PEOPLE

Dr. Steve Kregel, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan (2021) (Chinnaiyan Lab)
PhD, Cancer Biology, University of Chicago (2014) (Vander Griend Lab)
MS, Translational Research and Molecular Medicine, University of Chicago (2013) (Mentor: Dr. Russell Szmulewitz, MD)
BS, Biological Chemistry, University of Chicago (2009)
BA, Biology, University of Chicago (2009)
BA, Chemistry, University of Chicago (2009)
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Marina Ferrari, MS

Lab Manager

MS, Biology, Nebrija University (Spain)
BS, Chemistry and Biotechnology (Molecular Genetics Orientation), ORT Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Previous Experience
  • Research Specialist, Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, IL)
Joined in 2022
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Carli Deegan

MS Student
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

BS, Molecular Biology, minor Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago (2023)
​Joined in 2023 (BMCB MS program)
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Raymond Kostlan, MS

Ph.D. Candidate
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

MS, Cell/Molecular Biology, Eastern Michigan University (2020)
​BS, Biology, Eastern Michigan University (2016)
Previous Experience
  • ​Lab Technician, University of Michigan Weiser Food Allergy Center
​Joined in 2022 (IPBS PhD program)
LinkedIn
​ORCID
Fun Fact: Ray has a pet tarantula named Karl

Audris Budreika, MS

Ph.D. Student
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

BS, Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago (2019)
​MS, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology, Loyola University Chicago​ (2024)
​Previous Experience
  • Molecular Technologist at Hematogenix, Inc.
​Joined in 2022 (BMCB MS program)
LinkedIn
ORCID

John Phoenix

Ph.D. Candidate
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

BS, Microbiology, minor Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2020)
Previous Experience
  • Clinical Lab Technologist, Illinois Department of Public Health 
  • Research Assistant, University of Chicago School of Medicine
​Joined in 2022 (IPBS PhD program)
LinkedIn
​ORCID
Rotating Students
Charlie Rodgers - LUC Summer Undergraduate Research Program (Summer 2023)
Dee Zhang - High school summer student (Summer 2023)
Former team members 
Dr. Neetika Khurana, PhD - Staff Scientist
Russell Moskal, BS - Research Specialist