Stephanie Cologna, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in STEM
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Building & Room:
310 AOB
Address:
1737 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60612
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About
Stephanie Cologna joined UIC in 2015 and was named Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in 2021. She is a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and holds courtesy appointments in the biological sciences department and the graduate program in neuroscience. Her research interests lie at the intersection of analytical chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and human health. Her lab uses mass spectrometry to study neurodegenerative disorders, including rare, genetic, lysosomal storage diseases. She is federally funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, US Food and Drug Administration and private foundations.
Cologna serves as the Mass Spectrometry Core faculty adviser and enhances STEM research activities across campus. She also oversees the OVCR Grants Management Office. She received her bachelor’s in chemistry from the University of Arizona, her PhD in chemistry from Texas A&M University and carried out postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health.