Steve Kron
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Steve’s education and training at Penn, Stanford, and MIT were in biochemistry, bioengineering, biophysics, and genetics. Steve has published over a hundred papers and reviews, and is an inventor on multiple patents.
Email: skron@uchicago.edu
Office phone: 773-834-0250
Office mailing address: 929 E. 57th St., GCIS W522A, Chicago, IL 60637
Amy Flor
Senior Research Scientist
Amy’s research focuses on DNA damage, oxidative stress, and therapy-induced senescence in tumor cells induced by chemotherapy drugs, as well as characterizing the immune response induced by these cancer treatments. Amy has a B.S. in Biology from University of Illinois, and recently earned an M.S. in Physical Sciences (Chemistry) at University of Chicago. In spare time, Amy enjoys printmaking, creating digital art and music, and playing pinball.
Email: flora@uchicago.edu
Don Wolfgeher
Senior Research Scientist
Don Wolfgeher has worked in the Kron Lab for over fifteen years. During this time, he has achieved a high level of expertise in a variety of mass spectrometry and proteomics techniques, including instrument operations and maintenance, proteomics user consultation and experiment planning, sample preparation, informatics, and data interpretation. He specializes in isotopic labeling quantitation techniques and post-translational modification (PTM) data interpretation.
Email: donw@uchicago.edu
Ding Wu
Senior Research Scientist
Ding’s current projects focus on applying system biology approaches to cancer research in two areas: 1) Studying gene patterns and transcriptomic profiles in senescent cells and the underlying mechanism of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP); and 2) Exploring and understanding tumor micro-environment by single-cell RNA-seq and flow cytometry, aiming to enhance anti-tumor immune response by exploiting DNA damage responses.
Sera Averbek
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Sera Averbek’s research mainly focuses on suppressing bone marrow failure from radiation injury and enhancing the quality of survival to protect cancer patients who undergo radiotherapy as well as military personnel or astronauts who are exposed to a sub-lethal doses of radiation.
Elena Efimova
Research Professional
Zari Dehdashti
Research Technician
Lab Alumni (2020 - present)
Hannah Heller, Undergraduate Student
Edward Wang, Undergraduate Student
SeokGyeong Choi, Visiting Scholar, Sookmyung Women’s University (Seoul, Korea)
Yue Liu, Graduate Student
Tamica Collins, Post-Doctoral Scholar
Joanna Pagacz, Research Technician