Scientific Staff

Charles Antzelevitch, Ph.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., F.H.R.S.
Executive Director and Director of Research
Gordon K. Moe Scholar
Professor of Pharmacology at Upstate Medical University, Syracuse

Hector Barajas Martinez, Ph.D.
Research Scientist – Molecular Genetics and Experimental Cardiology

Alexander Burashnikov, Ph.D.
Research Scientist – Experimental Cardiology

Jonathan Cordeiro, Ph.D.
Research Scientist – Experimental Cardiology

José Di Diego, M.D.
Research Scientist – Experimental Cardiology

Dan Hu, M.D. Ph.D.( Helen Diana )
Research Scientist – Molecular Genetics and Experimental Cardiology

Brian Panama, Ph.D.
Research Scientist – Experimental Cardiology

Michael Xavier Doss Jesudoss, Ph.D.
Research Scientist – Stem Cell Research and Genomics

Vladislav Nesterenko, Ph.D.
Research Scientist – Experimental Cardiology

Serge Sicouri, M.D.
Research Scientist – Experimental Cardiology

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Program (CLIA)

Alejandra Guerchicoff Lemcke, Ph.D.
Clinical Laboratory Director

Research Assistants

Ryan Pfeiffer
Supervisor of Genetic Screening
Molecular Genetics

Elena Burashnikov
Molecular Genetics

Gabriel Cáceres
Molecular Genetics

Mayurika Desai
Stem Cell Research and Genomics

Robert Goodrow Jr.
Experimental Cardiology

Judy Hefferon
Experimental Cardiology

Jacqueline A. Treat
Stem Cell Research and Genomics

Yuesheng Wu
Molecular Genetics

Visiting Scientists

Agapios Sachinidis, Ph.D.
Professor Of Physiology and Pathobiochemistry
Institute Of Neurophysiology, University Of Cologne, Germany

Postdoctoral fellow

Yoshino Minoura, M.D., Ph.D.

Matthew Betzenhauser, Ph.D.

Janire Urrutia, Ph.D.