Institute Leadership
Neil L. Kelleher
Walter and Mary E. Glass Professor of Molecular Biosciences; Professor of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; and Professor of Medicine (Hematology & Oncology), Feinberg School of Medicine
Director, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute; Director, Northwestern Proteomics
Director, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute NIH T32 Training Program
n-kelleher@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-4362
Vadim Backman
Sachs Family Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Associate Faculty Director, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
v-backman@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3536
Curt Horvath
Professor of Molecular Biosciences, Weinberg School of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Medicine, Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Faculty Director, High Throughput Analysis Laboratory, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
horvath@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-5530
Sheila M. Judge
Research Professor, Molecular Biosciences, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Senior Director for Research, Education and Administration, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
s-judge@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-5868
Laura Lackner
Associate Professor of Molecular Biosciences
Director, Biological Imaging Facility, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
laura.lackner@northwestern.edu
(847) 467 – 4490
Xiao-Nan Li
Rachelle and Mark Gordon Endowed Professor of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics
Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine;
Director, Program of Precision Medicine PDX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors
Faculty Director, Developmental Therapeutics Core, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
xiaonan.li@northwestern.edu
(312) 503-6396
Thomas J. Meade
Eileen M. Foell Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, and Neurobiology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; and Professor of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Faculty Director, Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
tmeade@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-2481
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering;
Professor of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, and and Physics and Astronomy, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
m-olvera@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-7801
Amy Rosenzweig
Weinberg Family Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences in the Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
amyr@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-5301
Karl A. Scheidt
Professor Chemistry
Professor of Pharmacology
Director, NSF CCI Center for Chemoenzymatic Synthesis
scheidt@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-6659
Richard B. Silverman
Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor; Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine
r-silverman@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-5653
Regan Thomson
Professor of Chemistry
Associate Director of Training Program
r-thomson@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-5963
Danielle Tullman-Ercek
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
Director, Master of Science in Biotechnology Program
ercek@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-7043