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Lab Members

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

Principal Investigator

William  Funk

William Funk, PhD

Associate Professor

w-funk( at )northwestern.edu

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Lab Manager

Fariba Tayyari

Fariba Tayyari, PhD

Lab Manager II

ftayyari( at )northwestern.edu

PhD in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University

Research Staff

James  Burke

James Burke, MS

Research Project Coordinator

james.burke1( at )northwestern.edu

MS Organic Chemistry, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yeunook  Bae, PhD

Yeunook Bae, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

yeunook.bae( at )northwestern.edu

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis

Aishwarya Jala, PhD

Aishwarya Jala, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

aishwarya.jala( at )northwestern.edu

PhD in Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, India

Graduate Students

Tyler  Jacobson

Tyler Jacobson

tyler.jacobson( at )northwestern.edu

MD/MBA candidate at Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University