People

Liana Tellez Undergraduate Student

Phone: 312-503-6126 | E-mail: lianatellez2019[at]u.northwestern.edu

Liana was born in Miami, FL, but grew up part-time in Boston, MA. She is a sophomore undergraduate majoring in Biological Sciences at Northwestern University. In the future, she hopes to receive a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology. In the lab, she is working closely with Beth on characterizing disease mechanisms associated with the ALS mutations C9orf72 and NEK1 using iPSC-derived motor neurons. Outside of the lab, Liana enjoys hanging out with her friends, playing the piano, and serving on the exec board for a feminist club on campus.



Dina Simkin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Konstantinos Tsioras, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Francesco Alessandrini, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jacob Mann, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Wanhao Chi, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Eric J. Martin, BS; DGP Student

Graduate Student

Kelly Marshall, BS; NUIN Student

Graduate Student

Andrew Fleming, BS; NUIN Student

Graduate Student

Thao Nguyen, BS

Graduate Student

Kevin Smith

Lab Manager

Vasileios Papakis, BS

Research Technician

Mennat Gharib, BS

Research Technician

Matthew Wright, MSc

Bioinformatics Analyst

Contact Us

The lab is superbly located in the downtown Chicago area, a few minutes away from Lake Michigan,
the shopping and restaurants of Magnificent Mile, within the historical Montgomery Ward Memorial Building.

For general lab inquires please contact Haley, our lab manager at: Phone: 312-503-6126 | E-mail: haley.smith1[at]northwestern.edu

Address

Evangelos Kiskinis Lab | Northwestern University
Feinberg school of Medicine | Department of Neurology
Ward 12-013 | 303 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611, USA