PEOPLE

Lucas Pinto , MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Principal Investigator

lucaspinto AT uchicago DOT edu

Jiaqi Keith Luo, PhD

Post-doctoral fellow

jiaqi DOT luo AT northwestern DOT edu

Neto Canton (Jose Ernesto Canton-Josh), PhD

Post-doctoral fellow

neto DOT josh AT u DOT northwestern DOT edu

Renan M Costa, PhD

Post-doctoral fellow

renan DOT costa AT northwestern DOT edu

Junhua Tan, BA

PhD student

junhua DOT tan AT northwestern DOT edu

Lyn Ackert-Smith, BA

PhD student

lyn DOT ackertsmith AT northwestern DOT edu

Mathew Rynes, PhD

Post-doctoral fellow

mathew DOT rynes AT northwestern DOT edu

Erin Myhre, BS, BA

Research technician

erin DOT myhre AT northwestern DOT edu

Aspen Harter, BA

PhD student

aspenharter2024 AT u DOT northwestern DOT edu

Fernanda Ruiz

Undergraduate research assistant

fernandaruiz2026 AT u DOT northwestern DOT edu

Kristen Castelino

Undergraduate research assistant

kristencastelino2026 AT u DOT northwestern DOT edu

Nadir Muzaffar

Undergraduate research assistant

nadirmuzaffar2026 AT u DOT northwestern DOT edu

Miranda Kolb, BA

Research technician

miranda DOT kolb AT northwestern DOT edu

Lab alumni

Peter Salvino (PhD student, in memoriam)

Amy Rapp (Postdoc, now Director of STEM Career Development and Postdoctoral Affairs, U Chicago Grad) 

Virginia Rodriguez (Tech, now Northwestern PhD student, NUIN)

Janhavi Sahasrabudhe (Tech)

Shawna Ibarra (Tech)

Camey Calzolano (Tech)

Bakari Moitt (Tech)