Principal Investigator
Yann Chemla
Professor of Physics and Biophysics
NSF Science and Technology Center for Quantitative Cell Biology
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Physics
B.S. Yale University, Physics
E-mail: ychemla@illinois.edu
Postdocs
Tanya Lasitza Male
B.S. & M.S. Tel Aviv University, Chemistry
Ph.D. Weizmann Institute Of Science, Chemical and Structural Biology
E-mail: tanyalm@illinois.edu
Graduate Students
Steve Yeo
B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Physics
E-mail: yeo2@illinois.edu
Yuchen Wu
B.S. Michigan State University, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
E-mail: yuchenw4@illinois.edu
Jiasen Hou
B.S. Northeastern University , Applied Physics
E-mail: jiasenh2@illinois.edu
Sepehr Alaeen
B.S. Shahid Beheshti University, Botany/Plant Biology
M.S. University of Tehran, Biophysics
E-mail: salaeen2@illinois.edu
James Michael Hogan
B.S. University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Molecular Biophysics
E-mail: jmhogan3@illinois.edu
Former Members
Suoang Lu
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Physics, 2024
Current Position: Bellevue, Washington
Alice Troitskaia
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, 2024
Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher
Aniket Ravan
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, 2023
Current Position: Machine Learning Researcher, HHMI, Virginia
Sean Carney
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2023
Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher, Dr. Hoi Sung Chung's lab,
NIH NIDDK, Meyerland
Monika Makurath
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 2022
Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz's lab,
Janelia Research Campus of HHMI, Virginia
Roshni Bano
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, 2020
Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher, Minjung Ryu's lab,
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago
Ruopei Feng
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2019
Current Position: Applied Scientist II, Amazon
Vishal Kottadiel
Post-doctoral Researcher, 2015-2018
Current Position: Industrial Engineer, Subaru of Indiana Automotive
Barbara Stekas
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Physics, 2018
Current Position: Machine Learning Specialist, Zinnia
Tatyana Perlova
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Physics, 2017
Current Position: Senior Bioinformatician, bit.bio discovery
Kevin Whitley
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Biophysics and Computational Biology, 2017
Current Position: Lecturer (Principal Investigator), Whitley Lab, Newcastle University, UK
Isaac Li
Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for the Physics of Living Cells, 2012-2015
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Okanagan (Link)
Kiran Girdhar
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Biophysics and Computational Biology, 2015
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sukrit Suksombat
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Physics, 2015
Current Position: Faculty member, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Patrick Mears
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Physics, 2014
Current Position: Systems Integration Engineer, Abbott Laboratories
Zhi Qi
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Biophysics and Computational Biology, 2013
Current Position: Professor, Center of Quantitative Biology, Peking University, China (Link)
Rustem Khafizov
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Physics, 2012
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Bruker Spatial Biology
Markita Landry
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2012
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley (Link)
Taejin Lance Min
Graduate Student, Ph.D. in Physics, 2012
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Emory School of Medicine
Matthew Comstock
Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for the Physics of Living Cells, 2008-2012
Current Position: Associate Professor, Michigan State University (Link)
Jacob Trejo
Undergraduate Researcher, 2023-2024
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Illinois Chicago
Samuel Procopio
Undergraduate Researcher, 2021-2023
Current Position: Research & Development Laboratory Technician, Hypercell Technologies
Ryan Lanner
Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2020
Current Position: Software Engineer, Engineers Gate
Kaitlin Grace Sumler
Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2019
Current Position: Systems Engineer, Space Lab Technologies
Arnulf Taylor
Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2018
Current Position: Graduate Student, Tom Perkins Laboratory, University of Colorado Boulder
Patrick McCall
Undergraduate Researcher
Current Position: Graduate Student, Margaret Gardel's Lab, University of Chicago