Our Team

Principal Investigator

Joseph Zak


Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences


B.S., University of Michigan

Ph.D., University of Colorado

Postdoc, Harvard University


jdzak@uic.edu | Google Scholar | Twitter | CV 

Students and Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow


Ph.D., University of Illinois Chicago

Neuroscience

Lindsay Vivona

Graduate Student


B.S., University of San Fransisco

Biology

Zach Fyke

Graduate Student


B.S., University of Illinois Chicago

Neuroscience

Eyerusalem Haile

Research Associate


B.S., University of Illinois Chicago

Neuroscience

Kai Clane Belonio

Postbac Fellow


B.S., University of Illinois Chicago

Biological Sciences

Undergraduate Students

Alaa Kort

Undergraduate Student


Neuroscience, University of Illinois Chicago

Lab Alumni

Celine Sanluecha - Undergraduate Student (2023-2024)

Ephratha Mulugeta - Undergraduate student (2023-2024)

Monica Rogalski - Undergraduate student (2022-2023)

Amit Somalwar - Postbac fellow (2022-2023)

Interested in joining our team?

We are recruiting at all levels. Please send a statement of interest and C.V. to jdzak@uic.edu.