▁engineering , ▁population ▁and ▁evolution ary ▁genom ics , ▁technology ▁and ▁methods ▁development , ▁statistics , ▁computational ▁bi ology ▁and ▁bio engine ering . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁co - found er ▁Tom ▁Man iat is ▁was ▁named ▁Ev n in ▁Family ▁Scient ific ▁Director ▁and ▁Chief ▁Executive ▁Officer ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Gen ome ▁Center . ▁ ▁Found ing ▁ ▁The ▁Center ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁as ▁a ▁collaboration ▁among ▁eleven ▁academic ▁institutions ▁to ▁advance ▁gen ome ▁research , ▁based ▁on ▁leadership ▁from ▁Tom ▁Man iat is ▁and ▁financial ▁support ▁of ▁$ 2 . 5 ▁million ▁from ▁each ▁institution ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁from ▁vision ary ▁private ▁phil anth rop ists . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁center ▁rec ru ited ▁Robert ▁B . ▁D arn ell ▁as ▁President ▁and ▁Scient ific ▁Director , ▁where ▁he ▁served ▁as ▁CE O ▁and ▁Found ing ▁Director , ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁Rock ef eller ▁University ▁and ▁Howard ▁Hugh es ▁Medical ▁Institute ▁Investig ator ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁▁ ▁. ▁ ▁NY GC ▁formally ▁opened ▁in ▁a ▁multi - story ▁building ▁at ▁ 1 0 1 ▁Avenue ▁of ▁the ▁Amer icas . ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 9 – 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 2 ▁found ing ▁institutions ▁( Al bert ▁Ein stein ▁College ▁of ▁Medicine ▁joined ▁the ▁original ▁ 1 1 ▁institutions ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 3 ) ▁were : ▁ ▁Cold