Current
Head of the Laboratory
Vineet Gupta, PhD
Principal Investigator
I am a scientist, an inventor and an entrepreneur. I have a core belief that we help accelerate translation of discoveries into therapeutics and diagnostics to help patients in our own lifetime.
I received my MS in Chemistry from IIT Delhi and my PhD in Chemistry from University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. My post-doctoral training in Biomedical Research and Structural Biology was at the Rockefeller University in New York City and at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
I previously held faculty positions at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and at University of Miami. I have also previously worked at various biotech companies.
Contact: vineet_gupta@rush.edu
I am a co-founder of following biotech startups:
149 Bio, LLC
Adhaere Pharmaceuticals, Inc (acquired by Gossamer Bio, Inc)
Aquatrove Biosciences, Inc (acquired by Sasmar)
Scientists
Mohd. Hafeez Faridi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hafeez received his PhD in Biochemistry from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.
Contact: hafeez_faridi@rush.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Samia Khan, PhD
Samia received her PhD in Immunology from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Contact: samia_khan@rush.edu
Ha Won Lee, PhD
Ha Won received his PhD in Physiology from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine.
Contact: HaWon_Lee@rush.edu
Shehryar Khaliqdina, MBBS
Shehryar received his MBBS from the Dow Medical College, Pakistan.
Contact: Shehryar_Khaliqdina@rush.edu
Graduate Students
Xiaobo Li
Contact: Xiaobo_Li@rush.edu
Terese Geraghty
Contact: Terese_Geraghty@rush.edu
Summer Students
Aneil Srivastava
Undergraduate Student at George Washington University
Renu Nair
Medical student at Midwestern University
Shrey Maheshwari
Undergraduate Student at UIUC
Past
Professor Darren Stoub – (as a Visiting Faculty) Associate Professor of Organic and Biochemistry, Dordt College, IA
Prachal Bhargava, MBBS – Postdoctoral Fellow
Hatem Elshabrawy, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow
Rachael Day – Undergraduate Summer Student
Salman Jaffer – High-School Summer Intern
Daniel Chow – Master’s Student
Dmitriy Chernyakhovskiy – Medical Student
Tristan Hays – Master’s Student
Joseph Abrams – Undergraduate Summer Student
Saravana Kanagavelu, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow
Ellora Sarkar – HHMI High-School Summer Intern (Undergraduate student at Caltech)
Alexander Braley – Graduate Student, University of Miami
Cassandra Jean Marie – STIR Program High-School Summer Intern
Terri Long – STIR Program High-School Summer Intern
Dony Maiguel, Ph.D. – Post-doctoral Fellow
Harold Gil – Undergraduate Student (University of Miami)
Desiree Newkirk– HHMI High-School Summer Intern
Jessica Goymer– HHMI High-School Summer Intern
Edward Santos – High-School Summer Intern
Constantinos Barth – Research Assistant (Now, Medical Student)
Kyle Robinson – Undergrad Student Intern (Now, Undergraduate Student, Columbia University)
Amir Qureshi – Research Associate (Now, Medical Student, University of Miami)
Jack Rosa, Ph.D. – Post-doctoral Fellow (Now, Patent Attorney)
Christine Min – Undergrad Student Intern (Wellesley College)
Max Dyer – High School Intern
Hiba Tannoury – Research Assistant (Now, Graduate Student, Northeastern University)
Jun Y. Park, Ph.D. – Post-doctoral Fellow (Now, Senior Scientist, Millipore)
Corrina Franklin – Medical Student (Harvard Medical School, jointly with Nikolic lab)
Sara ElDib – High-School Summer Intern (Now, Undergraduate Student, Boston University)