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/MPH 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.