Lab Alumni
Kendall Foote, PhD
Graduate Student (2019-2020)
Current Position: Medical Writer, Nucleus Global
Chicago, IL
Kristine Watral, MS
Master’s Student (2018-2019)
Current Position: Research Technician, Catherine Woolley Lab, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Erica Binelli, MS
Graduate Student (2017-2019)
Current Position: Junior Variant Scientist, Tempus, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Bill Nobis, M.D., PhD
Neurology Fellow (2015-2018)
Current Position: Instructor, Dept. of Neurology, Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Toshiyuki Ishii, PhD
Visiting Scholar (2016-2017)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physiology, Nippon Medical School
Tokyo, Japan
Tristan Hedrick, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2017)
Washington, D.C.
Yomayra Guzman, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2017)
Current Position: Associate Editor, Springer Nature
New York, NY
Claire Vernon, PhD
Graduate Student (2011-2017)
Current Position: Pharmacy Researcher, Lumere
Chicago, IL
Daniel Kelver, DO
Research Technician (2014-2016)
Current Position: Recent Graduate, NYIT Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jonesboro, AR
Andrew Eng, PhD
Graduate Student (2011-2016)
Current Position: Contracts Specialist, Lyndra Therapeutics
Watertown, MA
Theanne Griffith, PhD
Graduate Student (2011-2015)
Current Position: Instructor, Dept. of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, Rutgers University
Children's Book Author, The Magnificent Makers series
New Brunswick, NJ
Jing-Zhi Yan, PhD
Visiting Scholar (2013-2015)
Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical University
Xuzhou, China
Bryan Copits, PhD
Graduate Student (2007-2013)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Sonia Bhangoo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2013)
Current Position: Senior Risk Management Specialist, Baxter International Inc.
Deerfield, IL
Matt Austin
Undergraduate Researcher (Summers of 2011 & 2012)
Current Position: Bioprocess Cell Culture Scientist, Patheon Biologics
Berkley, MO
Marta Imbesi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2012)
Julie Culkin (Everett)
Visiting Graduate Student (Summer 2011)
Current Position: Medical Student, University of New Mexico SOM
Albuquerque, NM
Conor Swanson
Lab Technician (Summers of 2009 & 2011)
Current Position: Senior Pharmacy Technician, Walgreen’s
Oak Park, IL
Shanti Frausto, PhD
Graduate Student (2006-2011)
Current Position: Senior Medical Science Liaison, Lundbeck
Chicago, IL
John Sony Robbins
Lab Technician (2010-2011)
Current Position: Inbound Marketing Consultant, Flawless Inbound
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Martin Gill, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2009)
Current Position: Director, Head of In Vitro Pharmacology, Neuropore Therapies, Inc.,
San Diego, CA
Pekka Postila
Visiting Graduate Researcher
Current Position: Researcher, University of Turku
Turku, Finland
Leanne Lash, PhD
Graduate Student (2004-2008)
Current Position: Senior Associate Clinical Scientist, Abbvie
Libertyville, IL
Bill Marzalec, PhD
Research Scientist (2006-2008)
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cardiology, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Caleb Smith, PhD
Lab Technician (2007-2008)
Pornpun Vivithananaporn, PhD
Graduate Student (2003-2007)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand
Saul Arrellano
Lab Technician (2006-2007)
Current Position: Customer Service Representative, Informis Health Solutions LLC
Chicago, IL
Gary Bird, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Senior Learning Strategist, American Academy of Family Physicians
Leawood, KS
Travis Solley
Lab Technician (2004-2006)
Current Position: Research Investigator in Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
James Sanders, PhD, PharmD
Graduate Student (2002-2006)
Current Position: Infectious Diseases Clinical Specialist, John Peter Smith Hospital
Ft. Worth, TX
Koichi Ito, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-2005)
Current Position: Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Dept. of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Lok Vallaru
Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2003)
Earl Cash
Graduate Student (2000-2002)
Current Position: Anaesthesiology/ICU Resident, University Hospital of the West Indies
Kingston, Jamaica
Sheng Yan
Postdoctoral Fellow