AllerGene AI Therapeutics

Our Team

Experts in Cell and Gene Therapy

Sid Kerkar, M.D.

CEO & Founder

 

Sid is a pharma and biotech leader and cell therapy innovator whose work helped establish MAGE-A as a pan-cancer immunotherapy target and advanced next-generation IL-12–engineered T cell therapies. He is now pioneering in vivo gene engineering approaches to treat and potentially prevent life-threatening allergies, anaphylaxis, mast cell–driven diseases, and select leukemias.

 

  • National Institutes of Health
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceutical

  • Eli Lilly & Company

  • Exuma Biotech

Alan Ponce, M.S.

Research Associate

 

Alan is an experienced scientist and educator with expertise in experimental execution, data generation, and hands-on laboratory management.

  • Beckman Coulter

  • Immunity Bio

  • Exuma Biotech

Bruce Bochner, M.D.

Lead Advisor    

Dr. Bochner is a physician–scientist and internationally recognized leader in Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, best known for his pioneering work on mast cells, basophils and eosinophils, and inhibitory immune receptors

  • Professor Emeritus, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Division Chief, Allergy & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2003-2013)

Pawel Muranski, M.D.

Lead Advisor    

 

Dr. Muranski is a physician–scientist and internationally recognized leader for his contributions to T-cell biology and adoptive cell therapy, particularly in the context of cancer immunotherapy

              

  • Director, Cellular Immunotherapy Laboratory, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Columbia University School of Medicine