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 | Bluesky | ORCID | CV
Students and Fellows
Lindsay Vivona
BIOS Graduate Student
B.S., University of San Fransisco
Biology
Zach Fyke
GPN Graduate Student
B.S., University of Illinois Chicago
Neuroscience
Eyerusalem Haile
BIOS Graduate Student
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
Zoey Aleksieva
Undergraduate Student
Neuroscience, University of Illinois Chicago
Vivek Parashar
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.