Our People
Meet our current team of researchers as well as alumni.
Shana O. Kelley
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. Jagotamoy Das
Research Assistant Professor
jagotamoy.das@northwestern.edu
Dr. Amin GhavamiNejad
Research Assistant Professor
amin.ghavaminejad@northwestern.edu
Dr. Mahmoud Labib
Research Assistant Professor
mahmoud.labib@northwestern.edu
Research Associates
Dr. Sharif Ahmed
sharif.ahmed@northwestern.edu
Dr. Dingran Chang
dingran.chang@utoronto.ca
Dr. Hansen Wang
hansen.wang@utoronto.ca
Sophie Xiao
Research Lab Manager
sophia.xiao@northwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Kangfu Chen
kangfu.chen@utoronto.ca
Dr. Surath Gomis
surath.gomis@mail.utoronto.ca
Dr. Daniel Wang
zongjie.wang@northwestern.edu
Dr. Hanie Yousefi
hanie.yousefi@northwestern.edu
Dr. Hossein Zargartalebi
h.zargartalebi@utoronto.ca
Graduate Students
Abdalla Abdrabou
abdalla.abdrabou@northwestern.edu
Piriththiv Dhavarasa
piriththiv.dhavarasa@mail.utoronto.ca
Bill Duong
bill.duong@mail.utoronto.ca
Fatemeh Esmaeili
Pharmaceutical Sciences
fatemeh.esmaeili@northwestern.edu
Jonathon Fan
Chemistry
mengqifan2027@u.northwestern.edu
Connor Flynn
ConnorFlynn2024@u.northwestern.edu
Armin Geraili
Chemistry
Gloria Hu
gloria.hu@northwestern.edu
Scott Isaacson
Chemistry
ScottIsaacson2027@u.northwestern.edu
Hyunkeun Joo
Biomedical Engineering
HyunkeunJoo2027@u.northwestern.edu
Yi Li
Biomedical Engineering
YiLi2027@u.northwestern.edu
Abby Lo
pei-yinglo2026@u.northwestern.edu
Alam Mahmud
alam.mahmud@northwestern.edu
Julia Mayes
juliamayes@u.northwestern.edu
Laxman Pandey
laxman.pandey@utoronto.ca
Kimberly Riordan
KimberlyRiordan2026@u.northwestern.edu
Tanja Sack
tanja.sack@mail.utoronto.ca
Daniel Szames
daniel.szames@mail.utoronto.ca
Zhenwei Wu
zhenwei.wu@northwestern.edu
Chenlin Zhao
chenlin.zhao@northwestern.edu
Group Administration
Bob Christensen
bob.christensen@utoronto.ca
Cathleen Dettling
Senior Administrative Coordinator
cathleen.dettling@northwestern.edu
Alumni
Marya Ahmed
University of Toronto PDF 2016
Associate Professor, University of Prince Edward Island
Peter Aldridge
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2019
Senior Engineer Device Development, BlueRock Therapeutics
Justin Besant
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2015
Manager at ZS Associates
Xiao Bin
University of Toronto PDF 2010
Research Scientist, Lam Research Corporation
Ian Burgess
University of Toronto PDF 2014-2016
President, Validere
Jay Carreon
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Vassar College
Jenise Chen
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2021
Scientist, GenMark Diagnostics (Roche)
Amanda Clifford
University of Toronto PDF 2021
Assistant Professor, UBC Materials Engineering
Melissa Devlin
Boston College Ph.D. 2006
Executive Director, CMC Lead & Strategy, Ring Therapeutics
Zhichao Fang
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2010
Associate Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
Sonali Fonseca
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2012
General Manager, Orthobiologicst, Aziyo Biologics
Rahela Gasparac
Boston College PDF 2006
Director, Drug Product Development & Manufacturing, Verastem Oncology
Brenda Green
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2018
Research Fellow, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Kristin Horton
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2010
Sr. Director, Oncology Early Development Asset Leader, Servier Pharmaceuticals
Ivaylo Ivanov
University of Toronto RA 2017
Scientist, Wrana Lab
Sae Rin (Rachael) Jean
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2017
Team Lead, Vital Bio
Arturo Jimenez-Sanchez
University of Toronto PDF 2017
Professor of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autonomy de Mexico (UNAM)
Leyla Kermanshah
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2017
Staff Engineer, Nicoya
Brian Lam
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2014
Director of Technology, Miru Smart Technologies
Eric Lei
University of Toronto PhD 2018
Scientist, National Research Council
Xingshu Li
University of Toronto PDF 2019
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Ludovic Live
University of Toronto PDF 2013
Chief Executive Officer, Affinité Instruments
Nan Ma
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2009
Professor, Soochow University
Yuan Ma
University of Toronto PDF 2021
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
Laili Mahmoudian
University of Toronto RA 2015
Nutritional Science Program, U. Ottawa
Kerry Mahon
Boston College Ph.D. 2006
Senior Director Innovation, Valo
Sahar Mahshid
University of Toronto PDF 2018
Research Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Adam Mepham
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2019
Software Engineer, Kaleidoscope
Carine Nemr
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2020
Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College
David Philpott
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2022
Assistant Professor, Bloom Burton
Terra Potocky
Boston College PDF 2007
Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Mahla Poudineh
University of Toronto PhD 2017
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Erin Prestwich
Boston College Ph.D. 2006
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo
Marcel Roberts
Boston College Ph.D. 2007
Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Marc Roy
Boston College Ph.D. 2006
Senior Director, Design Therapeutics
Tina Saberi Safaei
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2017
VC Associate, Plaza Ventures
Andrew Sage
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2015
Assistant Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Julie Shi
University of Toronto PDF 2015
Associate Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
Sarah Smith
University of Toronto PDF 2018
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Bucknell University
Leyla Soleymani
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2010
Associate Professor, McMaster University
Kelly Stewart
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2010
Xuping Sun
Professor of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Grigory Tikhomirov
University of Toronto PDF 2010
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
David Tulumello
University of Toronto PDF 2012-2014
Head of Protein Biochemistry,
Sanofi Pasteur
Ying Wan
University of Toronto PDF 2013-2014
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Guangli Wang
Visiting Faculty Member, 2016
Simon Wisnovsky
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2017
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Lisa Wittenhagen
Boston College Ph.D. 2006
Head of CE&O, Biogen
Jun Yang
University of Toronto PDF 2007
Research Scientist, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
Xiaolong Yang
Northwestern University PDF 2022
Director of Precision Oncology, Molarray
Wendi Zhou
University of Toronto Ph.D. 2018
Policy Analyst, Health Canada
Yige Zhou
University of Toronto PDF 2015
Professor, Hunan University