Research Administration & Staff

Lance Adams

Administrative Coordinator
Office: RIC 1406
Phone: 312-238-1493
Email: l-adams4@northwestern.edu

Michelle Becker, MSc

Project Manager and Research Administrator
Office: ONT #937
Phone: 312-238-1275
Email:  m-prior@northwestern.edu

Cate Ekstrom

Executive Director of Research Administration
Office: ONT
Email: cekstrom@ric.org

Jasmine Finley

Research Administrator, Clinical
Office: ONT #938
Phone: 312-238-2098
Email: jfinley@ric.org

Allen Heinemann, Ph.D., ABPP

Associate  Director of Research
Director, CROR
Office: ONT #962
Phone: 312-238-2802
Email: a-heinemann@northwestern.edu
Allen Heinemann's RIC profile

Margaret Holzer

Web Developer, SMPP,
MARS-RERC &
all research for RIC website
Office: ONT #932
Phone: 312-238-3935
Email: m-holzer@northwestern.edu

Ebony Jones

Research Administrator, CROR
Phone: 312-238-2803
Office: ONT #968
Email: ejones@ric.org

Marianne Kaplan

Research Administrator, Clinical
Office: ONT #964
Phone: 312-238-6207
Email: mars@md.northwestern.edu

Danielle Kerkovich, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Research, SMPP
Office: RIC 1401
Phone:312-238-1477
Email: d-kerkovich@northwestern.edu

Tamika King, MBA

Research Administrator, NECAL
Phone: 312-238-2088
Email: tking@ric.org

Linda Lovell

Business Support Manager, RRTC
Office: ONT #950A
Phone: 312-238-6197
Email: llovell@ric.org

Robin Millard

Research Administrator, R24
Office: ONT #934
Phone: 312-238-6051
Email: r-millard@northwestern.edu  

Kate Niedner

Finance Director, PM&R
Office: 345 E. Superior, A-1018
Phone: 312-503-2631
Email: k-niedner@northwestern.edu

Sue Penwarden

Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Research
Office: RIC 1396
Phone: 312-238-1293
Email: s-penwarden@northwestern.edu

Elliot Roth, MD

Chief Academic Officer
Office: ONT #821
Phone: 312-238-4637
Email: eroth@ric.org
Dr. Roth's RIC profile

W. Zev Rymer, MD, Ph.D.

Vice President for Research; President, RIRC; Director, SMPP
Office: RIC 1396
Phone: 312-238-3919
Email: W-Rymer@northwestern.edu
Dr. Rymer's RIC profile  

Deborah Znajda

Business Support Manager, SMPP
Office: RIC 1406
Phone: 312-238-1680
Email: d-znajda@northwestern.edu








SMPP Staff

Santiago Acosta

Director-Core Laboratory Service Center
Office: RIC 1355
Phone: 312-238-1627
Email: s-acosta2@northwestern.edu

Manuel (Manny) Amaro

New Instrument Maker (for SMPP Shop)
Office: RIC 1490 (Shop)
Email: manuelamaro@northwestern.edu

Edie Babbitt

Research Speech-Language Pathologist
Office: RIC 1353
Phone: 312-238-6163
Email: ebabbitt@ric.org

Boris Bahariev

Network Security Analyst
Office: ONT #937
Phone: 312-238-1412
Email: b-bahariev@northwestern.edu

James Bankard

Research Assistant
Office: RIC 1340
Phone: 312-238-1275
Email: j-bankkard@northwestern.edu

Jason Barbas,  MPT

Research Physical Therapist
Office: RIC 1334 & 1385
Phone: 312-238-2824
Email: jbarbas@ric.org

Meghan Buell

Research Occupational Therapist
Office: RIC 1385
Phone: 312-238-2825
Email: mbuell@ric.org

Matthieu Chardon

Research Engineer
Phone: 312-238-1268
Email: m-chardon@northwestern.edu

Debjani Chaudhuri

Research Assistant
Office: RIC 1328
Phone: 312-238-1680
Email: debjanic@yahoo.com

Steve Clark

Research Engineer
Office: RIC 1490
Phone: 312-238-1472
Email: s-clark2@northwestern.edu

Gwen Crombie, DPT

Research Physical Therapist
Office: RIC 1334
Phone: 312-238-4354
Email: gcrombie@ric.org

Vikram Darbhe, MS

Research Engineer
Phone: 312-238-7524
Rm#: RIC 1408 A
Email: v-darbhe@northwestern.edu

Emil Davchev

Network & Computer Services Supervisor
Office: RIC 1355
Phone: 312-238-1272
Email: e-davchev@northwestern.edu

Vess Djoev

Electronics Designer
Office: RIC 1490
Phone: 312-238-1286
Email: vess@northwestern.edu

Heidi Fischer, MS, OTR/L

Research Occupational Therapist
Office: RIC 1365 & 1334
Phone: 312-238-1435
Email: heidi-fischer@northwestern.edu

Levi Hargrove, Ph.D.

