Lab Members
Meet the Green Lab team members. We welcome requests for information about our work and collaboration opportunities.
Principal Investigator
Kathleen J. Green, PhD
Joseph L. Mayberry, Sr., Professor of Pathology and Toxicology
Professor of Pathology and Dermatology
Associate Director of Basic Sciences, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Associate Professor
Lisa Godsel, PhD
Research Associate Professor in Pathology and Dermatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Graduate: 1997, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Dissertation: A novel mechanism for flagellar protein localization; Adviser: David M. Engman, MD, PhD
Lab Manager
Jennifer Koetsier
Undergraduate: Calvin College, Michigan; Graduate: Masters Degree in Law, Northwestern University
Research Assistant Professors
Bob Harmon, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology
Undergraduate: Bowdoin College, Maine; Graduate: 2013, PhD in Biological Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Postdoctoral: University of Chicago, 2019
Xin Tong
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology
Undergraduate: 1993, Anhui Normal University, China; Graduate: 1998, PhD, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, China; Dissertation: Molecular mechanisms of radiation-induced apoptosis
View Tong's CV (curriculum vitae)
I study molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis and skin diseases, develop new strategies for prevention and identify novel targets/pathways for better treatment.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Abbey Perl, PhD
Undergraduate: 2013, Lehigh University; Graduate: 2019, PhD, Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University; Dissertation: Leveraging Small Molecule Activators of Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A) to Elucidate PP2A’s Role in Regulating DNA Replication and Apoptosis; Adviser: Goutham Narla, MD, PhD
Graduate Students
Jenny Pokorny
Graduate Student, Driskill Graduate Program
Undergraduate: Beloit College, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Charlotte Reed
Medical Student
Undergraduate: Wellesley College; Graduate: MD, Northwestern Feinberg (expected graduation 2026); Research Intensive Scholarly Emphasis: Green lab, Retromer Chaperones for Improved Desmoglein 1 Membrane Trafficking
View Reed's CV (curriculum vitae)
Charlotte was accepted into the Northwestern University Research Intensive Scholarly Emphasis (RISE) program to work on a project related to how the desmosomal molecule Desmoglein 1 is trafficked to the cellular membrane and stabilized there. She will be in the Green lab for a year beginning June 1, 2023.
Research Technologist
Rosemary DiDominicis
Undergraduate: 2017, Marquette University, Biomedical Sciences; Research Focus: Cognitive Deficits Associated with Schizophrenia: Phenotyping a Neurodevelopmental Model
Erin McCarthy
Undergraduate school: Syracuse University Undergraduate degree: BS in Physics on the Pre-Health track Date of degree: May 2023 Undergraduate research focus: Computational Biophysics Renee Crown Honors Thesis: Demixing in Binary Mixtures with Differential Diffusivity at High Density
Current research focus: Adhesive and mechanical defects in keratinocytes from patients with Darier’s Disease
Undergraduate Student
Annette Krol
Annette wrote and was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant from Northwestern University to work in the Green lab in summer 2023 on the project entitled "Characterizing Regulin Expression in Darier's Disease."
Graduates
Lauren Albrecht
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine
Undergraduate: University of California San Diego, CA; Graduate: Northwestern University
Amanda Bass-Zubek, MD, PhD, FAAD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine
Undergraduate: 2001, Boston University, Boston, MA; Graduate: 2010 MD/PhD in Medicine, Cell Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Postgraduate: Yale Universtity
Jing Chen, PhD
Associate Director, Business Development at Spirovant Sciences, Inc.
