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Directory: All Staff
Alexander Abramenko
Advisor – Dr. Stephen Maren
apa5@illinois.edu
Shagun Ajmera
Beckman Graduate Fellow
sas22@illinois.edu
Selin Aktuna
Advisors – Megan Mahoney and Howard Gritton
saktun2@illinois.edu
Jont Allen
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
jontalle@illinois.edu
Thomas J Anastasio
Associate Professor Emeritus
tja@illinois.edu
Adrienne M. Antonson
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
aantnsn2@illinois.edu
Alex Armstrong
Advisor - Dr. Yurii Vlasov
alexga2@illinois.edu
Paul Arnold
CLIN PROF, HCESC, Coordinated Science Lab
parnold@illinois.edu
Sarah Asif
Advisor - Martha Gillette
sasif3@illinois.edu
Benjamin D Auerbach
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
bda5@illinois.edu
Tina Barbasch
Postdoctoral Research Associate
barbasch@illinois.edu
Rashid Bashir
Professor, Bioengineering
rbashir@illinois.edu
Diane M Beck
Professor, Psychology
dmbeck@illinois.edu
Alison M Bell
Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
alisonmb@illinois.edu
Rachel Bender
rachel46@illinois.edu
Aaron S Benjamin
Professor, Psychology
asbenjam@illinois.edu
Catherine Alicia Best-Popescu
Research Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
cabest@illinois.edu
Paul Jeffrey Bonthuis
Assistant Professor, Comparative Biosciences
bonthuis@illinois.edu
Stephen Allen Boppart
Professor, Bioengineering
boppart@illinois.edu
Timothy Wolfe Bretl
Professor, Aerospace Engineering
tbretl@illinois.edu
Amara Brinks
Advisor - Dr. Janice Juraska
abrinks2@illinois.edu
Jared Butts
Advisor - Patrick Sweeney
jabutts2@illinois.edu
Yuan Cai
yuanc7@illinois.edu
Paul Camacho
Advisor - Brad Sutton
pcamach2@illinois.edu
Tyler Camp
Postdoctoral Research Associate
tylerc5@illinois.edu
Kerem Catalbas
keremc@illinois.edu
Stephanie Ceman
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
sceman@illinois.edu
Jonathan Cerna
Assistant Professor, Health and Kinesiology
cerna3@illinois.edu
Michelle Chang
Advisor - Manuel Hernandez
hc84@illinois.edu
Yuanyuan Cheng
yc74@illinois.edu
Jake Chernicky
Advisor – Dr. Caterina Gratton
jacobc16@illinois.edu
Dajin Cho
dajinc2@illinois.edu
Catherine Christian-Hinman
Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
cathchri@illinois.edu
Hee Jung Chung
Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
chunghj@illinois.edu
Jason Robert Climer
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
jrclimer@illinois.edu
Neal J Cohen
Professor, Psychology
njc@illinois.edu
Sam Congdon
scongdon@illinois.edu
Ellie Conklin
Advisor - Dr. Nathan Schroeder
bacon3@illinois.edu
Kennedi Crayton
kc106@illinois.edu
Jilai Cui
Advisor - Rhanor Gillette
jilaic2@illinois.edu
Usan Dan
Advisor - Alison Bell
usandan2@illinois.edu
Lee DeVille
Professor, Mathematics
rdeville@illinois.edu
Ryan Dilger
Professor, Animal Sciences
rdilger2@illinois.edu
Florin Dolcos
Professor, Psychology
fdolcos@illinois.edu
Sanda Monica Dolcos
Research Assistant Professor, Psychology
sdolcos@illinois.edu
Hairuo Du
hairuod2@illinois.edu
Rainer Joachim Engelken
Assistant Professor
engelken@illinois.edu
Monica Fabiani
Professor, Psychology
mfabiani@illinois.edu
Pat Fang
Yulan Fang
