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Professor Martha U. Gillette  
  Dr. Gillette is professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, 
Physiology, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience; Director of the U of I Neuroscience Program; and on the faculty 
of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. 
She is affiliated with the Institute for Genomic Biology, the Micro & NanoTechnology Laboratory, and the 
Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology. 
Professor Gillette received her A.B. from Grinnell College, M.S. from the University of Hawaii in Zoology, 
Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the University of Toronto, and completed postdoctoral training in Neuroscience 
at the University of California, Santa Cruz. 
Her research seeks to understand at multiple levels the actions of molecules in neurons and glial cells, 
signal processing in brain, and the effects of circadian rhythms on brain function and metabolism.
 Research Scientist 
Dr. Jennifer Mitchell  
  Dr. Mitchell completed her PhD and post-doctoral training in Cell & Developmental
Biology at the University of Illinois and has served since 2006 as senior research scientist in the Clockworks Laboratories on the Life Sciences
campus and in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology.
 Research Specialist 
Ann Benefiel 
  Ann completed her BS in Psychology with a minor in Biology at the University of Illinois and 
has served in many research service roles, including as a member of the University's IACUC as well as Carle 
Hospital's Research Department and IRB. She joined the Clockworks Laboratory in 2014.
 Graduate Students: 
Eman Hamed (Neuroscience Program) 
 Collin Kaufman (Neuroscience Program) 
 Ghazal Naseri (Neuroscience Program) 
 Miles Norsworthy (Cell & Developmental Biology) 
 Amanda Weiss (Molecular & Integrative Physiology) 
       
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