graphic for the International Ceramide Conference

The Organizing Committee for the 12th International Ceramide Conference would like to thank all of those who assisted
in bringing this event to fruition. We look forward to seeing you in Charleston in April!

image Christina Voelkel Johnson PhD

Chair of the 2023 Conference

Christina Voelkel-Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology and
Department of Biochemistry &
Molecular Biology
Biosafety Officer

Medical University of South Carolina

Office: BS208G
Lab: BS205
Basic Science Building
1
73 Ashley Ave.

Charleston, SC 29425


Office: (843) 792-3125
johnsocv@musc.edu

image Dr Ashley Snider

Co-Chair of the 2023 Conference

Ashley J. Snider, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Center for Precision Nutrition and Wellness
School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness

The University of Arizona
Bioscience Research Labs, 372
1230 N Cherry Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85721

Office: (520) 621-8093  
ashleysnider@email.arizona.edu

image Dr Christopher Clarke

Christopher J. Clarke, PhD
Associate Professor of Research,
Department of Medicine,Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Cancer Center
MART Bldg. 9M-0830
Lauterbur Drive
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7294

Office: (631) 216-2902
christopher.clarke@stonybrookmedicine.edu

image Dr Gomez

Antonio Gómez-Muñoz, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Head of the Lipid and Cell Signaling Group Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty of Science and Technology

University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
C/ Barrio Sarriena s/n
48940 Leioa (Vizcaya) Spain

Office: 94 601 2455
Fax: 94 601 3500
antonio.gomez@ehu.es

image Dr Yusuf Hannun

Yusuf A. Hannun, MD
Director, Stony Brook Cancer Center
Vice Dean for Cancer Medicine
Joel Strum Kenny Professor in Cancer Research

Stony Brook Cancer Center
Lauterbur Drive
MART Bldg., L-5, Rm. 5W0506
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7263

Office: (631) 444-2641
Yusuf.Hannun@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Dr Chiara Luberto

Chiara Luberto, PhD
Program Leader, Lipid Signaling and Metabolism in Cancer, Stony Brook Cancer Center 
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Cancer Center

Mart Building, 9M-0828

Lauterbur Drive
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7294

Office: 
(631) 216-2901
chiara.luberto@stonybrookmedicine.edu

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Besim Ogretmen PhD
Endowed Chair, SmartState Endowed Chair in Lipidomics and Drug Discovery
Professor, College of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Medical University of South Carolina

86 Jonathan Lucas St., Room 512A
Charleston, SC 29425

Office: (843) 792-4634
ogretmen@musc.edu