Angela Russo, PHD
Research Assistant 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.
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.
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 and did research at Fox Chase. She is working developing ovarian cancer on a chip and the role of ovulation on cancer progression. She was awarded an AFPE scholarship.
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.
Alfredo Lopez Carrero
undergraduate researcher
Alfredo is a L@sGanas and SURF scholar completing his undergraduate degree at UIC. He is working with Dr. Russo on ovulation and ovarian cancer.
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.
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.
Daniel Lantvit
research specialist
Dan is the guru of all things related to animal work. He is currently managing the animal colony, assisting students and postdocs, and training for marathons and triathlons.
Kathy De La Torre
UIC PREP Scholar
Kathy is a UIC PREP scholar. She recently graduated from U. of Illinois and worked in the Flaws lab. She is currently studying fallopian tube tumorigenesis.
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.