Research Engineer
Phone: 312-238-2084
Email: l-hargrove@northwestern
Levi Hargrove's RIC profile

Timothy Haswell

Research Engineer
Office: RIC 1422
Phone: 312-238-2903
Email: t-haswell@northwestern.edu

Marilyn Bubula Harvey

Research Occupational Therapist
Office: RIC 1340
Phone: 238-1231
Email: mharvey@ric.org

Rachel Hitch, M.A., CCC-SLP

Research Speech-Language Pathologist
Office: RIC 1353
Phone: 238-6163
Email: rhitch@ric.org

Rosalind Hurwitz

Research Speech-Language Pathologist
Office: RIC 1353
Phone: 312-238-61633/br> Email: rhurwitz@ric.org

Michael Jesselson

Research Assistant
Office: RIC 1312
Phone: 312-238-4109
Email: m-jesselson@northwestern.edu

Jennifer Kahn, DPT

Research Physical Therapist
Office: RIC 1365
Phone: 312-238-0701
Email: jkahn@ric.org

Xuan Kang

Research Aide
Office: RIC 1432
Phone: 312-238-1406

Catherine Kinnaird

Research Engineer
Office: RIC 1382
Phone: 312-238-1394
Email: c-kinnaird@northwestern.edu

Eileen Krepkovich

Research Engineer
Office: RIC 1409
Phone: 312-238-1685
Email: eileenk@u.northwestern.edu
Eileen Krepkovich's RIC profile

Tae Hyun Kwon

Research Associate
Office: RIC 1409
Phone: 312-238-1631
Email: t-kwon@northwestern.edu

Jill Landry

Research Physical Therapist
Office: RIC 1340
Phone: 312-238-4824
Email: jlandry@ric.org

Kristan Leech

Research Aide
Office: RIC 1382
Phone: 312-238-1396
Email: k-leech@northwestern.edu

Guanglin Li, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Research Scientist
Phone: 312-238-2083
Email: guanglin-li@northwestern.edu
Guanglin Li's RIC profile

Robert Lipschutz, CP

Prosthetist
Phone: 312-238-4137
Email: rlipschutz@ric.org

Molly Listenberger, OTD, OTR/L

Research Occupational Therapist
Office: RIC 1385
Phone: 312-238-1560
Email: mlistenber@ric.org

Blair Lock, MS

NECAL Lab Manager
Research Engineer
Phone: 312-238-1114
Email: block@ric.org
Blair Lock's RIC profile

Janina Madoff

Research Engineer
Office: RIC 1337
Phone: 312-238-1567
Email: j-madoff@northwestern.edu

Cathy Manno, MS, CCRC

Clinical Research Coordinator
Office: RIC 1436NW
Phone: 312-238-1427
Email: c-manno@northwestern.edu

Laura Miller, CP, Ph.D.

Prosthetist
Phone: 312-238-1183
Email: lamiller@northwestern.edu
Laura Miller's RIC profile

Mauli Modi, MS

Research Program Coordinator
Office: 645 Michigan 1117B
Phone: 312-503-6801
Email: m-modi@northwestern.edu

Jennifer Moore, PT, MPT, NCS

Research & Clinical Physical Therapist
Office: RIC 1330
Phone: 312-238-1398
Email: jmoore@ric.org

Karen Morris

Research Assistant -SMU
Office: RIC
Phone: 312-238-4354
Email:karen.morris82@gmail.com

Chaithanya Krishna "CK" Mummidisetty, MS

Research Engineer
Office: RIC 1344
Phone: 312-238-1455
Email: k-mummidisetty@northwestern.edu

Christa Nelson

Email: christanelson@northwestern.edu

Faezeh Nezhad

Research Engineer
Email: f-nezhad@northwestern.edu

Atek H. Pandya

Research Associate
Office: 645 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1100
Phone: 312-503-6801
Email: apandya87@hotmail.com

Robert Parks

Systems Developer
Phone: 312-238-2085
Email: rparks@cpiusa.com
Robert Parks' RIC profile

Mary Ellen Phillips-Stoykov, OT, Ph.D.

Research Occupational Therapist
Phone: 312-238-2866
Email: maryp606132001@yahoo.com

Heidi Roth, MSPT

Research Physical Therapist
Phone: 312-238-1397
Email: hroth@ric.org

Jack Schorsch

Research Engineer
Office: RIC 1440
Phone: 312-238-1570
Email: j-schorsch@northwestern.edu

Aimee Schultz, MS

Research Engineer
Room #: RIC 1301a
Phone: 312-238-1362
Email: aes@northwestern.edu
Aimee Schultz's RIC profile

Jacob Segil

Research Assistant
Office: RIC 1436
Phone: 312-238-1569
Email: j-segil@northwestern.edu

Marc Slutzky, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology, PM&R and Physiology
Office: Ward 5-009
Phone: 312-503-2625
Email: mslutzky@md.northwestern.edu

Alicia Starr

Shop Supervisor
Office: RIC 1490
Phone: 312-238-1274
Email: a-starr1@northwestern.edu

Kathy Stubblefield, OTR/L

Research Occupational Therapist
Office: RIC 1309
Phone: 312-238-1232
Email: k-stubblefield@northwestern.edu
Kathy Stubblefield's RIC profile

Dennis Tkach

Research Assistant
Phone: 312-238-1196
Email: dctkach@uchicago.edu

Dat Tran

Applications Developer
Phone: 312-238-1158
Email: dat-tran@northwestern.edu

Genna Waldman

Research Assistant
Office: RIC 1300A
Phone: 312-238-1425
Email: gennawaldman@gmail.com

Kenneth Weber

Research Aide II
Office: RIC 1340
Email: kweber@ric.org