Institute Leadership

Thomas V. O'Halloran
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular Biosciences, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Founding Director, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute; Director, Center for Developmental Therapeutics; Director, Quantitative Bioelement Imaging Center; and Principal Investigator, Physical Science-Oncology Center, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
t-ohalloran@northwestern.edu

Vadim Backman
Walter Dill Scott Professor of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Associate Faculty Director, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
v-backman@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-3536

Robert Holmgren
Professor of Molecular Biosciences and Director, Program in Biological Sciences, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Director, Biological Imaging Facility, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
r-holmgren@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-5460

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

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 PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors
Faculty Director, Developmental Therapeutics Core, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
xiaonan.li@northwestern.edu
(312) 503-6396

Michael Jewett
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, McCormick School of Engineering
Co-Director, Recombinant Protein Production Core, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
m-jewett@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-5007

Sheila M. Judge
Research Professor, Molecular Biosciences, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Senior Director for Research, Education and Administration, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute; Center Administrator and Co-Director, Education and Outreach, Chicago Region Physical Sciences-Oncology Center
s-judge@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-5868

Neil L. Kelleher
Walter and Mary E. Glass Professor of Molecular Biosciences; Professor of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Faculty Director, Northwestern Proteomics
n-kelleher@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-4362

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 of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine; Executive Director, NewCures
Director, Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery and ChemCore
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
Director, NIH Predoctoral Training Program, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
r-silverman@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-5653

Danielle Tullman-Ercek
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
Director, Master of Science in Biotechnology Program
ercek@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-7043

Keith E. J. Tyo
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Co-Director, Recombinant Protein Production Core
k-tyo@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-2972