Anthony J. Kim, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Neurosurgery, Pharmacology, and Bioengineering (UMCP)
Director, Nanotherapeutics
Laboratory
Jeffrey A. Winkles, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Neurosurgery
and Physiology
Leader, GPILS Molecular Medicine Ph.D. Program
Cancer Biology Track;
Director of Research, Department of Neurosurgery
Graeme F. Woodworth, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Brain Tumor Treatment and Research Center
Alexandra Seas
MD/PhD Student
GPILS Molecular Medicine Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine
B.S. University of Maryland Baltimore County
Eli Bar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Pathology and Neurosurgery
Chixiang Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Neurosurgery
Research Team:
Hassan Saadi, M.S.
MD/PhD Student
GPILS Neuroscience Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine
B.S. University of Maryland
M.S. Georgetown University
Pavlos Anastasiadis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Nikhil Pandey, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Neurosurgery
Co-Directors:
Past Members
Previous Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Staff
Poornima Dubey, Ph.D. (2022-2023), Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Nikhil Pandey, Ph.D. (2019-2023), Postdoctoral Fellow (UMSOM CARTI Scholar)
Currently: Research Associate, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Anshika Kapur, Ph.D. (2019-2022), Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Lecturer, Associate Faculty of Chemistry, California State University San Bernardino/ Mt San Antonio College
Nina Connolly, Ph.D. (2014-2021), Postdoctoral Fellow (NIH T32 Fellow)
Currently: Lead Researcher, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Pavlos Anastasiadis, Ph.D. (2019-2021), Postdoctoral Fellow (NIH T32 Fellow)
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Rebeca Galisteo (2013-2021), Research Assistant
Currently: Research Specialist, NIH
Aniket S. Wadajkar, Ph.D. (2015-2019), Postdoctoral Fellow (NIH T32 Fellow, ACS-IRG Fellow)
Currently: Director of Nanoparticle Platform Development, NexImmune
David Hersh, M.D. (2015-2016), Neurosurgery Resident (NIH T32 Fellow)
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut Medical School
Craig Schneider, M.D., Ph.D. (2013-2015), Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Radiation Oncology Resident, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Previous Graduate Students and Medical Students
Christine Carney, Ph.D. (2018-2022), PhD Student
Currently: NCI GSRP Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH
Nathan Roberts, M.D., Ph.D. (2015-2018), MD/PhD Student (NIH F30 Fellow)
Currently: Emergency Medicine Resident, University of Michigan
Jimena G. Dancy, Ph.D. (2013-2018), PhD Student (NIH T32 Fellow, Meyerhoff Fellow)
Currently: Pharmacologist, FDA
Emily Cheng, Ph.D. (2008-2014), PhD Student (NIH T32 Fellow)
Currently: Pharmacologist, FDA
Yamini Vyas (2020-2022), Medical Student
Currently: Medical Student, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Aymen Alqazzaz (2017-2020), Medical Student
Currently: Medical Student, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Lucy Wang (2018), Medical Student
Currently: Medical Student, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Neila Kline (2018), Medical Student
Currently: Medical Student, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Michaella Reif (2017), Medical Student
Currently: Medical Student, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Previous Undergraduate Students
Cole Brown (2022-2023), Post-Baccalaureate
Currently: Medical Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lea Petratos (2023), Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern Program in Cancer Research
Currently: Undergraduate Student, Loyola University
Jennifer Yan (2021), Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern Program in Cancer Research
Currently: Undergraduate Student, Duke University
Bruck Negash (2019), UM Scholars Summer Research Program
Currently: Undergraduate Student, University of Maryland
Blair Landon (2019), Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern Program in Cancer Research
Currently: Undergraduate Student, UMBC
Jacqueline Hwang (2018), Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern Program in Cancer Research
Currently: Undergraduate Student, Dickinson College
Sarah Barlow (2017), Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern Program in Cancer Research
Currently: Undergraduate Student, Grand Valley State University
Nathalie Chen (2017), Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern Program in Cancer Research
Currently: Undergraduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University
Jay Swayambunathan (2016), UM Scholars Summer Research Program
Currently: Undergraduate Student, University of Maryland
Arjun Adapa (2015), UM Scholars Summer Research Program
Currently: Medical Student, University of Michigan
Adip Bhargav (2015), Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern Program in Cancer Research
Currently: Medical Student, Mayo Clinic
Haelee Pettingill (2014), Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern Program in Cancer Research
Currently: Undergraduate Student, St. Mary's College
Emylee McFarland, B.S., MLAS, LATg
Research Supervisor
B.S. York College of Pennsylvania
MLAS Drexel University College of Medicine
MD Musavvir Mahmud
UMD Future Faculty Program Fellow
PhD Student
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
University of Maryland College Park
B. Sc. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Faculty:
Costas Arvanitis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering (Georgia Tech)
J Marc Simard, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurosurgery (UMSOM)
Miroslaw Janowski, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (UMSOM)
Chetan Bettegowda, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurosurgery (Johns Hopkins University)
Henry Brem, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery (Johns Hopkins University)
Eric Holland, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurological Surgery (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
Rena Lapidus, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine (UMSOM)
Dirk Mayer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (UMSOM)
Nhan Tran, Ph.D., Professor of Cancer Biology (Mayo Clinic - Arizona)
Betty Tyler, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery (Johns Hopkins University)
Alexandros Poulopoulos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology (UMSOM)
Huang Chao Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bioengineering (UMCP)
Steffen Tretbar, Dipl.-Ing., Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT
Gavin Dunn, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor (Harvard Medical School)
Translational Therapeutics Research Group
Department of Neurosurgery
Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Baltimore, MD
Collaborators
Adarsha Malla
NIH T32 Fellow, NIH F30 Fellow
MD/PhD Student
GPILS Molecular Medicine Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine
B.S. Johns Hopkins University
Heather Ames, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Departments of Pathology and Anatomy Neurobiology
Ananya Elati
PhD Student
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
University of Maryland College Park
B.S. Texas A&M University
Pranjali Kanvinde, M.S.
PhD Student
GPILS Molecular Medicine Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine
M.S. Johns Hopkins University