Faculty Principal Investigators (PIs)
Michael S. Beauchamp, PhD
Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurosurgery
Office: 215-573-6124
Email: Michael.Beauchamp@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://beauchamplab.med.upenn.edu/
D. Kacy Cullen, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Office: 215-746-8176
Email: dkacy@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/cullenlab/
Brett L. Foster, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Email: Brett.Foster@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.fosterneurolab.com/
Dolores Hambardzumyan, PhD, MBA
Professor of Neurosurgery
Scientific Director of Brain Tumor Center
Email: Dolores.Hambardzumyan@PennMedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/hambardzumyan-lab/
Bijan Pesaran, PhD
Robert A. Groff Professor of Teaching and Research in Neurosurgery
Email: Bijan.Pesaran@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/pesaran-lab/
Adam C. Resnick, PhD
Research Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine
Lab site: https://d3b.center/
Andrew (Drew) Richardson, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Office: 215-746-4233
Email: Andrew.Richardson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/richardsonlab/
Douglas H. Smith, MD
Robert A. Groff Professor of Teaching and Research in Neurosurgery
Office: 215-573-3156
Email: smithdou@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/smithlab/
Kate Wofford, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Email: kwofford@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/woffordlab/
John A. Wolf, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Office: 215-746-4680
Email: wolfjo@mail.med.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/wolflab/
Faculty, non-PIs
Zev Binder, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Office: 215-573-0837
Email: BinderZ@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/orourke-lab/
Dennis Jgamadze, MSc, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/chenlab/
John C. O'Donnell, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Email: odj@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/cullenlab/
Denise Oswalt, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Email: Denise.Oswalt@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
John Magnotti, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Email: John.Magnotti@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Lab site: https://beauchamplab.med.upenn.edu/
Alexandra Ulyanova, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/wolflab/
Affiliated faculty
Katalin Kariko, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery
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Lachlan Smith, PhD
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Office: 215-746-2169
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/orl/smith-malhotralab/
Hongjun Song, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
Lab site: https://www.med.upenn.edu/songlab/