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. Randy Atwal
Research Assistant Professor
ranjit.singh@northwestern.edu
Dr. Maria Cabezas
Research Assistant Professor
m-cabezas@northwestern.edu
Dr. Dingran Chang
Research Assistant Professor
dingran.chang@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. Hansen Wang
Research Associate
hansen.wang@utoronto.ca
Sophie Xiao
Staff Scientist
sophia.xiao@northwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Abdalla Abdrabou
Postdoctoral Fellow
abdalla.abdrabou@northwestern.edu
Dr. Kangfu Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow
kangfu.chen@northwestern.edu
Dr. Devleena Das
Postdoctoral Fellow
devleena.das@northwestern.edu
Dr. Vuslat Juska
Postdoctoral Fellow
vuslat.juska@northwestern.edu
Dr. Daniel Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
zongjie.wang@northwestern.edu
Dr. Kefan Yang
Postdoctoral Fellow
kefan.yang@northwestern.edu
Dr. Hanie Yousefi
Postdoctoral Fellow
hanie.yousefi@northwestern.edu
Dr. Hossein Zargartalebi
Postdoctoral Fellow
hossein.zargartalebi@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
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
Gloria Hu
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
gloria.hu@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
Alumni
Marya Ahmed
Associate Professor, University of Prince Edward Island
Peter Aldridge
Senior Engineer Device Development, BlueRock Therapeutics
Justin Besant
Manager at ZS Associates
Xiao Bin
Research Scientist, Lam Research Corporation
Ian Burgess
President, Validere
Jay Carreon
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Vassar College
Jenise Chen
Scientist, GenMark Diagnostics (Roche)
Amanda Clifford
Assistant Professor, UBC Materials Engineering
Melissa Devlin
Executive Director, CMC Lead & Strategy, Ring Therapeutics
Zhichao Fang
Associate Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
Sonali Fonseca
General Manager, Orthobiologicst, Aziyo Biologics
Rahela Gasparac
Director, Drug Product Development & Manufacturing, Verastem Oncology
Amin GhavamiNejad
Senior Scientist, Research, JDRF
Surath Gomis
Brenda Green
Research Fellow, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Kristin Horton
Sr. Director, Oncology Early Development Asset Leader, Servier Pharmaceuticals
Ivaylo Ivanov
Scientist, Wrana Lab
Sae Rin (Rachael) Jean
Team Lead, Vital Bio
Arturo Jimenez-Sanchez
Professor of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autonomy de Mexico (UNAM)
Leyla Kermanshah
Staff Engineer, Nicoya
Mahmoud Labib
Brian Lam
Director of Technology, Miru Smart Technologies
Eric Lei
Scientist, National Research Council
Xingshu Li
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Ludovic Live
Chief Executive Officer, Affinité Instruments
Nan Ma
Professor, Soochow University
Yuan Ma
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
Laili Mahmoudian
Nutritional Science Program, U. Ottawa
Alam Mahmud
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford
Kerry Mahon
Senior Director Innovation, Valo
Sahar Mahshid
Research Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Adam Mepham
Software Engineer, Kaleidoscope
Carine Nemr
Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College
David Philpott
Analyst, Investment Banking, Bloom Burton
Terra Potocky
Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Mahla Poudineh
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Erin Prestwich
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo
Marcel Roberts
Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Marc Roy
Senior Director, Design Therapeutics
Tina Saberi Safaei
VC Associate, Plaza Ventures
Tanja Sack
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cerc Genomic Medicine
Andrew Sage
Assistant Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Julie Shi
Associate Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
Sarah Smith
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Bucknell University
Leyla Soleymani
Associate Professor, McMaster University
Kelly Stewart
Xuping Sun
Professor of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Grigory Tikhomirov
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Ying Wan
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Guangli Wang
Simon Wisnovsky
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Lisa Wittenhagen
Head of CE&O, Biogen
Jun Yang
Research Scientist, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
Xiaolong Yang
Director of Precision Oncology, Molarray
Wendi Zhou
Policy Analyst, Health Canada