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Current Fellows

The Chemical Biology Laboratory boasts a wide variety of expertise stemming from outstanding Fellows from diverse backgrounds who join the Lab for a Post-Baccalaureate or Post-Doctoral Fellowship.

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Sumirtha Balaratnam
Dr. Sumirtha Balaratnam (Schneekloth Group)
Nucleic Acid Structure/Interaction/Functional Analysis; Molecular Biology and Genetics; Protein Biochemistry; Microscopy and Cell Culture
Ph.D. Chemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH USA
B.S. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. David Bartee
Dr. David Bartee (Meier Group)
Organic Synthesis, Enzymology, Inhibitor Design
Ph.D. Chemical Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD USA
Dr. Donald Caldwell
Dr. Donald Caldwell (Schnermann Group)
Organic Methodology Development; Small Molecule Synthesis; Medicinal Chemistry
M.S. Organic Chemistry, Indiana University of Pennsylvannia, Indiana, PA USA
B.S. Chemistry, Clarion University, Clarion, PA USA
Dr. Ramesh Chingle
Dr. Ramesh Chingle (Burke Group)
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Peptide Chemistry, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Multi-step synthesis, Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, Drug Discovery, Cyclic Peptides, NMR Spectroscopy
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, Goa University, Panaji, Goa, India
B.Sc. Chemistry, Ponda Education Society’s College of Arts & Science, Ponda, Goa, India
Dr. Molly Congdon
Dr. Molly Congdon (Gildersleeve Group)
Organic Synthesis, Glycobiology, Glycochemistry
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA USA
B.S. Chemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA USA
Dr. Victorien Delannee
Dr. Victorien Delannee (Nicklaus Group)
Algorithm, Data Analysis, Database
Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
M.S. Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
B.A. Biology and Biochemistry, University of Nantes, Nantes, France
Dr. Christopher Fullenkamp
Dr. Christopher Fullenkamp (Schneekloth Group)
Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D. Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
B.S. Chemistry Ball State University, Muncie, IN USA
Dr. Yihang Jing
Dr. Yihang Jing (Meier Group)
Organic Synthesis, Peptide Chemistry, Chemoproteomics, Nucleosome Dynamics
Ph.D. Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
B.S. Polymer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
Dr. Tania Lopez-Silva
Dr. Tania Lopez-Silva (Schneider Group)
Self-Assembling Peptides, Peptide-based Biomaterials, Hydrogels, Drug Delivery, Immune Response
Ph.D. Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX USA
B.S. Chemistry Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Dr. Michael Luciano
Dr. Michael Luciano (Schnermann Group)
Organic Synthesis
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT USA
B.S. Chemistry, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA USA
Dr. Pankaj Mahajan
Dr. Pankaj Mahajan (Burke Group)
Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology
Ph.D. Organic Synthesis, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
M. Sc. Organic Chemistry, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India
B.Sc. Chemistry, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India
Dr. Sierra Marker
Dr. Sierra Marker (Schnermann Group)
Organic Synthesis, Small-Molecule Drug Conjugates, Fluorophore Chemistry
Ph.D. Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
M.S. Chemical & Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
B.S. Chemistry Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY USA
Dr. Siddharth Matikonda
Dr. Siddharth Matikonda (Schnermann Group)
Chemical Biology, Bioorthogonal Chemistry, Antibody Drug Conjugates, Fluorophore Chemistry, Small Molecule Synthesis
Ph.D. Chemical Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Honors Thesis Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawerence, KS USA
B.S. Pharmacy, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Monessha Nambiar
Dr. Monessha Nambiar (Schneider Group)
Peptide Synthesis Biomaterials
Ph.D. Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA
B.Sc. Nanotechnology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Dr. Kellie Nance
Dr. Kellie Nance (Meier Group)
Organic Synthesis, Assay Development, Molecular Biology
Ph.D. Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
B.S. Chemistry, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, KY USA
Dr. Shaifaly Parmar
Dr. Shaifaly Parmar (Schneekloth Group)
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Ph.D. Biotechnology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
M.Sc. Biotechnology, Banasthali University, Jaipur, India
B.Sc. Biotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India
Dr. Minervo Perez-Lopez
Dr. Minervo Perez-Lopez (Meier Group)
Assay Development, Kinase Biology, Mass Spectrometry, Phosphoprotemics
Ph.D. Chemical Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA
B.S. Pre-Professional Health, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL USA
Dr. Curran Rhodes
Dr. Curran Rhodes (Schneekloth Group)
Peptide Synthesis, High-Throughput Screening, Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D. Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
B.S. Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, OH USA
Dr. Christopher Sibley
Dr. Christopher Sibley (Schneekloth Group)
Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, RNA Biology
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA USA
B.S. Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA USA
Dr. Jennifer Smith
Dr. Jennifer Smith (Schroeder Group)
Ion Channel Electrophysiology, High-Throughput Screening, Molecular Biology, Assay Development
Ph.D. Biochemistry University of Queensland, Queensland, Austrailia
B.Sc(Hons.) Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Queensland, Queensland, Austrailia
Dr. Ravichandra Tagirasa
Dr. Ravichandra Tagirasa (Yoo Group)
Human Immunology, T-cell Biology
Ph.D. Immunology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
M.Sc. Medical Biochemistry, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India
B.Sc. Biochemistry, SJGDC, Kunool, India
Dr. Sebastian Temme
Dr. Sebastian Temme (Gildersleeve Group)
Glycochemistry, Bioorganic chemistry
Ph.D. Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA USA
B.S. Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA
Dr. Supuni Thalalla Gamage
Dr. Supuni Thalalla Gamage (Meier Group)
Nucleic Acid Biochemistry, Epitranscriptomics, Molecular Biology
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Wayne State University, Detriot, MI USA
B.Sc. Chemical Biology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. Xiaoyi (Eileen) Wang
Dr. Xiaoyi (Eileen) Wang (Schneider Group)
Pepide/Protein Synthesis; Organic Synthesis; Native Chemical Ligation; Hydrogel Technology
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
M. Res. Drug Discovery & Development, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
B.Sc. Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Jiangsu, China
Dr. Mo Yang
Dr. Mo Yang (Schneekloth Group)
Small Molecule Microarrays, Biomaterials, Surface Chemistry
Ph.D. Material Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
B.S. Polymer Materials and Engineering, Jilin University, Jilin Province, PR China

Post-Baccalaureate Fellows

Kara Dunne-Dombrink
Kara Dunne-Dombrink (Schneekloth Group)
Nucleic Acid Biochemistry, Enzymology, Kinetics, Molecular & Cellular Biology
B.A. Biochemistry, Scripps College, Claremont, CA USA
Brandon Liu
Brandon Liu (Barchi Group)
Glycochemistry, Peptide Chemistry, Organic Synthesis
B.S. Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, CA USA
Samantha Ono
Samantha Ono (Yoo Group)
Organic Synthesis, Peptide Synthesis, Activity-based Proteomics
B.S. Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA

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