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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Opal Laboratory

Lab Members

Meet the Opal Lab team members. We welcome requests for information about our work and collaboration opportunities. For information on past members, see our Alumni listing.

Principal Investigator

Puneet Opal

Puneet Opal, MD, PhD

Professor in Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department and Cell and Molecular Biology

p-opal( at )northwestern.edu
312-503-4699

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Lab Manager

Sampurna Datta, PhD

sampurna.datta( at )northwestern.edu

Ghasem Ghasempour

Ghasem Ghasempour, PhD

ghasem.ghasempourramezan( at )northwestern.edu

Vishwa Mohan

Vishwa Mohan, PhD

mohanv( at )northwestern.edu

Research Associate - PhD: Sanjay Gandhi postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Research Interests: Cellular Senescence, Neurodegeneration, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Neuroinflammation, Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis, Neurogenesis.

Niranjan Panat, PhD

niranjan.panat( at )northwestern.edu

Chiranjit Panja, PhD

chiranjit.panja( at )northwestern.edu

Caleb Smith

Caleb Smith, PhD

caleb.smith( at )northwestern.edu:

PhD: University of California Berkeley

Neurodegeneration, Synaptic Plasticity, GABAARs, Inhibition

Technical Staff

Rajiv Mirchandani

Rajiv Mirchandani

rajiv.mirchandani( at )northwestern.edu

BS: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research Staff

Mohamad Sobhi Alsakka

Mohamad Sobhi Alsakka, MD

mohamadsobhi.alsakka( at )northwestern.edu

MD: Damascus University School of Medicine, Syria