Former Lab Members

Candice Loitz

Graduate Student 

B.S. University of Wisconsin- Whitewater

https://www.linkedin.com/in/candice-loitz-ba688852/


Brenna Kirkpatrick

UIC MSTP Student

B.S. University of Kentucky

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenna-kirkpatrick-016275139 

Morgan Zenner

MSTP Student

B.S. University of Illinois - Urbana–Champaign 

Morgan is currently an Internal Medicine Resident and Vanderbilt 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-zenner-9a9801123/ 

Julian Pacheco, MD

Class of 2019 UIC 

Class of 2023 UIC Medical School

Julian is a Urology Resident at UIC

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-garcia-phd/ 

Sasha Celada

 

PREP Research Postbaccalaureate Fellow 

 

B.S. Iowa State University


Sasha is currently a graduate student, University of Wisconsin Madision

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-celada/

Lillian Perez, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow 2020-2021

Ph.D University of Illinois at Chicago

B.S. DePaul University

Lilly is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Cedars-Sinai

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lillianap/


Yves Brandon Helou

Research Associate in Nonn Lab 2019-2021

MS Drexel University

BS Biology


Victoria Soliz

L@S GANAS Scholar 2019-2021

Class of 2022 UIC

https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-soliz/


Jason Garcia, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in 2021 from Nonn Lab

B.S. Northeastern Illinois University

Jason is currently a scientist at Tempus in Chicago

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-garcia-baa557192/ 

Bethany Baumann

Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2021 

Ph.D Northwestern University

B.S. University of Pennsylvania

Beth i s currently a data analyst at Genentech.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/baumannbethany/ 

Tara McCray, PhD

PhD in 2020 from Nonn Lab

B.S. University of North Carolina - Greensboro

Tara is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-mccray/ 

Joseph Marsili

B.S. Northeastern Illinois University

He is currently a scientist at Tempus in Chicago.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephmarsili/ 

Chuck Blajszczak, PhD

PhD in 2019 from Nonn Lab

M.S. Rush University

B.S. Loyola University Chicago

Chuck is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Urology Department at University of Chicago

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-blajszczak/ 

Zachary Richards, PhD 

PhD in 2018 from Nonn Lab

He is currently a Medical Science Liaison in Cambridge, MA with Pfizer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-richards-7208a422/ 

Jacob Manlucu is a former undergraduate researcher in the Nonn Lab

Class of 2018 Northeastern Illinois University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmanlucu/

Angeline Giangreco, PhD- Postdoctoral Fellow in the Nonn Lab 2009-2014

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angeline-giangreco-2b078a80/ 


Michael Tessel, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Nonn Lab 2012-2014

Mike is currently working as the Navigator for my CHOICE  and the Director of GRAD Career Development at the University of Chicago

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessel/ 

Brittany Mihelich, PhD

Graduated from Nonn Lab 2014

B.S. Arizona State University

Britt is currently a senior scientist at Astellas Center for Regenerative Medicine.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmihelich/ 

Rachael Farhat, MS

Graduated from Nonn Lab in 2015

Rachael is currently an OR nurse Rush Hospital in Illinois

Shweta Dambal, PhD

Graduated from the Nonn Lab in 2015

B.S. Washington University in St. Louis

M.A. Washington University in St. Louis

2015-2018 postdoctoral fellowship in the Division of Urology at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA.

Shweta is currently a Grant Writing Specialist at  Eva Garland Consulting, North Carolina

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shweta-dambal-8a3162bb/ 

Giovanni Lugli, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow in the Nonn Lab 2014-2016

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago

M.S. University of Modena, Italy

B.S. University of Modena, Italy

Giovanni is currently the Clinical Implementation Manager at bioMerieux

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-lugli-958b466/ 

LaTanya WilliamsPostdoctoral Fellow in the Nonn Lab 2014-2016

Ph.D. Northwestern University

M.S. Howard University

B.S. Howard University

LaTanya is the Associate Director of STEM Training at Northwestern University in Chicago.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/latanya-v-williams-phd-3361035a/ 

Ekaterina Khramtsova-  UIC Undergraduate Student in Nonn Lab 2008-2010

Avani Vaishhav, MS- Research Specialist in Nonn Lab 2007-2010

Daniel Johnson-  UIC Medical Student in the Nonn Lab summer 2010

Andrew Fairchild- UIC Medical Student in the Nonn Lab summer 2013 received his MD from UIC in 2016.