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.
Dr. Diana Monsivais
Research Collaborator
Baylor College of Medicine
Leads the Monsivais Lab, an academic research collaborator advancing the science of endometriosis; PhD from Northwestern University in the Bulun Lab.
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.