mumufang@illinois.edu
Kara Federmeier
Professor, Psychology
kfederme@illinois.edu
Qianlu Feng
Graduate Student
qianluf2@illinois.edu
Megan Finnegan
Advisors -- Wendy Heller & Karen Rudolph
mkfinne2@illinois.edu
Melissa Flores
Advisor — Dr. Gene E. Robinson
flores39@illinois.edu
Kayvan Forouhesh Tehrani
RES AFFL
kayvanf@illinois.edu
Kari Foss
Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
karifoss@illinois.edu
Rebecca (Becky) Fuller
Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
rcfuller@illinois.edu
Roberto Galvez
Teaching Assistant Professor
rgalvez@illinois.edu
David Gauthier
Advisor - Benjamin D Auerbach
davidwg3@illinois.edu
Martha Gillette
Neuroscience Program Director
mgillett@illinois.edu
Rhanor Gillette
Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
rhanor@illinois.edu
Jozien Goense
Associate Professor, Psychology & Bioengineering
goense@illinois.edu
Rafael Gonzalez-Ricon
Advisor: Dr. Adrienne Antonson
rafaelg4@illinois.edu
Caterina Gratton
Associate Professor, Psychology
cgratton@illinois.edu
Gabriele Gratton
Professor, Psychology
grattong@illinois.edu
Ekaterina Gribkova
Academic Hourly
gribkov2@illinois.edu
Howard J Gritton
Assistant Professor, Comparative Biosciences
hgritton@illinois.edu
Claudio F Grosman
Professor and Head, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
grosman@illinois.edu
Joshua M Gulley
Professor, Psychology
jgulley@illinois.edu
Hee-Sun Han
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
hshan@illinois.edu
Siqi Han
siqihan2@illinois.edu
Maxine He
Advisor - Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler & Manuel Hernandez
maoyuan2@illinois.edu
George Heintz
Advisor: Prof. Jimeng Sun
jheintz@illinois.edu
Wendy Heller
Professor, Psychology
w-heller@illinois.edu
Manuel Enrique Hernandez
Teaching Associate Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
mhernand@illinois.edu
James R Hinman
Assistant Professor, Psychology
jhinman@illinois.edu
Elizabeth T Hsiao-Wecksler
Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
ethw@illinois.edu
Chen Huang
chenh3@illinois.edu
Graham Rowell Huesmann
Research Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
huesmann@illinois.edu
Fatima T Husain
Professor, Speech and Hearing Science
husainf@illinois.edu
Daniel Hyde
Associate Professor, Psychology
dchyde@illinois.edu
Baher Ibrahim
Research Scientist
bibrahim@illinois.edu
Makoto Inoue
Associate Professor, Comparative Biosciences
makotoi@illinois.edu
Martín Irani
Advisors – Dr. Sepideh Sadaghiani and Dr. Howard Gritton
mirani2@illinois.edu
Yih-Kuen Jan
Associate Professor, Health and Kinesiology
yjan@illinois.edu
Min Jee Jang
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
mjjang@illinois.edu
Rodney W Johnson
Professor, Animal Sciences
rwjohn@illinois.edu
Douglas L Jones
Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
dl-jones@illinois.edu
Yearim Jung
yearimj2@illinois.edu
Janice M Juraska
Professor Emerita, Psychology
jjuraska@illinois.edu
Maltesh Kambali
Research Scientist
mkambali@illinois.edu
Eunjoo Kang
Advisor - Dr. Xinzhu Yu
eunjook2@illinois.edu
Arnav Kaushik
Advisor - Dr. Adrienne Antonson
arnavk5@illinois.edu
Naiman A Khan
Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
nakhan2@illinois.edu
