Board of Directors
Cristian Mogodici
Co-Founder & CEO ZAYA AI
Cristian’s motivation is to bring together pathology science with cutting edge AI technology, to create high performing software that provides better diagnosis of diseases and improves patient outcomes. In the last few years, he has been focused on developing new AI models in pathology diagnosis.
As a co-founder and CEO of a fast-growing HealthTech start-up, he has gained experience in funding strategy, R&D, go-to-market strategies, product management, strategic planning, new product planning, launch readiness & commercialization, market development and pricing strategies
Prof. Dr. Sabina Zurac
MD, Phd
Senior pathologist with 27 years of experience in pathology, Professor of Pathology, Vice Dean of Research in the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Head of Department of Pathology in Colentina University Hospital.
Fields of expertise: Dermatopathology, oral pathology, soft tissue tumors, infectious disease pathology. Accredited with 350 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 155 scientifical papers (71 published in ISI indexed journals), 26 books and chapters in books, director or expert for 26 national and international research grants (21 finalized, 5 ongoing), 3 patents. H-index June 2022: 18
Board of Advisors
Carolina Alarco
Founder Bio Strategy
Founder and Principal at Bio Strategy Advisors, she is a dynamic and seasoned biotech executive with more than 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cătălina Klumpner
CEO Medist Life Science
CEO Medist Life Science – Leica distributor in Romania.
Martin Lammens
MD, PhD
MD, PhD, Senior Pathologist, and Neuropathologist, 40 years of experience, Professor emeritus of Pathology at Antwerp University.
Aleodor Andea
Prof.
Professor of Pathology and Dermatology at University of Michigan Health System at Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, US.
Christoph Westerteicher
Heather Couture
Senior Machine Learning
Senior Machine Learning Advisor. Heather is a Machine Learning Consultant and Founder of Pixel Scientia Labs. She has two decades of experience in computer vision and machine learning, half of those with applications related to pathology.
Heather works with pathology startups to reduce the trial-and-error of machine learning development. She makes use of the latest research to amplify their results and support their in-house team for the long term. She also publishes the Pathology ML Insights Newsletter and hosts the Impact AI Podcast.
Team
Dr. Cristiana Pop
MD, Phd
Senior pathologist 17 years of experience in pathology, M.D. since 2015.
Fields of expertise: Gastrointestinal pathology, liver and pancreatic pathology, lung pathology.
Expert in 5 national research grants, project manager in one national research grant
(on-going).
Over 100 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 60 scientifical papers, 3 books and chapters in books.
H-index iun 2022: 11
Dr. Luciana Nichita
MD, Phd
Lecturer in pathology – senior pathologist 19 years of experience in pathology.
Fields of expertise: Urology and male genital pathology, soft tissue tumors, infectious diseases pathologyOver 100 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 45 scientific papers, 3 chapters in books; expert in 4 national research grants. H-index iun 2022: 11
Dr. Mirela Cioplea
MD
Senior pathologist 11 years of experience in pathology.
Fields of expertise: Urology and male genital pathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology, gastrointestinal pathologyExpert in 3 national research grants (2 finalized, 1 ongoing). Over 75 presentations, posters and scientifical papers
Dr. Alexandra Cioroianu
MD
Pathologist 9 years of experience in pathology.
Fields of expertise: Dermatopathology, breast and female genital pathologyExpert in 3 national research grants (1 finalized, 2 ongoing).Over 40 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 8 scientifical papers.
Dr. Liana Sticlaru
MD
Senior pathologist 14 years of experience in pathology.
Fields of expertise: Hematopathology
Over 50 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 20 scientifical papers. Expert in 3 national grants (2 finalized, 1 ongoing).
Dr. Petronel Mustățea
PhD
PhD Medical Science General Surgeon Cantacuzino Hospital.
Dr. Mihai Bușcă
MD
Pathologist 9 years of experience in pathology.
Fields of expertise: Breast and female genital pathology. Expert in 2 national research grants
(1 finalized, 1 ongoing). Over 25 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 2 scientifical papers
Andrei Voicu
Machine Learning Engineer
Machine Learning Engineer, specializing in Computer Vision.
Bogdan Ceachi
Machine Learning Engineer
Machine Learning Engineer, specializing in Computer Vision.
Julian Dcruz
Machine Learning Engineer
Machine Learning Engineer, specializing in Computer Vision.
Laurențiu Motoonu
Full Stack Engineer
Full Stack Engineer.