Vicky Prince
Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Committee on Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology
Committee on Neurobiology
Director, NIH T32 training program in Developmental Biology
Co-Director, myCHOICE
Current Lab Members
Adam Kuuspalu
Lab Manager
Michael Wen
Graduate Student
Sarah Paramore
Postdoctoral Fellow
Theresa Christiansen
Undergraduate Researcher
Elaine Kushkowski
Graduate Student
Rachel Wiley
Undergraduate Researcher
Vishruth Venkataraman
Graduate Student
Alex Zhang
Undergraduate Researcher
Past Lab Members
Mary Kinkel, PhD
Lab member 2004‐2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Appalachian State University
Gokhan Dalgin, PhD
Lab member 2008‐2015
Scientist, Allen Institute for Cell Science
Seattle, WA
email: gdalgin@uchicago.edu
Ted Zerucha, PhD
Lab member 2000‐2001
Professor and Director of General Education
Appalachian State University, NC
Imogen Hurley, PhD
Lab member 2003‐2006
Director, Office of Postdoctoral Studies
University of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
email: ihurley@wisc.edu
Andrea Ward, PhD
Lab member 2005‐2006
Associate Provost for Research and Special Projects
Adelphi College
email: AWARD@adelphi.edu
Sarah Wanner, PhD
Lab member 2010‐2014
Senior Clinical Specialist
Merge
Chris Josefowicz, MS
1998‐2000
Freelance Science Writer
Louisville, KY
James McClintock, PhD
1996‐2003
Science Teacher and Department Chair
Trevor Day School, NY
Michael Hunter, PhD
1997‐2003
Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois College of Medicine
David Stafford, PhD
1998‐2004
Scientist, Invitae
Monica Rohrschneider, PhD
2000‐2007
Regulatory Strategist
Veristat
Gina Elsen, PhD
2003‐2009
Director of Human Stem Cells Lab
Genani Corp.
Oni (Mapp) Celestin, PhD
2005‐2010
Health Science Policy Analyst
National Institute of Mental Health
Stefani Eames Nalle, PhD
2006‐2011
Biomarker Operations Program Leader
Genentech
Crystal Love, PhD
2008‐2014
Science Grant Writer and Editor, Research Development Team, BSD
University of Chicago
Kamil Ahsan, PhD
2012-2018
Doctoral Student, History
Yale University
Anastasia Beiriger, PhD
2014-2020
Project Manager
Real Chemistry/RAD Science
Manuel Rocha, PhD
2015-2021
Analyst
Driehaus Capital Management
Francisco Quinteros, BA 2000 (Chicago), MD 2006 (UIC)
Physician in General Surgery
Mercy Hospital, Chicago
email: francisco.quinteros@gmail.com
Yazmin Morales Odia, BA 2000 (Chicago), MD 2006 (Pritzker)
Director, Neuro‐Oncology and Brain Tumor Clinical Trials program
Baptist Health So. Florida
email: dr_yazz@hotmail.com
Abigail Kroch, BA 2000 (Chicago), PhD 2006 (Johns Hopkins), MPH Epidemiology 2011
Director of Data and Applied Science
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
Roberta Hannibal, BA 2004 (Chicago), PhD 2010 (UC Berkeley)
Scientist II
Second Genome Inc.
Brittany Simmons, BA 2004 (Chicago), MD 2014 (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Opthamology Specialist
Chicago, IL
email: bshaheen@gmail.com
Martha Alonzo, BA 2004 (Chicago), PhD 2013 (Duke)
Education Professional
Biotechnology
Jack Stockert, BA 2005 (Chicago), MD 2010 (Pritzker, Chicago), MBA 2010 (Booth, Chicago)
Managing Director of Strategy and Business Development
Health 2047 Inc.
Yuxi Lin, BA 2010 (Chicago), PhD 2016 (Columbia University)
Associate Director, Project Management
Autobahn Labs Inc
Ranjani Logaraj, BA 2012 (Chicago), MD 2017 (UIC)
Psychiatrist
Rachel Ohman, BA 2012 (Chicago), MD 2019 (UCLA)
Resident
UCLA Health
Kathryn Lesko, BA 2013 (Chicago)
Medical Student
University College Cork, Ireland
Christina Huang, BA 2016 (Chicago)
Medical Student
Indiana University School of Medicine
Violet Sorrentino, BS 2017 (Chicago)
Graduate Student
University of Washington
Eva Brotslaw, BS 2017 (Chicago)
Research Technologist
Mitchell Lab, Northwestern University
email: eva.brotslaw@northwestern.edu
Sweta Narayan, BS 2020 (Chicago)
MD/PhD Candidate
UPenn Perelman School
Ruby Schnirman, BS 2021 (Chicago)
Graduate Student
Cornell University
email: res398@cornell.edu
Isabella Cisneros
Postbaccalaureate Fellow
NIH
Clare Booth, BS 2022 (Chicago)
Postbaccalaureate Fellow
NIH
email: clare.booth@nih.gov
Lindsey Qian BS 2023 (Chicago)
Research Technician
University of Minnesota
Noel McGrory BS 2024 (Chicago)
Postbaccalaureate Fellow
NIH
Devon Mann
Lab member 1997‐2000
Biology Instructor
College of Lake County
email: manndevon@comcast.net
Mazen Khierbek, PhD 2008 (Chicago)
Lab member 2000‐2002
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
Louis Choi, BA 2002, PhD 2012 (Chicago)
Lab member 2002‐2005
Matthew Rowe, BA 2004 (Chicago), PhD 2013 (Stanford)
Lab member 2005‐2007
Product Manager
Takara Bio USA
Elizabeth Sefton, BA 2007 (Chicago), PhD 2016 (Harvard)
Lab member 2006‐2008
Postdoc
University of Utah
Sean Burns, BA 2009 (Chicago), MA 2015 (Minnesota State)
Lab member 2009‐2011
Counselor
Metropolitan Family Service
Anita Ng, BA 2011 (Michigan)
Lab member 2012‐2017
Researcher
Northwell Health NY
Noor Singh, BA 2015 (Chicago)
Lab member 2016-2021
Graduate Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vanity Spruill
Lab member 2021-2022
Research Technician, Krishnan Lab
University of Chicago