Our People
Meet our current team of researchers as well as alumni.
Shana O. Kelley
President Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago and Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Shana Kelley is the Neena B. Schwartz Professor at Northwestern University and a member of the Departments of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics. Dr. Kelley received her Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and was a NIH postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Research Institute. The Kelley research group works in a variety of areas spanning biophysical/bioanalytical chemistry, chemical biology and nanotechnology, and has pioneered new methods for tracking molecular and cellular analytes with unprecedented sensitivity.
Research Professors
Dr. Maria Cabezas
Research Assistant Professor
m-cabezas@northwestern.edu
Dr. Jagotamoy Das
Research Associate Professor
jagotamoy.das@northwestern.edu
Research Staff
Dr. Sharif Ahmed
Senior Research Associate
sharif.ahmed@northwestern.edu
Dr. Sophie Xiao
Research Lab Manager
sophia.xiao@northwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Devleena Das
Postdoctoral Fellow
devleena.das@northwestern.edu
Dr. Gloria Hu
Postdoctoral Fellow
gloria.hu@northwestern.edu
Graduate Students
Luis Fernando Ayala
Biomedical Engineering
luisayala2028@u.northwestern.edu
Piriththiv Dhavarasa
Biochemistry
piriththiv.dhavarasa@mail.utoronto.ca
Jane Donnelly
Medical Scientist Training Program
jane.donnelly@northwestern.edu
Sreenivas Eadara
Medical Scientist Training Program
sreenivas.eadara@northwestern.edu
Fatemeh Esmaeili
Pharmaceutical Sciences
fatemeh.esmaeili@northwestern.edu
Jonathan Fan
Chemistry
mengqifan2027@u.northwestern.edu
Connor Flynn
Chemistry
ConnorFlynn2024@u.northwestern.edu
Armin Geraili
Biomedical Engineering
ArminGerailiNejadfomeshi2025@u.northwestern.edu
Scott Isaacson
Chemistry
ScottIsaacson2027@u.northwestern.edu
Yi Li
Biomedical Engineering
YiLi2027@u.northwestern.edu
Abby Lo
Biomedical Engineering
pei-yinglo2026@u.northwestern.edu
Julia Mayes
Chemistry
juliamayes@u.northwestern.edu
Audrey Nashner
Chemistry
AudreyNashner2028@u.northwestern.edu
Ryan Neff
Medical Scientist Training Program
ryan.neff@northwestern.edu
Kimberly Riordan
Andrew Sedlack
Medical Scientist Training Program
andrew.sedlack@northwestern.edu
Daniel Szames
Pharmaceutical Sciences
daniel.szames@mail.utoronto.ca
Zhenwei Wu
Biomedical Engineering
zhenwei.wu@northwestern.edu
Chenlin Zhao
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
chenlin.zhao@northwestern.edu
Lily Zhang
Pharmaceutical Sciences
yiyun.zhang@mail.utoronto.ca
Group Administration
Beverly Bernard
Program Assistant 3
beverly.bernard@northwestern.edu
Tory Helgeson
Business Administrator 3
kelley-ofc@northwestern.edu
Alumni
Marya Ahmed
University of Toronto PDF 2016
Associate Professor, University of Prince Edward Island
Justin Besant
Manager at ZS Associates
Ranjit (Randy) Singh Atwal
McMaster University, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Intramural Programs, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago
Xiao Bin
Research Scientist, Lam Research Corporation
Peter Aldridge
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2019
Senior Engineer Device Development, BlueRock Therapeutics
Ian Burgess
President, Validere
Abdalla Abdrabou
Northwestern University, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago
Dingran Chang
University of Kansas
Assistant Professor
Kangfu Chen
University of Florida
Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology
Melissa Devlin
Executive Director, CMC Lead & Strategy, Ring Therapeutics
Jenise Chen
Scientist, GenMark Diagnostics (Roche)
Amanda Clifford
Assistant Professor, UBC Materials Engineering
Zhichao Fang
Associate Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
Jay Carreon
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Vassar College
Sonali Fonseca
General Manager, Orthobiologicst, Aziyo Biologics
Rahela Gasparac
Director, Drug Product Development & Manufacturing, Verastem Oncology
Kristin Horton
Sr. Director, Oncology Early Development Asset Leader, Servier Pharmaceuticals
Amin GhavamiNejad
Senior Scientist, Research, JDRF
Ivaylo Ivanov
Scientist, Wrana Lab
Surath Gomis
Sae Rin (Rachael) Jean
Team Lead, Vital Bio
Brenda Green
Research Fellow, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Arturo Jimenez-Sanchez
Professor of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autonomy de Mexico (UNAM)
Vuslat Juska
Tyndall National Institute Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Eric Lei
Scientist, National Research Council
Leyla Kermanshah
Staff Engineer, Nicoya
Xingshu Li
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Mahmoud Labib
Ludovic Live
Chief Executive Officer, Affinité Instruments
Brian Lam
Director of Technology, Miru Smart Technologies
Nan Ma
Professor, Soochow University
Yuan Ma
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
Sahar Mahshid
Research Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Laili Mahmoudian
Nutritional Science Program, U. Ottawa
Adam Mepham
Software Engineer, Kaleidoscope
Alam Mahmud
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford
Carine Nemr
Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College
Kerry Mahon
Senior Director Innovation, Valo
David Philpott
Analyst, Investment Banking, Bloom Burton
Terra Potocky
Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Marc Roy
Senior Director, Design Therapeutics
Mahla Poudineh
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Tina Saberi Safaei
VC Associate, Plaza Ventures
Erin Prestwich
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo
Tanja Sack
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cerc Genomic Medicine
Marcel Roberts
Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Andrew Sage
Assistant Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Julie Shi
Associate Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
Xuping Sun
Professor of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sarah Smith
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Bucknell University
Leyla Soleymani
Associate Professor, McMaster University
Grigory Tikhomirov
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Kelly Stewart
Ying Wan
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Ashan Wettasinghe
Ph.D.
Guangli Wang
Simon Wisnovsky
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Hansen Wang
Ph.D.
Lisa Wittenhagen
Head of CE&O, Biogen
Jun Yang
Research Scientist, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
Weijaing Yu
Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Kefan Yang
University of California, Irvine, Ph.D.
Scientist, Twist Bioscience
Hossein Zargartalebi
University of Calgary, Ph.D.
Fellow, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Xiaolong Yang
Northwestern University PDF 2022
Director of Precision Oncology, Molarray
Wendi Zhou
Policy Analyst, Health Canada
Hanie Yousefi
University of Toronto Ph.D.
Systems Engineering and Technical Advisor, ARPA-H
Yige Zhou
University of Toronto PDF 2015
Professor, Hunan University