The Team
ANGIE SALLES, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Biological Sciences
B.S. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ph.D Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Post-doc Johns Hopkins University
Office phone: (312) 996 - 2955
ROSA ELENA MENDOZA
Ph. D. student, Neurobiology
Contact: rmendo27@uic.edu
Research: Structural Circuits for contextual processing of social communication
JESSICA MONTOYA
Ph.D. student, Biology E&E
Contact: jmonto22@uic.edu
Research: Bat social behavior, communication and hierarchical structures across species
ALEX PERGAMS
visiting Ph.D. student from Dr. Brown's lab, Biology E&E
Contact: pergams1@uic.edu
Research: Animal personalities and replicability of foraging behavior
ZARIA GEORGE
Ph.D. student, Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Research: Role of the amygdala in bat social communication
Contact: zjg2@uic.edu
IÑAKY MARIN
Research Assistant
Research: Behavioral analysis of bat social interactions
Contact: imarin3@uic.edu
RAMZY SHKUKANI
Research Assistant
Contact: rshkuk2@uic.edu
Research: Communication and behavioral context
SHANIA CORDON
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Neuroscience Major
Research: Behavioral analysis of bat social interactions
Contact: scord3@uic.edu
NICOLLE SUL
Undergraduate Neuroscience Honors student, co-advised by Dr. Boergens
Research: Comparative bat brain anatomy and behavior
Contact: nsul2@uic.edu
SALMA SAJJAD
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Neuroscience Major
Research: Social call classification
Contact: ssajj4@uic.edu
CRISTINA ESTRADA
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Neuroscience Major
Research: Behavioral analysis of bat social interactions
Contact: cestr4@uic.edu
Poster adapted from https://sammykatta.com/diversity
Lab Alumni:
Keya Thumar (Undergraduate Research Assistant, Graduated Spring 2023)
Yelim Lee (M. Sc. Student, Graduated Summer 2023)
Amanuel Beyene (Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 2023)
Samantha Lucien (SROP summer student 2023)
Rachel Hodge (SROP summer student 2023)