Kriti Kalpana, PhD joined the Tisch MSRCNY team as a Research Associate in early 2025. Previously, Kriti served as a Staff Scientist at the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute, where she also performed postdoctoral research. Her work at NYSCF involved launching organoids, both from healthy individuals and those with MS and Parkinson’s Disease, into Low-Earth Orbit for a month-long study aboard the International Space Station. She completed her Biochemistry PhD at the Hunter College in New York City.

At Tisch MSRCNY, Kriti's research focuses on using organoid models to study the causes and disease progression of different subtypes of Multiple Sclerosis. Her work aims to examine phenotypic and functional differences across MS subtypes and leverage 3D neuro-immune assembloid cultures to explore the role of glial cells in MS and identify potential functional biomarkers of the disease.