Fellows

The Chemical Biology Laboratory boasts a wide variety of expertise stemming from outstanding fellows from diverse backgrounds who join the Lab for a Postbaccalaureate or Postdoctoral Fellowship.

	name, group, expertise	academic credentials
Image	Dr. Caleb Anderson (Schneider Group) Supramolecular biomaterials Peptide self-assembly Drug Delivery	Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA
Image	Leanna Bai (Gildersleeve Group) Protein Biochemistry Cancer Glycobiology Antibody Engineering	Sc.B. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology A.B. Literary Arts Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Image	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
Image	Dr. Ramesh Chingle (Burke Group) Synthetic Organic/Medicinal/Peptide Chemistry, Chemical Biology/Drug Discovery 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 College of Arts & Science, Ponda, Goa, India
Image	Dr. Achyut Dahal (Barchi Group) Peptide Drug Design Antibody-Drug Conjugate Cancer Pharmacology and Immunology	Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA USA Bachelor of Pharmacy. Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India
Image	Dr. Shivaji Edupuganti (Schnermann Group) Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology Antibody Drug Conjugates	Ph.D. Chemistry University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand M.Sc. Organic Chemistry Osmania University, Hyderabad, India B.Sc. Chemistry Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Image	Dr. Shereen Howpay Manage (Meier Group) Nucleic Acid Biochemistry Protein Biochemistry Epitranscriptomics Molecular Biology	Ph.D. Biochemistry University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA B.S. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Image	Dr. Samanthreddy Kedika (Burke Group) Medicinal Chemistry/Peptide Chemistry Chemical Biology Drug Discovery	Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry University of Houston, Houston, TX USA M.S. Medicinal Chemistry NIPER, Kolkata, India B.S. Pharmacy Kakatiya University, Warangal, India
Image	Dr. Anand Kulkarni (Burke Group) Organic Synthesis Medicinal Chemistry Chemical Biology	Ph.D. Organic Synthesis CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India M.Sc. Organic Chemistry S.P. College, Pune, India B.Sc. Pharmacy Fergusson College, Pune University, Pune, India
Image	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
Image	Shams Mehdi (Schneekloth Group) Computational Biophysics Molecular Dynamics Simulations Artificial Intelligence Statistical Mechanics	B.S. Physics University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh M.S. Physics University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX USA Ph.D. (candidate) Biophysics University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA
Image	Dr. Richard Mitchell (Meier Group) Bioinorganic chemistry Inorganic Synthesis Photochemistry Chemical Biology	B.S. Chemistry University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA Ph.D. Chemistry University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA
Image	Dr. Monessha Nambiar (Schneider Group) Peptide Synthesis Biomaterials	Ph.D. Chemistry Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA B.Sc. Nanotechnology Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Image	Dr. Pavan Patel (Gildersleeve Group) Protein Biochemistry Cancer Glycobiology Molecular Biology Fungal Cell Wall Biosynthesis	Ph.D. Biological Sciences SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA M.Sc. Biotechnology University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India B.Sc. Biotechnology University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Image	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
Image	Dr. Melanie Pernak (Schneekloth Group) Assay development and screening HTRF drug discovery RNA biology	Ph.D. Biochemistry Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France M.Sc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sorbonne Université, Paris, France B.Sc. Human Biology and Technology for Science, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
Image	Dr. Chathuranga Rathnamalala (Schnermann Group) Organic Materials SWIR Dyes Fluorescence Imaging Photoacoustic Imaging	Ph.D. Organic Chemistry Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS USA M.B.A. Business Administration Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK M.S. Analytical Chemistry University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka B.S. Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Image	Dr. Pradeep Shrestha (Schnermann Group) Drug Delivery Photochemistry Organic Synthesis	Ph.D. Organic Chemistry Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA M.Sc. Organic Chemistry Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal B.Sc. Chemistry Trichandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Image	Dr. Kevon Stanford (Schneider Group) Peptide/Peptoid Synthesis Protein Expression Peptide-based Hydrogels	Ph.D. Chemistry University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA M.S. Chemistry University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA B.S. Chemistry & Biology Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC USA
Image	Dr. Sebastian Temme (Gildersleeve Group) Glycan Microarray Technology Antibody Engineering Glycobiology and Immunology Bioorganic Chemistry	Ph.D. Chemistry Brandeis University, Waltham, MA USA B.S. Chemistry University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA
Image	Dr. Ying Xiong (Meier Group) Chemoproteomics of histone post-translational modifications Bioluminescence and fluorescence imaging Protein engineering Organic synthesis	Ph.D. Biophysics University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA M. Phil. Chemical Biology The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Image	Dr. Ebaston Thankarajan Mini Mablet (Schnermann Group) Organic/Medicinal Chemistry Fluorescence Imaging Drug Delivery Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC) Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)	Ph.D. Chemistry Ariel University, Ariel, