Principal Investigator
Akif Tezcan
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2001-2005 – Burroughs-Wellcome and Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
2001 Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
1995 B.A., Macalester College
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Eyal Golub
B.Sc. Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University
Ph.D. Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Willner Lab)
Dr. Julian Esselborn
B.S. Molecular Biotechnology, University of Technology Munich
M.S. Molecular Biotechnology, University of Technology Munich
Ph.D. Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum (Happe Lab)
Dr. Jie Zhu
B.S. Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
Ph.D. Chemistry, Virginia Tech (Morris Lab)
Dr. Derek Gagnon
B.S. Chemistry, Florida Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California Davis (Britt Lab)
Dr. Tae Su Choi
B.S. Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (Kim Lab)
Dr. Nicole Avakyan
B.S. Chemistry, McGill University
Ph.D. Chemistry, McGill University (Sleiman Lab)
Graduate Students
Jake Bailey
B.S. ACS Chemistry and Exercise Science, Northern Arizona University
Rohit Subramanian
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Rob Alberstein
B.S. Biological Sciences/Neuroscience Track, Carnegie Mellon University
Ling Zhang
B.S. Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Albert Kakkis
B.A. Chemistry, Pomona College
Hannah Rutledge
B.S. Chemistry, Rice University
Kenneth Han
B.S. Chemical Biology, UC Berkeley
Yiying Li
B.S. Chemistry, Wuhan University
Alex Hofnagle
B.A. Biochemistry, B.A. Biophysics, M.S. Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Iris Zhang
B.S. Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Visiting Researchers
Tomoyuki Yao
M.E. Applied Chemistry, Osaka University
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
Undergraduate Researchers
Jerika Chiong
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Class of ’19
Wanqing (Alkane) Xu
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Class of ’19
John Beckham
Hometown: Chevy Chase, MD
Class of ’19
Laura Williamson
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Class of ’19
Francis Le
Hometown: Anaheim, CA
Class of ’20
Lab Mascot
Miumiu
M.S. Having One Ear Flopped
B.S. Being a Good Girl