The Team
Judd F. Hultquist, Ph.D.
Director, Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens Program
Associate Director, Center for Pathogen. Genomics and Microbial Evolution
Assistant Professor of Medicine
judd.hultquist@northwestern.edu
Lacy Marie Simons
Laboratory Coordinator, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution
Laboratory Manager
lacy.simons@northwestern.edu
Margarita Rzhetskaya
Research Technician
m-rzhetskaya@northwestern.edu
Jenna Hasson
Research Technician
Center Affiliate
jenna.hasson@northwestern.edu
Dulce Sarai Garcia
Research Technician
Center Affiliate
dulce.garcia@northwestern.edu
Tien Doan
Research Technician
Center Affiliate
buihanhtien.doan@northwestern.edu
Mark Becker, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Scholar
mbecker@u.northwestern.edu
Charlie Boyle, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow
charlie.boyle@northwestern.edu
Jake Class, Ph.D
Research Associate
jacob.class@northwestern.edu
Kathryn Jackson-Jones, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
kathryn.jacksonjones@northwestern
.edu
Daphne Cornish
PhD Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
daphne.cornish@northwestern.edu
Estefany Rios Guzman
PhD/MPH Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
T32 IMP Trainee
estefany.guzman@northwestern.edu
Ari Halle
PhD Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
ariel.halle@northwestern.edu
Yujin Lee
Ph.D Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
yujin.lee@northwestern.edu
Fiona Carter-Tod
Ph.D Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
fiona.cartertod@northwestern.edu
Ria Almohtadi
Ph.D Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
ria.almo@northwestern.edu
Lab Alumni
Alexandre (Alex) Carvalho, MD
Infectious Disease Fellow
Visiting Researcher
Lauren Petry
Clinical Coordinator
Taylor Dean
Research Technician
Francesca Agnes
Research Technician
Center Affiliate
Maryam Shaaban
Research Technician
Center Affiliate
Ted Ling Hu, Ph.D
Former Ph.D Candidate
Driskell Graduate Program
William Cisneros, Ph.D
Former Ph.D Candidate
Driskell Graduate Program
Collaborators
Felipe Diaz-Griffero, Ph.D. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Sumit Chanda, Ph.D. (Sanford Burnham Medical Discovery Institute)
Nevan J. Krogan, Ph.D. (University of California, San Francisco / Gladstone Institutes)
Alexander Marson, M.D. (University of California, San Francisco)
Steven Wolinsky, M.D. (Northwestern University)
Thomas J. Hope, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Paul D. Bieniasz, Ph.D. (Rockefeller University, HHMI)
Joao Mamede, Ph.D. (Rush University)
Melissa E. Kane, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh)
Dmitry Lyumkis, Ph.D. (Salk Institute)
Larry K. Kociolek, M.D., M.S.C.I. (Lurie Childrenās Hospital)
Egon A. Ozer, M.D., Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Etc.