Investigators
EVREN U. AZELOGLU, PH.D.
Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Department of Medicine, Nephrology
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1243
New York, NY 10029
Tel: (212) 241-8519
Fax: (212) 831-0114
Dr. Azeloglu is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacological Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also a member of the Black Family Stem Cell Institute and the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine, and he directs the MERRIT Undergraduate Engineering Fellowship program. His research interests focus on systems bioengineering, with the specific goal of understanding cellular decision-making capabilities related to biomechanical and electrochemical signal processing. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, he received his PhD in biomedical engineering from Columbia University and completed his postdoctoral training in systems biology at Mount Sinai. His group employs multiscale experimental and computational techniques to study cell signaling, cytoskeletal biomechanics, tissue function and regeneration using renal and cardiovascular model systems. He uses his expertise in multi-platform omics technologies and network analysis to identify key signaling hubs that can be used as therapeutic targets in complex diseases like diabetic nephropathy. He loves traveling and exploring New York City with his wife, but he does these whenever he finds time from answering all his daughters’ questions, who luckily share his curiosity about the universe.
NANDITHA ANANDAKRISHNAN, PHD
Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Department of Medicine, Nephrology
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1243
New York, NY 10029
A Biomedical Engineer by training, Nanditha’s first exposure to research was during her BTech in Biotechnology. During the past eight years, Nanditha has gained experience in multidisciplinary areas such as development of electrochemical biosensors, synthesis of polymeric biomaterials and fabrication of vascularized engineered tissue models. She is currently working on the development of a high-throughput drug screening platform using iPSC derived glomerular cells. When not doing research, she likes to cook, watch TV and take long walks in Central Park with her husband while having conversations about science, politics and cinema.