Our People
Meet our ISSCR officers, board of directors, committee members, and headquarters team that help drive our mission forward of…
ISSCR Officers
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Hideyuki Okano, MD, PhD
President | 2025-2026
Keio University, Japan -

Lorenz Studer, MD
President Elect l 2025-2026
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA -

Fiona Doetsch, PhD
Vice President | 2025-2026
Biozentrum at the University of Basel, Switzerland -

Lee Rubin, PhD
Treasurer | 2025-2028
Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, USA -

Megan Munsie, PhD
Clerk | 2025-2028
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute & University of Melbourne , Australia -

Valentina Greco, PhD
Past President | 2024-2025
Yale School of Medicine, Genetics Department & Yale Stem Cell Center, USA
Board of Directors
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Jacqueline Barry, PhD
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Melissa K. Carpenter, PhD
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Shuibing Chen, PhD
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Michele De Luca, MD
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Lijian Hui, PhD
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Jürgen Knoblich, PhD
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Tenneille E. Ludwig, PhD
WiCell, USA
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Kathy Niakan, PhD
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Malin Parmar, PhD
Lund University, Sweden
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Lygia da Veiga Pereira, PhD
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD
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Mitinori Saitou, MD, PhD
Kyoto University, Japan
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Clive Svendsen, PhD
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Wei Xie, PhD
Tsinghua University, China
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Peter Zandstra, PhD, FRSC, PEng
University of British Columbia, Canada
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Kenneth S. Zaret, PhD
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Amander T. Clark, PhD
Ex Officio
University of California, Los Angeles, USA -

Janet Rossant, CC, PhD
Ex Officio
Stem Cell Reports Editor-in-Chief and The Gairdner Foundation, Canada -

Leonard I. Zon, MD
Ex Officio
Boston Children's Hospital, USA
ISSCR Headquarters Team
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Meredith Albrecht
Meeting Planner
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Keith Alm
CEO
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Rutuja Sanjay Bagul
Northwestern Kellogg School of Management | Golub Capital Board Fellow
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Chris Barry, PhD
Director of Strategic Partnerships
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Liza Boscow
Senior Member Experience Coordinator
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Andrew Bremer, PhD
Policy Manager
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Denise de Villa
Policy Manager
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Shuangshuang Du, PhD
Scientific Programs Manager
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Dodie Dwyer
Administrative Coordinator
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Yvonne Fischer
Managing Editor, Stem Cell Reports
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Emilia Gilewicz
Operations Coordinator
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Olivia Gomez
Abstract and Speaker Program Coordinator
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Jay Jeon
Marketing and Communications Intern
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Kym Kilbourne
Director of Media and Strategic Communications
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Megan Koch
Senior Marketing Manager
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Erika Kowalczyk
Director of Global Events
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Tyler Lamb
Director of Policy
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Jack Mosher, PhD
Scientific Director
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Vihar Patel
Director of Technology and Business Operations
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Andy Podczerwinski
Associate Business Development Manager
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Kendra Prutton, PhD
Science Communications and Education Manager
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Hunter Reed
Senior Marketing Coordinator
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Glori Rosenson
Director of Outreach