Undergraduate: 2003, BS, Tsinghua University, China; Graduate: 2012, PhD, Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA
Marihan Hegazy, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow, Abbvie
Undergraduate: Benedictine University, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Graduate: 2022, PhD, Northwestern University; Dissertation: Role of tumor microenvironment in Dsg1 synthesis, trafficking and turnover in keratinocytes; Adviser: Kathleen Green
Ryan Hobbs, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Microbiology & Immunology, Penn State College of Medicine
Undergraduate: 2004, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; Graduate: 2010, PhD in Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois USA; Postgraduate: The Johns Hopkins University
Sherry Lee, MD, PhD
Pathology Resident, Thomas Jefferson University
Undergraduate: 2010, University of Washington; Graduate: PhD, 2018, Northwestern University; Graduate: MD, 2021, Northwestern University; Dissertation: The role of Dsg1 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Adviser: Kathleen Green
Dipal Patel, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Undergraduate: 2004-2008, BAS, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Graduate: 2016, MD, PhD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Postgraduate: Yale University
Cory Simpson, MD, PhD, FAAD
Assistant Professor, Division of Dermatology, University of Washington, Seattle
Undergraduate: 2003, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Graduate: 2012, MD/PhD in Medicine/Cancer Cell Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Postgraduate: Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chen Yuan Kam, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison; Graduate: 2018, PhD, Northwestern University; Postgraduate: Yale University
Alumni
Evangeline Amargo
Technology Consultant
Hewlett-Packard
Undergraduate: Northern Illinois University, Illinois; Graduate: MS, Northwestern University
Christopher R. Arnette, PhD
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of Washington, Seattle
Undergraduate: 2008, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX; Graduate: May 2014, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN; Dissertation: Functional and regulatory mechanisms of microtubule-associate proteins involved in cancer progression; Adviser: Irina N. Kaverina, PhD
Joshua Broussard, PhD
Advanced Imaging Specialist
Nikon Instruments
Undergraduate: 2006, Centenary College of Louisiana; Graduate: Aug. 2012, PhD, Vanderbilt University; Dissertation: The adaptor protein APPL1 regulates cell migration and adhesion dynamics; Adviser: Donna Webb, PhD
Hope Burks, PhD
CZ Biohub Chicago Fellow; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Chicago
Undergraduate: 2011, Hendrix College; Graduate: Aug. 2017, PhD, Tulane University; Dissertation: The interplay of ZEB2 and HDAC2 in breast cancer progression and metastasis; Adviser: Matthew Burow, PhD; Postgraduate: Northwestern University
Eran Cohen-Barak, MD
Physician and Researcher, Department of Dermatology, Emek Medical Center, Israel
Undergraduate: 006, Faculty of Medicine, Ben Gurion University, Afula, Israel; Graduate: 2011, MD, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel; Residency: Department of Dermatology, Afula, Israel; Fulbright Scholar: Northwestern University
Research interest: Genetic Skin Diseases
Bhushan Desai, PhD
Associate Director
Kite Pharma
Undergraduate: University of Mumbai, India; Graduate: 2005, PhD, Molecular Biology, University of Illinois, Chicago; Postgraduate: Northwestern University
Adi Dubash, PhD
Henry Keith and Ellen Hard Townes Associate Professor of Biology, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
Undergraduate: 1999-2003, BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin; Graduate: 2003-2009, PhD, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Postgraduate: Northwestern University
Gillian Fitz
Undergraduate: 2014, Carleton College; Undergraduate Thesis: Cell-to-cell contact allows BMP signaling to establish primordial germ cells; Graduate: PhD Candidate in Cell & Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Amber Huffine, MA, RLATg
Undergraduate: 2013, University of WI-Milwaukee; Graduate: 2018, MA, North Carolina State University
Avinash Jaiganesh, PhD
Scientist II at Codiak Biosciences
Undergraduate: May 2012, Anna University; Graduate: May 2018, PhD, Biophysics, The Ohio State University; Dissertation: Cadherin-23 Structure, Function, and Nanomechanics in Hearing and Deafness; Adviser: Marcos Sotomayor, PhD; Postgraduate: Northwestern University
Jodi L. Johnson, PhD
Research Assistant Professor in Pathology and Dermatology
Scientific Director, Basic Research Program Coordinator, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Undergraduate: 1998, Washington State University; Graduate: 2007, PhD, Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University; Dissertation: The p53 family interacting pathways in carcinogenesis and cellular response to DNA damage; Adviser: Molly F. Kulesz-Martin, PhD, 1998, BSc, Microbiology, Washington State University; Postgraduate: 2007-2010 Oregon Health & Science University, 2010-2011 Northwestern University
Jodi Klessner, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (Ozdinler Laboratory)
Department of Neurology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Western Michigan University; Graduate: PhD, Loyola University, Maywood, IL; Postgraduate: Northwestern University
Nicole Najor, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Detroit Mercy
Undergraduate: 2005, University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan; Graduate: 2010, PhD, Wayne State University; Postgraduate: Northwestern University
Oksana (Oxana) Nekrasova, PhD
Senior Cell Biology Research Scientist, Applied Medical
Graduate: 2004, MS, Biochemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, graduated with honors; 2007, PhD, Cell Biology, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Postgraduate: Nortwhestern University
Quinn Roth-Carter, PhD
Fellow, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago
Undergraduate: 2012, Lewis & Clark College;Graduate: June 2018, PhD, Oregon Health & Sciences University; Dissertation: Eosinophils Mediate Inflammation in the Skin through the Activity of Eosinophil Peroxidase; Adviser: David Jacoby, MD
Viktor Todorovic, PhD
Principal Research Scientist at Discovery Dermatology and Fibrosis, AbbVie
Undergraduate: 1998, BSc, Molecular Biology and Physiology, University of Belgrade; Graduate: 2006, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dissertation: CCN1(CYR61): a Novel Extracellular Matrix Inducer of Cell Death; Adviser: Lester F. Lau, PhD; Postgraduate: Northwestern University
Alejandra Valenzuela-Iglesias, PhD
Postgraduate: Northwestern University
Hoda Zarkoob, PhD
Biomedical Scientist at National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health
Undergraduate: 2008, BSc, Isfahan University of Technology; Graduate: 2011, MSc, Isfahan University of Technology; Graduate: 2017, PhD, The University of Iowa; Dissertation: Mechanobiology of keratinocytes colony formation and its role in wound healing; Adviser: Edward Sander, PhD