The Group
Sean Crosson
Aretha Fiebig
Postdocs
Maeve McLaughlin
Melene Alakavuklar
Grad Student
Thomas Kim
Sergio Hernandez-Ortiz
Hunter North
Esther Chen
BRUSH scholar
Laura Peña Serrano
Undergrad
Maude Antol
Alumni
Postdoc
Ben Stein (2016-2021)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Chattanooga, TN.
David Hershey (2016-2020)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Bacteriology, Madison, WI.
Abhishek Dubey (2019-2020)
Current Location: IIMCB, Warsaw, Poland.
Julien Herrou (2009-2018)
Current Location: Chargé de recherche, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille, France.
Justin Luebke (2015-2018)
Current Location: ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT.
Kristy Hentchel (2015-2017)
Current Location: Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA.
Daniel Czyż (2014-2016)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Cell Science. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Jonathan Willett (2013-2016)
Current Location: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fayetteville, AR.
Hye-Sook Kim (2009-2014)
Current Location: National Institutes of Health, NCCIH, Bethesda, MD.
Neeta Jain (2012-2013)
Current Location: Project Leader, Boehringer Ingelheim.
Melissa Marks (2007-2011)
Current Location: Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Biology, Willamette University, Salem, OR.
Grad students
Lydia Varesio (PhD, Microbiology, 2021)
Current Location: Postdoc; Leadbetter Lab; Caltech, Pasadena, CA.
Leila Reyes Ruiz (PhD., Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology, 2019)
Current Location: Postdoc, Tamayo Lab, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Maggie Zhang (2017-2018; PhD 2022, Chang Lab, UChicago)
Current Location: Research Analyst & Editor, Catalyst Healthcare Consulting.
Matthew Tien (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2018)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.
Kasia Gebicka (M.S. University of Warsaw, 2016)
Aleksandra Fergin (M.S. Biotechnology, Politechnika Warszawska, 2015)
Current Location: Study Management, Pharmacyclics.
Jon Henry (Ph.D., Microbiology, 2013, M.D., 2015)
Current Location: Medical Director, Addiction Treatment Program. Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Milena Lewanczyk (M.S., Biology, University of Gdańsk, 2013, Ph.D. University of Liverpool, 2017)
Current Location: University of Liverpool, England.
Musetta Steinbach (2011-2012)
Rob Foreman (Ph.D., Microbiology, 2012)
Current Location: Northwestern University-ORS, Chicago, IL.
Brook Heaton (Ph.D., Microbiology, 2012)
Current Location: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Cara Boutte (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2011)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX.
Erin Purcell (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2011)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
Dan Siegal (Ph.D., Physics, 2008)
Current Location: Associate Director of Business Development, Ginkgo Bioworks. Washington, DC.
PREP post-bac students
Xiomarie Alejandro-Navarreto (2015-2016)
Current Location: PhD candidate, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Leila Reyes Ruiz (2013-2014)
Current Location: Postdoc, Tamayo Lab, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Cyd-Marie Castro Rojas (2008-2009)
Current Location: Clinical Research Coordinator, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
Undergrads
Courtney VanOphem (2020-2021)
Current Location: MS1, DeBusk Medical School, Harrogate, TN.
Miette Hennessy (Summer 2019, Winter 2020)
Current Location: PhD Program, Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Georgia Warmbein (2020)
Current Location: University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI.
Averill Clapp (2016-2017)
Current Location: MS4, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Olivia Stovicek (2015-2017)
Current Location: Editor, Business Law Today. Chicago, IL.
Daniel Eaton (2014-2017)
Current Location: PhD Candidate, Department of Systems Biology, Paulsson Lab, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Isaac Larkin (2012-2014; PhD 2020, Northwestern University, Molecular Biology)
Current Location: Postdoc, Abbott Labs, Chicago, IL.
Tyehimba Turner (Summer 2012)
Current Location: Assistant Director of Advocacy and Policy, UNICEF USA , Chicago, IL.
Jacob Clementi (Summer 2011)
Current Location: Software Developer, Networked Insights, Chicago, IL.
Grant Rotskoff (2011-2013; PhD 2016, University of California-Berkeley, Biophysics)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Adam Strick (Summer 2009)
Current Location: Senior Software Development Consultant, Unity Technologies, Irvine, CA.
Michelle Crane (Summer 2008)
Current Location: Physician, Family Practice/Integrative Medicine, Aurora Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI.
Rachel Applefield (Summer 2007)
Current Location: Research coordinator, Ortopedia Clinicizzata, Milan, Italy.
Kevin Dalton (2006-2010; PhD 2016, Stanford University, Biophysics)
Current Location: Postdoctoral Fellow, Hekstra Lab, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Andrew Martens (Summer 2006, PhD 2017, Johns Hopkins University, Biophysics)
Current Location: Postdoctoral Fellow, Paulsson Lab, Harvard University.
Dave Rawling (2006-2007; PhD 2015, Yale University, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry)
Current Location: Senior Scientist, seqWell, Beverly, MA.
High School
Miette Hennessy (Whitney M. Young High School, Chicago) (Summer 2014-2016)
Earlham College '22 ; Currently: PhD Program, Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tori Valadez (John Hersey High School) (Summer 2012)
Vanderbilt University '18
