Robert Vassar, PhD
Principal Investigator
Davee Professor of Alzheimer Research and Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center (P30)
Katherine R Sadleir, PhD
Research Associate Professor
PhD in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago
Leah K Cuddy, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
PhD in Pharmacology, Western University, London, Canada
Justyna Dobrowolska Zakaria, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
PhD in Neurosciences, Washington University in St. Louis
Devi (Krishna) Karunakaran, PhD, MS
Post-doctoral Fellow
PhD in Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut
Elyse Watkins, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
University of Chicago, Ph.D. Molecular Engineering
Sohee Jeon, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
PhD in Biological Sciences (Neurobiology), University of Illinois at Chicago
BS in Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Jelena Popovic
Lab Manager
BS in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Declan Gallagher
Technical Staff
B.S. in Biology, Central Connecticut State University
Joanna Guo
Technical Staff
B.A. in Biology and Psychology, Northwestern University
Makenna Ley
Technical Staff
BS in Biochemistry and Neurobiology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Alia Alia
Technical Staff
Bachelors of Science in Psychology, Indiana University
Miranda Salvo
NUIN (Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience)
B.S. in Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh
Sidhanth Chandra
Northwestern Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
B.S in Neuroscience, University of Alabama
Karen P. Gomez
Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow (NU PREP)
B.A. in Biology and Psychology; Minor in Chemistry, Lake Forest College
Recent Alumni
Students:
Brian Hitt, 2007-2012, MSTP student
William Eimer, 2008-2014, graduate student
Lokesh Kukreja, 2009-2014, graduate student
Sean Riordan, 2009-2014, graduate student
Post-docs/Research Faculty:
Kristen Dietrich, 2008-2010, post-doc
Patty Kandalepas, 2010-2015, post-doc
Ming-Hsuan Ou-Yang, 2014-2018, post-doc
Shahrnaz Kemal, 2016-2012, post-doc
Trongha Phan, 2016-2017, research assistant professor
Helena Zimmerman, 2019-2021, post-doc
Tony Di Meco, 2019-2022, post-doc
Staff:
Tharu Rajapaksha, 2010-2014, lab manager
Ross Brimberry, 2018-2019, research technician
Mai Khatri, 2018-2022, research technician
Chris Launius, 2019-2020, research technician
Becky Wang, 2019-2020, research technician
Monika Lysakowska, 2020-2021, research technician