Ana Maria Cuervo

Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo obtained her M.D. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular biology from the University of Valencia (Spain) and received postdoctoral training at Tufts University in Boston. In 2002, she started her laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she is now Distinguished professor of Developmental and Molecular Biology, co-director of the Institute for Aging Research and the Robert and Renee Belfer Chair for Neurodegenerative disorders.

She is a recognized leader in the field of protein degradation and the biology of aging for her work on the impact of autophagy on aging and age-related disorders, with emphasis in neurodegeneration and metabolism.

Dr. Cuervo has been the recipient of prestigious awards, including P. Benson Award in Cell Biology, Keith Porter Award, Nathan Shock Award, Vincent Cristofalo Award, Bennett J. Cohen Award, Marshall Horwitz Prize, Saul Korey Prize, Negrin Prize, Change Maker Spirit Award, Hipatia Prize, Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize and the LVI Prize Jimenez Diaz . Dr. Cuervo has delivered prominent lectures such as the Robert R. Konh, the NIH Director’s, the Roy Walford, the Feodor Lynen, the Margaret Pittman, the SEBBM L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science or the Harvey Lecture.

Dr. Cuervo is elected member of the Valencian Royal Academy of Medicine, the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, the Spanish Royal Academy of Pharmacy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.