Sander Houten

Sander Houten, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His research focuses on understanding the biochemical and genetic mechanisms underlying inborn errors of metabolism, particularly fatty acid oxidation disorders and glutaric aciduria type 1. He holds a MSc and PhD from the University of Amsterdam.

Research Interests: Dr. Houten’s work integrates biochemistry, genetics, and systems biology to study mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic disorders. Key areas include:

• Fatty acid oxidation disorders and their clinical manifestations
• Glutaric aciduria type 1 pathogenesis and therapeutic development
• Network medicine approaches to identify disease modifiers in monogenic disorders

Awards:

• 2017 Science Award, Dutch Society for Clinical Chemistry
• 2014 SSIEM Award, Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• 2010 Founders' Award, Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders

Education:

• MSc, University of Amsterdam
• PhD, University of Amsterdam