LAB ALUMNI
Kelly Perfecto
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Research Specialist
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May 2021- August 2025
Olivia Todd
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PhD, Postdoctoral Associate
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July 2021- July 2025
Current position: Director of Clinical Studies and Academic Collaborations @Sorridi Therapeutics
Fiona Scrimager
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Undergraduate Researcher
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September 2023- May 2025
Tj Akande​​​
PREP Scholar
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August 2022- June 2023
Jorge Mendez​
Undergraduate Researcher
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January 2020- June 2023
Current position: Medical Student @Harvard University
Dara Kiani
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GEMS PhD Student
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May 2019- June 2023
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow @Federle Lab, UIC
Jason Devlin
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GEMS PhD Student
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May 2018- October 2022
Current position: Principal Microbiologist @Nalco Water
Amisha Rana
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Research Specialist
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February 2020- August 2022
Current position: Clinical Research Coordinator @OSF Healthcare
William Santus​​​
PhD, Postdoctoral Associate
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May 2018- July 2022
Current position: Assistant Professor @Saint Xavier, Chicago
Carol Jacob
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Undergraduate Researcher
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April 2018- May 2020
Current position: Program Director @Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, Houston Galveston
Kaitlyn Kiernan
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MS, Research Specialist
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June 2017- August 2018
Current position: UIC GEMS PhD student
Varun Kompala
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High school student, Summer Volunteer
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May 2019-
Nour Shriem
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Undergraduate Researcher
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September 2018- May 2019
Nahian Saed
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Undergraduate Researcher
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September 2017- May 2018
Emmanuel Santiago
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SROP student​​​​​​​
June 2018- July 2018
Diana Morales
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Lab aide​​​​​​​
September 2017- February 2018
Rebecca Jung
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Undergraduate Researcher​​​​​​​
October 2017- April 2018
Mounica Bandela
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Lab aide​​​​​​​
November 2016- August 2017
Current position: Application Scientist @Oxford Instruments
Rehman Bokhari
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Lab aide​​​​​​​
November 2016- March 2017
GEMS Rotation Students
KIMBERLY CISNEROS
October 2024 - December 2024
ED ESHOO
March 2024 - May 2024
CIERA DUFFY
October 2023 - December 2023
DANNY KACEY
June 2023 - July 2023
J HARRIS
January 2023 - March 2023
TRUPTI POTDUKHE
January 2024 - March 2024
MENGJIA (MONICA) CHEN
January 2022 - March 2022
JAY JAYÂ EZELL
January 2022 - March 2022
ZACHARY WHITE
January 2021 - March 2021
JAZMIN GALVAN ACHI
October 2020 - December 2020
CANDICE LOITZ
January 2019 - March 2019
JAKE CLASS
October 2019 - December 2019
IRINA LACZKOVICH
March 2018 - May 2018
CLAYTON WOLLNER
March 2018 - May 2018
SHARI GARRET
January 2018 - March 2018
KRISTEN LEDNOVICH
October 2017 - December 2017
XIOMARIE ALEJANDRO-NAVARRETO
March 2017 - May 2017
KAITLYN TYLOR
January 2017 - March 2017