
Almudena Veiga-Lopez, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
veiga@uic.edu
Associate Editor, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Journal
Vice President-Elect, Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Specialty Section, Society of Toxicology
Scientific Liaison of the Community Engagement Core, ChicAgo Center for Health and EnvironmenT (CACHET), UIC
Mentor, Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH), NIH-funded K12 Program, UIC

Natalia M. Pascuali, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
nataliap@uic.edu

Zinat Sharmin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
zinat@uic.edu
Newsletter Editor, Postdoctoral Association, University of Illinois at Chicago

Anita Waye
GEMS Graduate Student
awaye3@uic.edu

Sarrah Moosabhoy
Undergraduate student
smoosa5@uic.edu
Graduate Student Leadership Committee (communications subcommittee), Society of Toxicology
Student Executive Committee Member, Michigan Research Council, Society of Toxicology
Former Lab Members

Dr. Elvis Ticiani – Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2023)
Awards:
- 2023 Sheldon D. Murphy Postdoctoral Endowment Award, Mechanisms Specialty Section, Society of Toxicology
- 2023 Midwest Regional Chapter Postdoctoral Travel Award, Society of Toxicology.
- 2023 Postdoctoral Travel Award, College of Medicine, UIC
- 2020 & 2021 Finalist, Mechanisms SS Gabriel L. Plaa Education Award, Society of Toxicology.
Positions:
- Postdoctoral Representative, Out Toxicologists and Allies Society of Toxicology
Current Position: Study Director of Toxicology, Frontage Labs

Dr. Yong Pu – Assistant Research Professor (2021-2023); Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-2020)
Awards:
- 2020 Second Price, AACT and InnoStar Best Abstract Awards, Society of Toxicology.
- 2018 Poster Award, Michigan Society of Toxicology
Current Position: Study Director of Toxicology, Frontage Labs

Dr. Jeremy Gingrich, Graduate Student, Pharmacology and Toxicology Program, Michigan State University (2017 – 2020)
Awards:
- 2020 Travel Award, Society of Toxicology
- 2019 Food Safety Specialty Section Frank Lu Graduate Student of the Year Award, Society of Toxicology
- 2019 Best Poster Award, Annual Research Day, Reproductive Sciences & Developmental Program, MSU
- 2018-2019 T32 NICHD Fellowship
- 2018 Travel Award, Future Tox IV Annual Meeting
Current position: Toxicologist, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food Drug Administration