey College of Medicine; BA ...

Research Interests: Molecular Biology, Genomic Maintenance Mechanics