People

Emily Formella

Emily Formella

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2025-2026)
Latham Fellow (2025-2026)
John Freeman

John Freeman, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Associate Department Chair
Dewey B. Stuit Professor
Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Ernesto Fuentes, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Alayna Gallery

Alayna Gallery

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern Fall 2026
ISA Summer Program 2026
Science Alliance Intern (2025-2026)
Latham Fellow (2025-2026)
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Pamela Geyer, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stephanie Gilbertson-White

Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director
Ph.D. Program
College of Nursing
Kathleen Godsel

Kathleen Godsel

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2026-2027)
Joseph  Gomes

Joseph Gomes, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Joe Gomes is an assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering. He received postdoctoral training in the Departments of Chemistry and Bioengineering at Stanford University, where he worked on method development and applications of deep learning in physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Professor Gomes's research group focuses on method development at the intersection of theory, computation, and deep learning with applications in the areas of computer-aided materials and drug design, catalytic and electrochemical systems, energy generation and storage, and multiscale, multiphysics modeling. He is a contributing developer for Q-Chem, a quantum chemistry software package, and DeepChem, a library for molecular machine learning.
Jean Gordon

Jean Gordon, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Ashley Green

Ashley Green

Title/Position
Latham Fellow (2026-2027)
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Steven Green, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor
Department of Biology
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Charles Grose, M.D.

Title/Position
Professor
Pediatric - Infectious Disease
Jasper Haleka

Jasper Halekas, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor
Society of Physics Students (SPS) Advisor
Kylee Harford

Kylee Harford

Title/Position
UI-LSAMP Intern (2025-2026)
UI-LSAMP Intern (2024-2025)
Jill Harmande

Jill Harmande

Title/Position
Senior Academic Advisor, Academic Advising Center
Teagan Harris

Teagan Harris

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2026-2027)
Luke Hawkins

Luke Hawkins

Title/Position
Latham Teaching Assistant (2026-2027)
Science Alliance Intern (2026-2027)
ISA Summer Program 2026
Science Alliance Intern (2025-2026)
Latham Fellow (2025-2026)
Science Alliance Intern (2024-2025)
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Bin Z. He, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Marco Hefti

Marco Hefti, MD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Pathology
I am a neuropathologist with a particular interest in pediatric and fetal neuropathology. I graduated from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2008. I completed two years of general surgery residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston before doing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. I then did a residency in anatomic pathology at Beth Israel before moving to Mount Sinai to do my neuropathology fellowship.
Kristi Hendrickson

Kristi Hendrickson, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Jacob Hermann

Jacob Herrmann , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
Klaertje Hesselink

Klaertje Hesselink

Title/Position
Science Alliance Intern (2025-2026)
UI-MARC Trainee (2024-2025)
Tze Ning Hiew

Tze Ning Hiew, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutics Program
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Douglas Houston

Title/Position
Professor of Biology
Director, Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB)
Rainbo Hultman

Rainbo Hultman , Ph.D.

Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Daniel Hyer, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor
MR-Linac Technical Director
Director of Clinical Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology
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Erin Irish, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Yashaswi Jaishy

Yashaswi Jaishy

Title/Position
UI-IINSPIRE Intern (2026-2027)
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Allison Jaynes, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Physics and Astronomy