A best in class team

Global executive team

Nucleate is a student-run organization with a global footprint.

Dante Dennis Acenas, II
University of Washington - School of Medicine
PhD candidate
University of Washington - School of Medicine<br />PhD candidate

Dante Dennis Acenas, II

Co-President - University of Washington - School of Medicine
PhD candidate
University of Miami<br />PhD candidate

Isabella Altilio

EVP, Content Strategy - University of Miami
PhD candidate
LMU Munich<br />PhD graduate

Jei Diwakar, PhD

EVP, Culture - LMU Munich
PhD graduate
National University of Singapore <br />PhD Candidate

Shruti Sridhar

EVP, PATH - National University of Singapore
PhD Candidate
UCL<br />MS, Bioscience Entrepreneurship

Onkar Date

EVP, Global Strategy - UCL
MS, Bioscience Entrepreneurship
University of Rhode Island - College of Pharmacy <br />PharmD candidate

Willy Njeru

EVP, Ops & People - University of Rhode Island - College of Pharmacy
PharmD candidate
University of Toronto, United Health Network (UHN), The Hospital of Sick Children (SickKids) Toronto<br />MSc, MD candidate (Sabbatical)

Shayan Rabbi

EVP, Partnerships - University of Toronto, United Health Network (UHN), The Hospital of Sick Children (SickKids) Toronto
MSc, MD candidate (Sabbatical)
ESCP Business School<br />MSc Pharmaceutical Management & Biotechnology

Nicolas Roby, PhD

EVP, Research - ESCP Business School
MSc Pharmaceutical Management & Biotechnology

Employees

Marcelo Castro-Alpízar

  • Marcelo Castro-Alpízar

    Program Mgr. Activator

  • Caroline Steingard

    Global Dir. of Ops

  • Federico Caso

    UK Dir. of ARIA partnership

  • Stefan Dienstag

    UK Dir. Community, ARIA partnership

Marcelo Castro-Alpízar

Program Mgr. Activator

Caroline Steingard

Global Dir. of Ops

Federico Caso

UK Dir. of ARIA partnership

Stefan Dienstag

UK Dir. Community, ARIA partnership

Board of directors &
co-founders

Soufiane Aboulhouda

  • Soufiane Aboulhouda

    CEO & Co-Founder

  • Oliver Dodd

    COO & Co-Founder

  • Sofia Guerra

    Board Member

  • Matt Lanchantin

    Secretary

  • Marissa Pettit

    Vice-Chair

  • Zach Cogan

    Board Member

  • Heer Joisher

    Board Member

  • Peter Barrett

    Board Member

  • Mira Chaurushiya

    Board Member

  • Chandra Ramanathan

    Board Member

  • Travis McCready

    Board Member

  • Tony Kulesa

    Board Member

  • Ann DeWitt

    Board Member

  • Amanda Williams

    Board Member

  • John Maraganore

    Board Member

Soufiane Aboulhouda

CEO & Co-Founder

Oliver Dodd

COO & Co-Founder

Sofia Guerra

Board Member

Matt Lanchantin

Secretary

Marissa Pettit

Vice-Chair

Zach Cogan

Board Member

Heer Joisher

Board Member

Peter Barrett

Board Member

Mira Chaurushiya

Board Member

Chandra Ramanathan

Board Member

Travis McCready

Board Member

Tony Kulesa

Board Member

Ann DeWitt

Board Member

Amanda Williams

Board Member

John Maraganore

Board Member

Regional
managing directors

  • Atlanta

    • Hung-Jen Wu
    • Josephine Buclez

  • Argentina

    • Emilia Rea

  • Arizona

    • Patrick Grandinetti
    • Joshua Lesio
    • Ayden Hall

  • Australia

    • Nicolai Jung
    • Andreas Dumortier

  • Baltimore | DC

    • David Hansen
    • Jessica Cornell

  • Baltics

    • Laima Šusta
    • Alīna Reķēna

  • Bay Area

    • Yofiel Wyle
    • Lauren Tabor
    • Brenda Ametepe

  • Boston

    • Reagan Ellis
    • Jake Rossetto

  • Canada

    • Maryssa Iacobelli

  • Chicago

    • Natalia Matiuto
    • Violet Wu

  • Denmark

    • Christoffer Merrild
    • Silvia Bergt

  • Florida

    • Avni Bhalgat
    • Ashleigh Abbott

  • France UniCA

    • Gaelle Youssef

  • Germany

    • Nico Alavi
    • Fabio Laredo

  • Global Virtual Activator

    • David Hansen

  • India

    • Harsh Dave
    • Shree Padma Metur

  • Italy

    • Guido Putignano
    • Nuofan Gao
    • Fabrizio Leggieri

  • Israel

    • Daniel Somekh

  • Japan

    • Moeko Bun

  • Kentucky

    • Sachin Sundar
    • Grant Fox

  • Korea

    • Minji Kim
    • Minjoo Kim
    • Chang Ha Woo
    • Jungil Jayden Yang

  • Los Angeles

    • Nicoletta Bouzos
    • Liz Hughes

  • Michigan

    • Amani Djouadi
    • Xheni Alibashi

  • Netherlands

    • Martin Holub
    • Elena Del Pup

  • New Haven

    • Bowei Deng
    • Andrew Hudak

  • New Orleans

    • Juniper Rosen
    • Don White

  • New York

    • Patrick Wallisch
    • Vikas Malik
    • Fariha Reza

  • Netherlands

    • Eva Smorodina
    • Alexander Anisimov

  • Paris

  • Philadelphia

    • Thomas Yu Chow Tam
    • Amanda Hopkins

  • Pittsburgh

    • Jude Brown
    • Emmy Brown

  • PNW

    • Hanwen Gu
    • Emma Lederer

  • Research Triangle (RTP)

    • Eshan Narasipura
    • Elizabeth Guilfoyle

  • Rhode Island

    • Joe Inger
    • Devin Bemis

  • San Diego

    • Madeleine Duquette
    • Dhruv Khanduja

  • Singapore

    • John Joson Ng
    • Aakash Naresh Kumar

  • Spain

    • Samantha Fabregat
    • Carlos Navarrete

  • Switzerland

    • Ebru Topcu
    • Priyanikha Jayakumar

  • Taiwan

    • Guo Zhen (Vincent) Lim
    • Fredrika Celine Suryaratri Wahyudi

  • Texas (Austin)

    • Daryl Barth
    • Tynan Gardner

  • Texas (Dallas)

    • Vaibhav Bommareddy
    • Harsh Dave

  • Texas (Houston)

    • Uffaf Khan
    • Sofia Aramburu

  • Texas (San Antonio)

    • Shiva Kazempour
    • Virgil Bideau

  • United Kingdom

    • Maja Wojtynska
    • Alya Masoud
  • Atlanta
  • Argentina
  • Arizona
  • Australia
  • Baltimore | DC
  • Baltics
  • Bay Area
  • Boston
  • Canada
  • Chicago
  • Denmark
  • Florida
  • France UniCA
  • Germany
  • Global Virtual Activator
  • India
  • Italy
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Kentucky
  • Korea
  • Los Angeles
  • Michigan
  • Netherlands
  • New Haven
  • New Orleans
  • New York
  • Netherlands
  • Paris
  • Philadelphia
  • Pittsburgh
  • PNW
  • Research Triangle (RTP)
  • Rhode Island
  • San Diego
  • Singapore
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Texas (Austin)
  • Texas (Dallas)
  • Texas (Houston)
  • Texas (San Antonio)
  • United Kingdom