Leadership

Keith E. Dionne, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT M.S. in Technology & Policy Program, MIT

» LUXA Biotechnology LLC - Chief Executive Officer
» Casma Therapeutics Former - Founding CEO
» Constellation Pharmaceuticals (acquired by MorphoSys)                 - Former CEO
» Surface Logix (acquired by Nano Terra and subsequently by Sanofi) - Former CEO
» Alantos Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Amgen) - Former CEO
» Millennium Pharmaceuticals - Former General Manager

Sally Temple, Ph.D.

Pioneer in stem cell research US
Contributed to the discovery of nervous system stem cells
President, International Society for Stem Cell Research in 2016

» LUXA Biotechnology LLC - Chief Scientific Officer
» Neural Stem Cell Institute - Co-Founder and Scientific Director
» University of Michigan, Collaborative Professor
» 2022 Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
» 2010 Citizen Laureate Award
» 2008 MacArthur Fellowship Award
» 2003 Jacob Javitz NIH merit award

Jeffrey Stern, Ph.D. M.D.

Ph.D. in Biophysics
M.D. in Opthalmology
Retinal Specialist

   » Luxa Biotechnology – Chief Medical Officer
   » Developing Dry AMD Treatment using RPE Cell - Executive Director
   » StemCultures, LLC Chief Executive Officer - Co-Founder
   » Neural Stem Cell Institute - Co-Founder
   » PI NYSTEM $11MM translational grant
   » NEI Audacious Goals Prize
   » RMIP awards from the NIH