Team
The people behind Esma Bio.
Esma Bio is built by a team focused on translating a precision approach to endometriosis into a real therapeutic.
Nermin Ibreljic, PhD
Founder & CEO
Northeastern University
Founded Esma Bio to bring a precision, lesion-selective approach to endometriosis; PhD in chemical engineering from UMass Lowell; formerly at Sarepta Therapeutics.
Jon Einarsson, MD, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Founder, Freyja Healthcare
Founder of the medical-device company Freyja Healthcare; retired professor at Harvard Medical School and founding chief of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Hassan Fakih, PhD
Scientific Advisor
UMass Chan Medical School · RNA Therapeutics Institute
Junior faculty member at UMass Chan Medical School’s RNA Therapeutics Institute; earned his PhD at McGill University and brings a focus on RNA therapeutics to Esma Bio’s scientific advisory team.
Carl Lawton, PhD
Scientific Advisor
UMass Lowell · Massachusetts BioManufacturing Center
Director of the Massachusetts BioManufacturing Center and associate professor of chemical engineering at UMass Lowell; previously a bioprocess consultant to biopharmaceutical companies.
Jerrica Breindel, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Quinnipiac University
Associate professor of medical sciences at Quinnipiac University; PhD in experimental pathology from Yale and former NIH postdoctoral fellow at Tufts, studying breast cancer biology.