Our Team
A passionate team of scientists.
Cajal is building a research and development team with the passion, drive, and scientific expertise to execute its bold mission of generating novel disease-altering therapies for neurodegeneration.
Leadership Team
Ignacio Munoz-Sanjuan, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Ian Peikon, PhD
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Andrew Dervan, MD, MBA
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Julie Harris, PhD
Vice President, Preclinical Biology
Ben Logsdon, PhD
Vice President, Computational Biology
Valerie Huang
Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development
Leslie Aberman
General Counsel
Team
Adebola Enikanolaiye
Translational Models
Aishwarya Gogate
Target Validation
Allison Knupp
Target Validation
Anatoly Buchin
Computational Biology
Anna Frolova
Finance
Anna Minkina
Computational Biology
Arsenii Pavlenko
Technology Development
Arvis Sulovari
Computational Biology
Ashley Bockman
Administration
Beatriz Saldana
Engineering
Christian Gaetano
Engineering
Christina Sanford
Drug Discovery
David Moore
Facilities, EHS, & Operations
Devany Shikiar
High Throughput Imaging
Drew Friedmann
High Throughput Imaging
Eric Gery
In Vitro Screens
Eric Thorland
Translational Models
Eva Nachmanson
Finance
Felix Muerdter
Target Validation
Hannah Hawks-Mayer
High Throughput Imaging
Ignas Cerniauskas
Target Validation
Jacqueline McAleer
Viral Tools
Jen Whitesell
Translational Models
Johnny Goforth
Target Validation
Karla Hirokawa
Translational Models
Kat Korvas
In Vivo Sciences
Madison Baird
Viral Tools
Marcella Cline
Drug Discovery
Michael Kuranty
In Vivo Sciences
Molly Gasperini
In Vitro Screens
Molly Lindbo
In Vivo Sciences
Morgan Whelchel
Technology Development
Nicole Sanford
Drug Discovery
Nile Graddis
Engineering
Phillip Bohn
In Vivo Sciences
Rusty Nicovich
Technology Development
Sana Chintamen
In Vitro Screens
Sarah Naylor
Program & Alliance Management
Scott Simmons
Operations
Stephanie Dinh
In Vitro Screens
Thuc Nguyen
Target Validation
Ya-Lin Lu
In Vitro Screens
Scientific Advisory Board
Huda Zoghbi, MD
Co-Founder and SAB Chair
Anthony Zador, MD, PhD
Co-Founder
Charles Zuker, PhD
Co-Founder
Richard Hargreaves, PhD
Jay Shendure, MD, PhD
David Holtzman, PhD
Martin Kampmann, PhD
