Ali Senejani

Ali Senejani, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the M.S. in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the University of New Haven, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences and the Biology and Environmental Science Department. His research focuses on DNA damage and repair mechanisms influenced by environmental factors, chemotherapies, and radiation.

• Post-doctoral training at Yale University School of Medicine
• Ph.D. in Genetics (University of Connecticut)
• M.S. in Biotechnology (Mannheim University of Applied Science, Germany)

His work explores how genetic variants in DNA repair pathways affect susceptibility to diseases like cancer, autoimmunity (e.g., lupus), and neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., Alzheimer’s). Recent publications highlight interdisciplinary studies combining molecular biology with bio-nanosensor development for pathogen and disease detection.

Key publications span DNA repair mechanisms, Lyme disease-related neuroinflammation, and bio-nanosensor applications in diagnostics. His research also addresses genomic instability in autoimmune diseases and cancer, emphasizing the role of base excision repair proteins.

• BMC Highly accessed article (2009) for work on intron/intein evolution