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Deborah J. Nelson Lab
University of Chicago
Dept. of Neurobiology,
 Pharmacology & Physiology
947 East 58th Street
Abbott Hall 500, MC 0926
Chicago, IL 60637 (map)
tel 773.702.6795
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Lab members

 
Deborah J. Nelson, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Professor
nelson@uchicago.edu

Dr. Nelson obtained her PhD in Physiology from the University of California at Los Angeles in the laboratory of Dr. Ernest M. Wright. She completed postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Bernd Lindemann at the Universitat des Saarlandes in Homburg, Germany and in the laboratory of Dr. Frederick Sachs at SUNY Buffalo. Dr. Nelson has been a faculty member at the University of Chicago since 1985 where she is currently a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology and a member of the Committee on Cell Physiology, Committee on Neurobiology and the Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition.
Ludmila Deriy, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
lderiy@bsd.uchicago.edu
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Vladimir Riazanski, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
vryazanskiy@uchicago.edu

Dr. Riazanski completed postgraduate research in the laboratory of Dr. Heinz Beck at Bonn University Clinic for Epileptology in Bonn, Germany and obtained his PhD in Biophysics from the Instutute of Cell Biophysics
at Pushchino, Russia. He completed postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Istvan Mody at the Universitaty of California at Los Angeles and in the Human Brain Lab at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Riazanski had a docent position at the Yakutsk State Univerity in Russia. He joined the lab in December 2008.
Radmila Sarac, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
saracr@calumet.purdue.edu
Dr. Sarac obtained her B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Purdue Unive
rsity in West Lafayette, Indiana.  She obtained her Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology from the University of Chicago in the laboratory of Dr. Deborah J. Nelson.  Dr. Sarac has been a faculty member at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana since 2005 where she is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.  Her primary research interests include understanding the functional and structural properties of the G protein-activated inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) ion channel family.
Erwin Gomez

Senior Research Technologist
erwingomez@uchicago.edu
Pavel Shevchenko

Senior Research Technologist
pshevche@uchicago.edu
Brandy Le

Student
brandyle@uchicago.edu
Brandy is a 3rd year in the College at the University of Chicago majoring in Biology, specializing in Neuroscience.  She joined the lab in April 2009.
Laurel Farmer

Graduate Student
laurelf@uchicago.edu
Laurel is a second year graduate student in the Committee on Neurobiology at the University of Chicago. She is measuring field potentials in area CA1 of the hippocampus in order to study the role of CLC-3 in synaptic plasticity.

Yoko Nakazawa

General Technician
ynakazawa@uchicago.edu

 


 
Previous members

Ricardo Maselli, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis

Betty C. Soliven, MD
Associate Professor at Department of Neurology, University of Chicago

Stephen Shorofsky, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland Hospital

Nathan Schoppa, PhD
Assistant professor, University of Colorado

Hsiao-Chang Chan, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Physiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
 
Christopher Katnik, PhD
Research Associate,USF College of Medicine, Tampa
 
Rita Hice, PhD

Andrew Malayev, PhD
In business

Xiao-Ying Tien, PhD

Karen Hurley, PhD
Research Associate, Baylor University
Thomas Lee, PhD
In business

Janice Kugler, MD, JD
Lawyer

Ping Hou MD, PhD
Private practice
 
Anke Di, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
 
Boris Krupa, PhD
In industry
 
Steven Y. Chang MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, New York University

Jie Liu, PhD

Nicole Campbell, PhD
University administration

Xueqing Wang  PhD

Tania Chakrabarty, PhD
In industry






Deborah J. Nelson Laboratory
University of Chicago
Dept. of Neurobiology, Pharmacology & Physiology
947 East 58th Street
Abbott Hall 500, MC 0926
Chicago, IL 60637 (map)
773.702.6795