• Reesha Patel, Ph.D.

    Principal Investigator

  • Ashley Holloway, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    NIH D-SPAN Scholar

  • Dahee Jung, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Ana Farias Waltrick, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Claire Cho, B.S.

    NUIN Graduate Student

  • Xianru Yu, B.A.

    Research Technician

  • Anastasia Tchernikov

    NU Undergraduate Student

  • Amritha George, B.S.

    Medical Student

  • Grace Parmer, B.S.

    NU Pre-Medicine Postbac Student

  • Khukheper Awakoaiye, B.S.

    NU MSTP, NUIN Graduate Student

Lab Alumni.

  • Jenna Lee, B.S.

    NU Undergraduate,
    Neuroscience Honors Thesis Student
    Next Step: NIH Postbac

  • Aarushi Mittal

    UIUC Undergraduate Student

  • Morgan Chaljub

    NU Undergraduate Student

  • Francesca Massa, B.S.

    Research Technician
    Next Step: Scientist at Allergan

  • Avi Samy

    Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Student

  • Jenny Klein

    NU Undergraduate,
    Neuroscience Honors Thesis Student

 Open Positions.

  • Lab technicians

    We are looking for lab technicians with undergraduate experience and interested in learning neuroscience techniques related to molecular biology, rodent behavior, and more. If interested, please email a curriculum vitae or resume and contacts for references.

  • Graduate Students

    We are actively seeking rotation students, if you are interested in mental health, social factors, or neuroimmune signaling, please reach out through email and apply through the NUIN graduate program.

  • Postdoctoral Fellows

    We are looking for postdocs that are motivated by curiosity and interested in finding creative ways to explore the uncharted territory of how social factors and immune signaling impact neural circuits driving behavior, please reach out by email.