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Lab Members

Meet the lab team members. We welcome requests for information about our work and collaboration opportunities.

Principal Investigator

Atique Ahmed

Atique Ahmed, PhD

Associate Professor

atique.ahmed( at )northwestern.edu

View Ahmed's Faculty Profile

Lab Manager

Cheol H. Park

Cheol H. Park, PhD

Staff Scientist and Lab Manager

Research Staff

Graysen McManus

Graysen McManus

Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant

Divya Ventarapragada

Divya Ventarapragada

Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant

Graduate Students

Amelia Stepniak

Amelia Stepniak

Graduate Student (MS), Neurobiology, Northwestern University

Medical Students

Shreya Budhiraja

Shreya Budhiraja

M2 Medical Student, Feinberg School of Medicine

Khizar Nandoliya

Khizar Nandoliya

M2 Medical Student, Feinberg School of Medicine

Isabelle Pretty

Isabelle Pretty

M3 Medical Student, Chicago Medical School at RFU

Undergraduate Students

Cristian Carpio

Cristian Carpio

Undergraduate Student, Biology, Northwestern University

Rebecca Chen

Rebecca Chen

Undergraduate Student, Neuroscience, Northwestern University

Alumni

  • Ella Parrault
    Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant (2010-2021)
    Current position: PhD candidate, Neuroscience, Harvard University
  • Divya Ventarapragada
    MS student, Northwestern Neurobiology (2020-2022)
    Current position: Research Assistant Neurosurgery, Northwestern University
  • Linna Lahmadi
    MS student, Northwestern Neurobiology (2020-2022)
    Current position: Research Assistant II Department of Cell Biology, Harvard University
  • Shivani Baisiwala, MD
    Medical Student Researcher (2016-2020)
    Current position: PGY1 Resident Physician at Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA
  • Jack Shireman
    Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant (2015-2018) 2017 AACR/ABTA Scholar in Training Award
    Current position: MD, PhD Program, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Seamus Caragher
    Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant (2015-2017) 2017 Marshall Scholar
    Current position: M4 Medical School, Harvard Medical School
  • Fatemeh Atashi, PhD
    Postdoctoral Scholar (2015-2017)
    Current position: Senior Medical Writer, Oncology at Abbvie
  • Jenny Wang
    High school Student Researcher (2015-2017)
    Current position: (M1), the University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Solomiia Savchuk
    Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant (2018-2019)
    Current position: (M3) Sandford University Medical School
  • Robbert Hall, III MD
    Undergraduate Researcher (Honors Thesis, 2010-2013)
    Current position: PGY1 Resident Physician at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston Area
  • Gina Lee, MD
    Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant, Lab Manager (2010-2013)
    Current position: PGY3, Chief Resident Physician Family Medicine, University of Illinois
  • Alex Tobias, MD
    Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant (2008-2010)
    Current position: PGY2 Resident Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University
  • Brenda Auffinger, MD
    Postdoctoral Scholar (2011-2013)
    Current position: PGY4, Chief Resident Neurology, the University of Chicago
  • Bart Thaci, MD
    Research Assistant (2011-2013)
    Current position: Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh