Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Borna Bonakdarpour, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Co-director of Northwestern Music and Medicine Program (NMMP)

bbk@northwestern.edu

Research Staff

Jordan Behn, MS

Biomedical Engineer

Senior Research Study Coordinator

jordan-behn@northwestern.edu

Grace Lee

Research Assistant

gracelee2024@u.northwestern.edu

Ken Li

Research Assistant

kenli2024@u.northwestern.edu

Daniel Seog

Research Assistant

danielseog2023@u.northwestern.edu

Melanie Zhang, PhD

Post-doctoral Researcher

melanie.zhang@northwestern.edu

Undergraduate Students

Pariya Salehi

Research Assistant

nicolesalehi2027@u.northwestern.edu

Kate Vidano

Research Assistant

catherinevidano2025@u.northwestern.edu

Jonathan Zhao

Research Assistant

jonathanzhao2025@u.northwestern.edu

Collaborators

Marsel Mesulam, MD

Chief of Behavioral Neurology

Ruth Dunbar Davee Professor of Neuroscience

Professor of Neurology

Clara Takarabe, BA

Co-director of NMMP

Clinical Music Practitioner

clara.takarabe@northwestern.edu