Professor, Departments of Radiation Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

1980-1983

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Immunology and Department of Cell Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

1976-1980

Ph.D., Medical Sciences (Microbiology), Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH.

1973-1976

B.S. summa cum laude, Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH.

Professor (tenured), Department of Radiation Oncology, Fienberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Associate Director of Residency Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University
Associate Director for Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University Cancer and Physical Sciences Program Co-Leader, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fienberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, Co-Director, Northwestern University
Associate Dean of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Affairs, The Graduate School, Northwestern University, 2019-2025

Member, Center for Genetic Medicine and Cancer Center; Member, Graduate Faculty
Member, International Institute for Nanotechnology Member, Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611
Associate Director for Microbeam Science, Bio-CAT (former): Individual Investigator/Visiting Senior Scientist XOR-CAT
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439 : Visiting Senior Scientist
Advanced Grant Writing Workshop, Radiological Society of North America:: Visiting Professor
Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany: Visiting Professor
Alexandria University, School of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt: Visiting Professor
Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Ningbo, China: Visiting Professor
Rosalind Franklin Medical School, North Chicago, IL i Lecturer (former)
Zygon Center for Religion and Science, Chicago, IL 60517: Associate Director (currently Acting Director)
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL: Adjunct Professor of Science and Religion
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA: Adjunct Professor of Science and Theology
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Syosset, NY: Professor of Bioethics (seasonal, former)

2001-2002

Senior Molecular Biologist, Bioscience Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL; Senior Fellow, Nanosciences Consortium, Argonne National Laboratory-University of Chicago, Argonne, IL

1994-2001

Group Leader and Molecular Biologist, Bioscience Division, Molecular Radiobiology Group, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

1991-1994

Scientist, Biological and Medical Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

1987-1991

Assistant Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

1983-1987

Associate Consultant, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

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Priya Kumthekar, Caroline H. Ko, Tatjana Paunesku, Karan Dixit, Adam M. Sonabend, Orin Bloch, Matthew Tate, Margaret Schwartz, Laura Zuckerman, Ray Lezon, Rimas V. Lukas, Borko Jovanovic, Kathleen McCortney, Howard Colman, Si Chen, Barry Lai, Olga Antipova, Junjing Deng, Luxi Li, Serena Tommasini-Ghelfi, Lisa A. Hurley, Dusten Unruh, Nitya V. Sharma, Manoj Kandpal, Fotini M. Kouri, Ramana V. Davuluri, Daniel J. Brat, Mitchell Glass, Vinod Vijayakumar, Jeremy Heidel, Francis J. Giles, Ann K. Adams, C. David James, Gayle E. Woloschak, Craig Horbinski, and Alexander H. Stegh. A first-in-human phase 0 clinical study of RNA interference-based Spherical Nucleic Acids in patients with recurrent Glioblastoma Sci Transl Med. 2021 Mar 10;13(584): eabb3945. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb3945. PMID: 33692132.

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Dahanayake V, Lyons T, Kerwin B, Rodriguez O, Albanese C, Parasido E, Lee Y, Keuren EV, Li L, Maxey E, Paunesku T, Woloschak G, Stoll SL. Paramagnetic Mn8Fe4-co-Polystyrene Nanobeads as a Potential T1-T2 Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent with In Vivo Studies. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021 Aug 25;13(33):39042-39054. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c09232. Epub 2021 Aug 10. PMID: 34375073.

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Paunesku T, Gordon AC, White S, Harris K, Antipova O, Maxey E, Vogt S, Smith A, Daddario L, Procissi D, Larson A, Woloschak GE. Use of X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy for Studies on Research Models of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Front Public Health. 2021 Aug 20;9:711506. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.711506. PMID: 34490194; PMCID: PMC8417723.

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Chen S, Lastra RO, Paunesku T, Antipova O, Li L, Deng J, Luo Y, Wanzer MB, Popovic J, Li Y, Glasco AD, Jacobsen C, Vogt S, Woloschak GE. Development of Multi-Scale X-ray Fluorescence Tomography for Examination of Nanocomposite-Treated Biological Samples. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Sep 6;13(17):4497. doi: 10.3390/cancers13174497. PMID: 34503306; PMCID: PMC8430782.

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Ostheim P, Amundson SA, Badie C, Bazyka D, Evans AC, Ghandhi SA, Gomolka M, López Riego M, Rogan PK, Terbrueggen R, Woloschak GE, Zenhausern F, Kaatsch HL, Schüle S, Ullmann R, Port M, Abend M. Gene expression for biodosimetry and effect prediction purposes: promises, pitfalls and future directions – key session ConRad 2021. Int J Radiat Biol. 2021 Oct 18:1-12. doi: 10.1080/09553002.2021.1987571. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34606416.