Our Group

Principal Investigator

Jeff Wereszczynski

Professor
Departments of Physics and Biology
Frank Gunsaulus Faculty Fellow in Physics and Biology
The Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter

Email: jwereszc@iit.edu

Postdoctoral Scholars

Lokesh Baweja

Posdoctoral Scholar

Email: lbaweja@iit.edu

Graduate Students

Joshua Lee

Graduate Research Associate

Email: jlee295@hawk.iit.edu

    Kade Cheatham

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Email: Kcheatham@Hawk.iit.edu

    Melanie Melo

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Email: mmelo@hawk.iit.edu

    Ryan Hebert

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Email: hebert@hawk.iit.edu

      Undergraduate Students

      Alumni

      NameAffiliationLast Known Position
      Nilusha KariyawasamPostdoctoral Scholar, 2019-2023
      Dustin WoodsPh.D. Student 2016-2022Senior Scientist, Evotec
      Joseph ClaytonPh.D. Student, 2016-2021Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Jana Shen, University of Maryland, Baltimore
      Stefania EvoliPostdoctoral Scholar, 2017-2021Applications Scientist, Computational Chemistry Group
      Zachary SierzegaUndergraduate Student, 2018-2020Ph.D. Student, University of Colorado, Boulder
      Amy RicePh.D. Student, 2014-2019Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Richard Pastor, National Institutes of Health
      Francisco Rodríguez-RoperoPostdoctoral Scholar, 2017-2019R&D Scientist (Data and Modeling Sciences), Procter and Gamble
      Samuel BowermanPh.D. Student, 2013-2018Structural Biologist (cryoEM) at Loxo Oncology at Lilly
      Krystal MaM.S. Student, 2017-2018Ph.D. Student, The Scripps Research Institute
      Emmanuel NazigaPostdoctoral Scholar, 2014-2018Machine Learning at Wavo.me
      Mohammad AlwarawrahPostdoctoral Scholar, 2014-2016Lecturer, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
      Pooja ShresthaPostdoctoral Scholar, 2013-2014Coordinator of First-Year Physics Laboratories, Southwestern University