Lab Members
Meet the lab team members. We welcome requests for information about our work and collaboration opportunities.
Principal Investigator
Lab Manager
Cheol H. Park, PhD
Staff Scientist and Lab Manager
Research Staff
Graysen McManus
Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant
Divya Ventarapragada
Postbaccalaureate Research Assistant
Graduate Students
Amelia Stepniak
Graduate Student (MS), Neurobiology, Northwestern University
Medical Students
Shreya Budhiraja
M2 Medical Student, Feinberg School of Medicine
Khizar Nandoliya
M2 Medical Student, Feinberg School of Medicine
Isabelle Pretty
M3 Medical Student, Chicago Medical School at RFU
Undergraduate Students
Cristian Carpio
Undergraduate Student, Biology, Northwestern University
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