Eunyoung Kim
eyk3@illinois.edu
Kyekyoon Kim
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
kevinkim@illinois.edu
Hyun Joon Kong
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
hjkong06@illinois.edu
Hsun Yi (Sheelah) Kuan
Advisor - Dr. Uwe Rudolph
hyk4@illinois.edu
Anna V Kukekova
Associate Professor
avk@illinois.edu
Mitra Kulkarni
Advisor - Dr. Catherine Christian-Hinman
mitrajk2@illinois.edu
Charu Kumar
Research Assistant Professor
cgkumar@illinois.edu
Ziyi Kwok
ziyik2@illinois.edu
Fan Lam
Associate Professor
fanlam1@illinois.edu
Deborah E Leckband
Professor
leckband@illinois.edu
Susan Ellen Leggett
Assistant Professor
sleggett@illinois.edu
Xin Li
Associate Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
lixin@illinois.edu
Zimu Li
zimul3@illinois.edu
Nu-Chu Liang
Associate Professor, Psychology
ncliang8@illinois.edu
Jiaqi Liu
Advisor - Hee-Sun Han
jiaqil23@illinois.edu
Daniel Llano
Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
d-llano@illinois.edu
Kimberly Lorraine Page Long
Assistant Professor
long37@illinois.edu
Xiaotang Lu
Assistant Professor
xiaotang@illinois.edu
Claudia Lutz
cclutz2@illinois.edu
Grace Lyu
Advisor - Dr. Uwe Rudolph
jinruil2@illinois.edu
Megan Mahoney Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Comparative Biosciences
mmm1@illinois.edu
Jorge Maldonado De Jesus
Advisor- Catherine Best-Popescu
mldnddj2@illinois.edu
Sahil Malpotra
Graduate Research Assistant
smalpo2@illinois.edu
Steve Maren
Director, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
smaren@illinois.edu
Lara Mattana Ferst
Advisor - Stephen Maren
laram3@illinois.edu
J.R. Maxon
Predoctoral Fellow, NIH T32 Training Grant, for Dr. Megan Mahoney
jmaxon2@illinois.edu
Robert McCusker
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
rmccuske@illinois.edu
Heba Mehmood
hebam2@illinois.edu
Prashant Girdharilal Mehta
Professor
mehtapg@illinois.edu
Samy Meroueh
Professor
smeroueh@illinois.edu
Sriya Mikkilineni
sriyam2@illinois.edu
Liviu M Mirica
Professor
mirica@illinois.edu
Dominik Mischkowski
Assistant Professor, Psychology
dominikm@illinois.edu
Jennifer Mitchell
Senior Research Scientist
mitchll3@illinois.edu
Brian Monson
Associate Professor, Speech and Hearing Science
monson@illinois.edu
Kameron Monson
Diana Morales Mijares
Advisor - Dr. Matthew Taves
Issam D Moussa
Research Professor, Bioengineering
imoussa@illinois.edu
Raksha Mudar
Professor
raksha@illinois.edu
RAJASEKAR NAGARAJAN
Research Scientist
raja786@illinois.edu
Hayden Noblet
Advisor - Hee Jung Chung
hnoblet2@illinois.edu
Erin O'Leary
Advisor – Paul Bonthuis
emo4@illinois.edu
Steven J Petruzzello
Professor
petruzze@illinois.edu
Dominika Pindus
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health
pindus@illinois.edu
Makenna Pinkham
Advisor - Jonathan Sweedler
pinkham3@illinois.edu
Samantha Plas
Advisor- Steve Maren
splas2@illinois.edu
Stephanie Pregent
NSP Executive Function Manager
spregent@illinois.edu
Lori T Raetzman
Professor
raetzman@illinois.edu
Justin S Rhodes
Assistant Director for Student Success, Neuroscience
jrhodes@illinois.edu
Joseph Ritchie
Gene Robinson
Swanlund Chair of Entomology
generobi@illinois.edu
Sandra Luisa Rodriguez Zas
Professor
rodrgzzs@illinois.edu
