2026 Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the 8th Neuroimmunology Drug Development Summit.

Markus Kummer

Markus Kummer

Research Senior Principal & Scientist
AbbVie

Max Mahoney

Senior Director
Alamar Biosciences
Ralph Minter

Ralph Minter

Chief Scientific Officer
Alchemab Therapeutics
Julia Kuhn

Julia Kuhn

Director, Cell Modeling & Computational Biology
Alector
Martin Jacko

Martin Jacko

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Aperture Therapeutics

Rajini Chandrasegaram

Researcher
Beacon
John Silbereis

John Silbereis

Associate Director
Biogen
Matt Mandeville

Matt Mandeville

Applications & Business Development
BrainXell, Inc.

Matthew Baum

Physician, Department of Psychiatry
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Horia Pribiag

Horia Pribiag

Research Scientist
Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson

Senior Group Leader
Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard

Setsu Endoh

senior scientist
FUJIFILM Corporation
Daniel Wilton

Daniel Wilton

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Hella Kohlhof

Hella Kohlhof

Chief Scientific Officer
Immunic Therapeutics
Tarek Samad

Tarek Samad

Senior Vice President & Global Head, Research
Lundbeck
Ruxandra F. Sirbulescu

Ruxandra F. Sirbulescu

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Principal Investigator, Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Mass General
Mass General Brigham

Bilal Cakir

Associate Principal Scientist
Merck
Rebecca Mathew

Rebecca Mathew

Sr Principal Scientist
Merck
Christian Mirescu

Christian Mirescu

Chief Science Officer
Monument Biosciences
Charles Mobbs

Charles Mobbs

Professor
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Manuela Polydoro

Manuela Polydoro

Head of Translational Medicine
Muna Therapeutics
Niels Plath

Niels Plath

Chief Scientific Officer
Muna Therapeutics
Paul Song

Paul Song

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
NKGen Biotech
Ioannis-Alexandros Gampierakis

Ioannis-Alexandros Gampierakis

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Inflammation & Immunology
Pfizer

Sannette Hall

Sr. FAS
Quanterix
Dimitry Ofengeim

Dimitry Ofengeim

Senior Scientist, Neuroinflammation and Precision Neurology Group Head,
Sanofi
Agnes Cheong

Agnes Cheong

Senior Scientist
Sanofi
Aaron Kantor

Aaron Kantor

Head of Research
Therini Bio

Enya Paschen

Head of Preclinical Neuropharmacology
Ulysses Neuroscience
Olga Liaudanskaya

Olga Liaudanskaya

Assistant Professor
University of Cincinnati
Borislav Dejanovic

Borislav Dejanovic

Senior Director , Translational Sciences & External Innovation
Vigil Neuroscience, a Sanofi Company
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