PhD student
MSKCC/ASRC
Atena completed her B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry and an M.Sc. in Polymer Chemistry, both from Ferdowsi University in Iran. Her focus during her M.Sc. research was on Gene Delivery. She began her Ph.D. in Chemistry at CUNY Graduate Center in 2022 and initiated her research at ASRC (Advanced Science Research Center) and MSK (Memorial Sloan Kettering) in 2023, under the guidance of Professors Rein Ulijn and Daniel Heller. Her current research emphasizes RNA and Drug Delivery using peptides