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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Dileep Varma

Dileep Varma, PhD

Columbia University

dileep.varma( at )northwestern.edu

Research Assistant Professor

Praveen Kumar Suraneni

Praveen Kumar Suraneni, PhD

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Postdoctoral Fellow

Manas Chakraborty

Manas Chakraborty, PhD

University of Arizona

Amit Rahi

Amit Rahi, PhD

Jawaharlal Nehru University

Graduate Students

Adriana  Landeros

Adriana Landeros

Driskill Graduate Program

University of California Santacruz

Destiny  Wallace

Destiny Wallace

NU-PREP Postbaccalaureate Fellow
Xavier University

Technical Staff

Kristen Vosberg

Kristen Vosberg

DePaul University

Undergraduate Students

Annie Wang

Annie Wang

Northwestern University

Alumni

Sana Afreen

Sana Afreen

Research Technician
Loyola University

Current Location: Northwestern University

Shivangi Agarwal

Shivangi Agarwal, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Current Location: Rush University Medical School

Mohammed Amin, PhD

Mohammed Amin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Osaka University

Current Location: University of Iowa

Erin Angelini

Erin Angelini

Summer Volunteer 2015
Pomona College

Current Location: UW Seattle

Reagan Bishop

Reagan Bishop

Loyola University

Adit Ghosh

Adit Ghosh

Summer Volunteer 2015
Adlai Stevenson High School

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania

Melissa  Gonzalez

Melissa Gonzalez

Lab Technician 2017

Radheesha Jayewickreme

Radheesha Jayewickreme

Summer Volunteer 2017
Naperville North High School

Current Location: Yale University

Natasha Kamat

Natasha Kamat

Summer Volunteer 2016
Northwestern University

Current Location: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Mihir Kumar

Mihir Kumar

Summer Volunteer 2019

University of Southern California

Elizabeth Lux

Elizabeth Lux

Lab Technician
Long Island University

Current Location: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Xavier Rodriguez-Lopez

Xavier Rodriguez-Lopez

Summer Volunteer 2018

University of Puerto Rico, Ponce

Suchithra Seshadrinathan

Suchithra Seshadrinathan

Research Technician

Eastern Michigan University

Xiaolei  Situ

Xiaolei Situ

MS in Biotechnology (MBP)
China Agricultural University

Current Location: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Reagan Tweedy

Reagan Tweedy

Volunteer 2018-2019
Loyola University Chicago

Current Location: UC Denver

Diya Vuthandam

Diya Vuthandam

Northwestern University

Yu Wang

Yu Wang

MS in Biotechnology (MBP)
Jianghan University

Current Location: Westlake Ventures LLC, FL

Samantha Xu

Samantha Xu

Summer Volunteer 2015
Naperville High School

Current Location: Case Western Reserve University Medical School

Yiyi Yao

Yiyi Yao

MS in Biotechnology (MBP)
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Current Location: Wuxi Biologics, MA

Yiwen Zhu

Yiwen Zhu

MS in Biotechnology (MBP)
University of California Los Angeles

Current Location: Amgen Inc., CA