Program Leadership

GEMS Administration | Directors of Academic Cohorts (DAC) | Departments

GEMS Administration

Academic Advisors

For guidance on course registration, degree requirements, and other tasks as it relates to PhD persistence.

Arianna Ponce, B.S.
aponce20@uic.edu, CSN 322

Oversees the following concentrations:

Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CBRM)
Intergrative and Translational Physiology (ITP)
Microbiology, Immunology and Inflammation (MII)

Schedule a Meeting With Arianna

Angie Fanuke, M.Ed

abevel2@uic.edu, CSN 322

Oversees the following concentrations:

MSTP/GEMS students - all concentrations
Cancer Biology
Neurobiology
Molecular Biology and Genetics

Schedule a Meeting With Angie

Assistant Dean for Graduate Education

Guidance on research goals, particularly for first years without a concentration. Support in navigating dynamics with PIs, addressing higher level concerns.

Francis Alonzo, Ph.D.

falonzo@uic.edu, COMRB 8139

Director of Administration

For support with account balance issues, HR appointments, additional degree requirement support, and special course registration requests.

Timothy Sullivan, M.Ed

Tsully84@uic.edu, CSN 324

GEMS Concentrations: Directors of Academic Cohorts (DAC)

For guidance on research goals, concentration-specific requirements, communicating with PIs, and preliminary exam and thesis defense procedures.

Cancer Biology

Larisa Nonn, PhD (interim)

lnonn@uic.edu

Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CBRM)

Kostandin Pajcini, PhD

pajcini@uic.edu

Integrative and Translational Physiology (ITP)

Pingwen Xu, PhD
pingwenx@uic.edu

Microbiology, Immunity, and Inflammation (MII)

Judith Behnsen, PhD

jbehnsen@uic.edu

Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG)

Vadim Gaponenko, PhD

vadimg@uic.edu

Neurobiology

Kuei Tseng, MD, PhD

tsengky@uic.edu

Departments

(For G2 and above) The university department in which your PI is housed is another resource for questions regarding the payment of your fees, key card access for your lab or lab building, and other lab-specific question.

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