Elena Vikentievna Romanova
Research Assistant Professor
romanova@illinois.edu
Edward J Roy
Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
eroy@illinois.edu
Stanislav Rubakhin
Research Associate Professor
roubakhi@illinois.edu
Uwe Rudolph
Professor, Comparative Biosciences
urudolph@illinois.edu
Sepideh Sadaghiani
Associate Professor, Psychology
sepideh@illinois.edu
Urbi Saha
urbiss2@illinois.edu
Md Taher Abu Saif
Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
saif@illinois.edu
Joshua Saylor
jsaylor2@illinois.edu
Amelia Schaefer
Advisor - Raksha Mudar
ags13@illinois.edu
Susan L Schantz
Professor Emerita, Comparative Biosciences
schantz@illinois.edu
Michael Stephen Schappe
Assistant Professor
Bruce R Schatz
schatz@illinois.edu
Nathan E Schroeder
Assistant Director of Student Affairs, Neuroscience Program
nes@illinois.edu
Mei Shen
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
mshen233@illinois.edu
Matthew Francis Singh
Assistant Professor
mfsingh@illinois.edu
Simran Singh
Advisor (or PI)- Dr. Daniel A. Llano
simrans8@illinois.edu
Sasha Skatchkov
Advisor - Dr. Min Jee Jang
ajs27@illinois.edu
Andrew M Smith
Professor
smi@illinois.edu
Pengfei Song
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
songp@illinois.edu
Adam Steel
Assistant Professor, Psychology
steel@illinois.edu
Andrew Jonathan Steelman
Professor, Animal Sciences
asteelma@illinois.edu
Elizabeth A L Stine-Morrow
Professor Emerita
eals@illinois.edu
Lisa J Stubbs
Professor Emerita
ljstubbs@illinois.edu
Jimeng Sun
Professor in Computer Science
jimeng@illinois.edu
Peter Sun
Advisor - Boxuan Zhao
zhenxuan@illinois.edu
Brad Sutton
Professor
bsutton@illinois.edu
Jonathan Sweedler
Director, School of Chemical Sciences
jsweedle@illinois.edu
Patrick Robert Sweeney
Assistant Professor
sweenp@illinois.edu
Emad Tajkhorshid
Professor
emad@illinois.edu
Matthew Donald Taves
Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
mtaves@illinois.edu
Erin Taylor
erinbt2@illinois.edu
Jack Tolentino
jack14@illinois.edu
Michelle Tomaszycki
Neuroscience Program Coordinator
mlt10@illinois.edu
Nien-Pei Tsai
Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
nptsai@illinois.edu
Güzide Tülek
gtlek2@illinois.edu
Yurii A Vlasov
Professor
yvlasov@illinois.edu
Zhou (Joe) Wan
Advisor - Boxuan Zhao
zhouwan2@illinois.edu
Haichao Wang
Advisor  – Benjamin D. Auerbach
haichao4@illinois.edu
Muxiao Wang
Advisor: Uwe Rudolph
muxiaow2@illinois.edu
Teresa Warren
Advisor - Raksha Mudar
teresaw3@illinois.edu
Sarah Westrick
Postdoctoral Research Associate
westse@illinois.edu
Robert E Wickesberg
wickesbe@illinois.edu
Tingbi Xiong
tingbix2@illinois.edu
Yuan Yang
Associate Professor
yuany@illinois.edu
Xinzhu Yu
Associate Professor at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, UT Health
Xinzhu.Yu@uth.tmc.edu
Bo Yuan
Advisor – Howard Gritton
boy6@illinois.edu
Chaoran Zhang
chaorancheung@gmail.com
Kai Zhang
Associate Professor, Biochemistry
kaizkaiz@illinois.edu
Suyang Zhang
suyangz4@illinois.edu
Boxuan Zhao
Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
zbx@illinois.edu
Jinyan Zhou
jzhou76@illinois.edu
Liran Ziegelman
Advisor - Manuel Hernandez
liranz2@illinois.edu
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