Lab Members

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Pharmacy

900 S. Ashland Avenue (M/C 870)
Chicago IL 60607
Office: 3302 MBRB
Office Phone: 312-996-6156
Lab: 3306/3310/3350 MBRB
Lab Phone: 312-355-3820
Fax Number: 312-996-7107
E-mail address: ddthomas@uic.edu

Education:
Washington State University, Pullman, WA, B.S. in Zoology, 1987-1992
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, Ph.D. in Pathology, 1994-2000
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, Post-Doctoral in Radiation Biology, 2001-2007

PharmD/PhD student
palczew2@uic.edu
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Education:
B.S. in Bioengineering, 2016 – University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL

Honors:
1st Place Poster UI Cancer Center Cancer Science Prize at UIC Research Day 2022, 1st Place Oral Presentation at MIKIW Medicinal Chemistry Conference 2022, 1st Place Poster Award at UIC Research Day 2021, 2nd Place Poster Award at MIKIW Medicinal Chemistry Conference 2021, Provost’s Graduate Research Award, Charles L. Bell Award in Medicinal Chemistry, 1st Place AAPS Student Chapter Choice Award at UIC Research Day 2020

PhD Student
hpetra2@uic.edu
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Education:
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2017 – Olivet Nazarine University, Bourbonnais, IL

Honors:
2nd Place Poster UI Cancer Center Cancer Science Prize at UIC Research Day 2022, Award for Graduate Research

Alden Williams – SURF Undergraduate Fellow

Kimberly Padilla – Undergraduate Student

Sara Al Azmeh, PharmD – Riback Fellow

Manisha Singam – Undergraduate Student

Rhea Bovee, MSN – Graduate Student

John Holton – SURF Undergraduate Fellow

Sarah Tincher – Graduate Student

Samantha Socco, PharmD – Undergraduate Student

Alex Infante, PharmD – SURF Undergraduate Fellow

Divya Vasudevan, PhD – Graduate Student

Vy Pham, MS – Graduate Student

Jason Hickok, PhD – Post Doctoral Associate

Yuliya Mikhed, PhD – Graduate Student

Sumit Sahni, PhD – Graduate Student