About us

Our Team

We know what it takes to bring physical touch to cancer diagnostics.

CO-FOUNDER/CEO

Jean Pham, M.S.

Jean Pham is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cellens, Inc, a company that leverages computational AI an...

HEAD OF BIOPHYSICS R&D

Amir Monemian, Ph.D.

Amir Monemian, Ph.D. leads the Biophysics R&D programs at Cellens. He is responsible for tech...

SCIENTIFIC CO-FOUNDER

Igor Sokolov, Ph.D.

Dr. Igor Sokolov is the scientific co-founder of Cellens and inventor of the original patents. H...

Advisory Board

Cellens is also supported by an exceptional team of scientific and industry advisors

Senior Advisor

Anh Hoang-Lindsay, Ph.D.

Dr. Hoang-Lindsay is a life sciences entrepreneur with a proven track-record of success in medica...

Senior Advisor

Mohan Iyer, MBA.

Mohan is a General Partner at SOSV/IndieBio in San Francisco. He brings deep operational experien...

Independent Board Member

Lena Chaihorsky

Ms. Chaihorsky is the co-founder and VP of Payer Innovation at Alva10. She has a bachelor’s degre...

Senior Advisor

Michael Singer, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael Singer is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and ophthalmologist. He has co-founded several...

Intellectual Property Advisor

Ling Cheung Hughes, J.D.

Ling Cheung Hughes is an expert in intellectual property, with over 13 years of experience in pat...

Finance and Accounting Advisor

Art Healey, J.D.

Financial executive overseeing corporate finance, accounting, HR and legal functions for emerging...

Medical Scientific Advisor

Dr. Louis Liou, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Liou received his PhD in molecular biology from Boston University. He is a clinical instructo...

Medical Scientific Advisor

Dr. Matthew Mossanen, M.D.

Matthew Mossanen, MD, is a urologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and assistant professor of s...

Medical Scientific Advisor

Dr. Haihui Liao, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Liao is a Board Certified pathologist in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology by the American Boar...

Our Story

2020

Cellens, Inc. was founded as a Tufts University spinout based on research from Dr. Igor Sokolov’s laboratory. Dr. Sokolov had demonstrated the feasibility of using atomic force microscopy and machine learning for detection of cervical cancer, colon cancer and bladder cancer. Ms. Jean Pham co-founded Cellens Inc. with Dr. Sokolov to translate this cutting-edge technology into a clinically meaningful diagnostic platform.

2022

In 2022, Cellens Inc. entered into an exclusive license agreement with Tufts University and simultaneously received a Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for one of its foundational patents. That same year, Dr. Amir Monemian and Dr. Nadia Makarova joined the core team as full-time Lead Scientist and Biophysics Engineer, respectively.