Team Members
Meet the McNally Lab team members. We welcome requests for information about our work and collaboration opportunities.
Principal Investigator

Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD
Elizabeth J. Ward Professor and Director, Center for Genetic Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
312-503-6258
Faculty Collaborators

Lisa Castillo, MS, CGC
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Genetic Counselor
312-503-2661

Alexis Demonbreun, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
312-503-6249

Dominic Fullenkamp, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)


Megan Roy-Puckelwartz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
312-503-4892

Lisa Wilsbacher, MD/PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Pharmacology
312-695-4965
Postdoctoral Fellows

Ashlee Long, PhD

Tanner Monroe, PhD
Dr. Monroe studied Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin before earning his PhD studying heart development and regeneration at Baylor College of Medicine. He then received post-graduate training at Duke University and here at Northwestern with an emphasis on human genetics and the ciliopathies. Now, he is interested in complex inheritance and how human genetic variation influences cardiac form and function.

Marisa Stachowski, PhD
Research Staff

Ivana Chychula
Research Technologist 2

Adriana Coman
Research Technologist 1

Dorothy DeBiasse
Research Technologist 3

Michele Hadhazy
Senior Research Technologist

Cory Holgren
Senior Research Technologist

Samuel Kearns
Developer Associate

Jason Kwon
Research Technologist 2

Patrick Page
Lab Manager

Matthew Sepulveda
Assistant Core Scientist

Lauren Vaught
Senior Research Technologist
Graduate Students

Daniel Acciani
MD Student

Felix Karthik
MD Student, M2

Michelle Lee
DGP Student

Joe O'Brien
DGP Student

Daniel Selgrade
MSTP Student
Education experience: Harvard College, AB Molecular Biology; Harvard Medical School MMSc in Immunology
Research interests: Genome engineering, tissue engineering, cardiac inflammation, precision medicine

Alexander Telenson

Garima Tomar
MSTP Student, G1

Alex Willis
DGP Student