People

Jan Kitajewski, PhD

Director, University of Illinois Cancer Center

Professor and Head, Physiology and Biophysics

kitaj@uic.edu


Naiche Adler, PhD

Research Assistant Professor & Scientific Director

naiche@uic.edu


Seock Won Youn, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

swyoun93@uic.edu

Bhairavi Swaminathan, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

bswami@uic.edu

Postdoctoral Scholars 

Stephanie Niemczyk, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

sniemczy@uic.edu

Chinwe E-Amankwah, PhD


Postdoctoral Fellow

chinwe2@uic.edu

Taliha Nadeem, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

znadee2@uic.edu

Graduate Students 

Tanner Roach

MD/PhD Candidate

sroach4@uic.edu

Kate Alexander

MD/PhD Candidate

kalexa21@uic.edu

Christie Kang

MD/PhD Candidate

ckang30@uic.edu

Natalia Obacz

PhD Candidate (GEMS)

nobacz2@uic.edu


Hsun Wang

PhD Candidate (GEMS)

qianxun2@uic.edu


Research Staff 

Pamela Teneqexhi

Research Specialist

pteneq2@uic.edu

Braulio Aguilar

Research Specialist

baguil20@uic.edu

Undergraduate Students 

Rishi Patel

rpate483@uic.edu

Dua Ansari

dansa3@uic.edu

Serena Thomas

sthom40@uic.edu

Nivedha Krishnan

nivedha2@uic.edu

Debdutta Mandal

mandal5@uic.edu

Cecilia Cazares-Carothers

ccaza2@uic.edu

High School Students

Bhavya Vegesna

bvegesna@imsa.edu

Lab Alumni

Tim Sargis, PhD

tsargi2@uic.edu

James Herts

Research Specialist

jherts@uic.edu

Jenny Parvani, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

jparvani@uic.edu

Qanber Raza, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

qraza@uic.edu

De Yu "Brian" Mao, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

brianmao@uic.edu

Zari Dumanian

Masters Candidate

zdumania@uic.edu

Matt Kleinjan, MD, PhD

Resident Physician-Scientist

kleinja2@uic.edu

Joseph Dufraine, PhD

Research Scientist

dufraine@uic.edu

Krishna Thakkar

kthakk26@uic.edu

Ahana Gupta

Medical Student

agupt47@uic.edu

Jumobi Arowolo

jarowo2@uic.edu

Rahul Vadakath

rahulnv3@uic.edu

Benjamin Gordon

MD/PhD Candidate

bgorodo6@uic.edu

Jason Eng, MD/PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

jeng9@uic.edu

Shrinidhi Kadkol

MD Candidate

skadko2@uic.edu