Ileana Cristea

Ileana is a founder of Evrys Bio and a Professor in Molecular Biology at Princeton University. Her group has been at the forefront of bridging proteomics with virology, with a focus on defining molecular mechanisms of cellular defense against human viruses. She has developed methods for studying spatial and temporal virus-host protein interactions, has significantly contributed to the emergence of the research field of nuclear DNA sensing in immune response, has discovered the mitochondrial sirtuin 4 as a mammalian cellular lipoamidase, and together with Dr. Shenk has discovered sirtuins as broad-spectrum antiviral factors. Among the awards that she has received are the NIH Avant-Garde Award, ASMS Research Award, Mallinckrodt Scholar, and HUPO Discovery Award in Proteomic Sciences. Dr. Cristea is Past-President of the American Human Proteome Organization (US HUPO) and the current Chair of the Biology/Disease-driven Human Proteome Project (B/D-HPP) of HUPO.