Angela Russo, PHD
Research Associate Professor
Angela got her PHD from UNC Chapel Hill and was a postdoc at UIC in Pharmacology. She is working on molecular mechanisms of ovarian tumor
formation.
Diandra Taylor, PHD
postdoctoral fellow
Diandra got her PHD from UIC with Dr. Freitag. She is a K12 IRACDA fellow training in both research and teaching.
Jaqueline Bazioli, PHD
postdoctoral fellow
Jaque got her PHD from University of Campinas. She is currently working on identifying phytoprogestins.
Didi Zha
PHD graduate student
Didi got her M.S. at Northwestern in Bioengineering before joining the PSCI program in 2020. She is working on endocrine disrupting compounds and extracellular vesicles.
Jane Miglo
PHARMD/PHD student
Jane received her B.S. from Johns Hopkins. She is working developing ovarian cancer on a chip and the role of ovulation on cancer progression. She was awarded an AFPE scholarship.
Alfredo Lopez Carrero
PREP scholar
Alfredo was a L@sGanas and SURF scholar completing his undergraduate degree at UIC. He is working with Dr. Russo on ovulation and ovarian cancer as part of the PREP program.
Nancy Limon
undergraduate researcher
Nancy is a L@sGanas student completing her undergraduate degree at UIC. She is working with Didi on extracellular vesicles and microfluidics.
Amrita Salvi, PHD
Research Assistant Professor
Amrita got her BS and MS from U. of Mumbai and her PHD from Nanyang Technological University. She is working on PHYs in ovarian cancer and PAX8.
Elizabeth Kaweesa, PHD
postdoctoral fellow
Elizabeth got her PHD from the University of Florida. She is a K12 IRACDA fellow training in both research and teaching.
Dan Lantvit
research specialist
Dan has worked with the lab for almost fifteen years helping us with imaging, treating, and studying ovarian cancer in mouse models. He is an amazing teacher for all including the PI!
Manead Khin
PHD graduate student
Manead received her B.S. from UNC Greensboro before joining the PSCI graduate program in 2020. She is working on natural product drug discovery and recently received the Kirstein award as well as being a University Fellow.
Joohyun Im
PHD graduate student
Joohyun got her MS from National University of Singapore . She is currently working on PAX8 in high grade serous tumors.
Monica Haughan
PHD graduate student
Monica earned her B.S. at Purdue and was previously a SURF scholar in our UIC program. She is working on imaging omental metastasis and new therapies for ovarian cancer.
Will Alcantar
undergraduate researcher
Will is a GPPA Pharmacy student who is majoring in biology. He is working with Manead Khin on natural products for drug discovery.
Nichole Botello
undergraduate researcher
Nichole is a BS/PS student in the UIC Honor's college working on omental metabolites in high grade serous cancer.