The Team
Judd F. Hultquist, Ph.D.
Dr. Robert L. Murphy Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Director, Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens Program
Associate Director, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution
Associate 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
rita@northwestern.edu
Charlie Boyle, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow
charlie.boyle@northwestern.edu
Kathryn Jackson-Jones, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
kathryn.jacksonjones@northwestern
.edu
Jake Class, Ph.D
Research Associate
jacob.class@northwestern.edu
Daphne Cornish, Ph.D
PhD Graduate
Driskill Graduate Program
daphne.cornish@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/MPH Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
fiona.cartertod@northwestern.edu
Ria Almohtadi
Ph.D Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
ria.almo@northwestern.edu
Natalie Stegman
Ph.D Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
natalie.stegman@northwestern.edu
Julia Shanno
MD/Ph.D Candidate
Driskill Graduate Program
julia.shanno@northwestern.edu
Dulce Sarai Garcia
Research Technician
Center Affiliate
dulce.garcia@northwestern.edu
Tien Doan
Research Technician
Center Affiliate
buihanhtien.doan@northwestern.edu
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Lab Alumni
Alexandre (Alex) Carvalho, MD
Infectious Disease Fellow
T32 Training Award
Primary Care/Infectious Diseases Physician
Ted Ling Hu, Ph.D
Ph.D Graduate
Driskill Graduate Program
Pharmaceutical Sales and Business Development
William Cisneros, Ph.D
Ph.D Graduate
Driskill Graduate Program
Biotech Company Startup Assistance
Mark Becker, Ph.D
Ph.D Graduate
Driskill Graduate Program
Postdoctoral Fellow
Estefany Rios Guzman, Ph.D, MPH
Ph.D/MPH Graduate
Driskill Graduate Program
T32 Training Award
Postdoctoral Fellow
Previous Lab Members
Lauren Petry – Clinical Coordinator
Taylor Dean – Research Technician
Francesca Agnes – Research Technician, CPGME
Maryam Shaaban – Research Technician, CPGME
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 Children’s Hospital)
Egon A. Ozer, M.D., Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)
Etc.