Molecular Biosciences: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Katherine R. Amato

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Field: Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Gastroenterology, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Ecology, Health Equity and Disparities, Human Evolution, Infant Health, Life Sciences, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Physiology

Alexis R. Demonbreun

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Center for Genetic Medicine, Department of Pharmacology

Field: Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences, Neurology, Pathology

Focus Areas: Muscular Dystrophy, Regenerative Medicine

Neil Kelleher

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor and Director Proteomics

Field: Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Biotechnology

Joshua Nathaniel Leonard

McCormick School of Engineering

Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence,

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Cancer and Oncology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Cancer Treatment, Drug Development, Genetic Medicine and Health, HIV/AIDS, Immunology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Precision Medicine

Richard Morimoto

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology

Field: Aging, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative Disease, Stress

Arthur Prindle

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Biotechnology

Gabriel Jacob Rocklin

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Field: Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Pharmacology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biophysics

Ali Shilatifard

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Director of the Simpson Querrey Center for Epigenetics

Field: Epigenetics, Genetics, Molecular Biosciences, Pediatrics

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Childhood Cancer, Leukemia, Precision Medicine

Krishna Shrinivas

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Physics and Astronomy, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Life Sciences, Machine Learning and Automation

Dina Simkin

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor

Field: Molecular Biosciences, Pharmacology

Focus Areas: Biophysics, Cell Biology, Epilepsy, Neurobiology, Neuroscience

Danielle Tullman-Ercek

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biosciences, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Antibiotic Resistance, Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccines

Deborah R Winter

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

Field: Computer Science, Epigenetics, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Data Science, Genetic Medicine and Health, Immunology, Machine Learning and Automation, Precision Medicine, Predictive Analytics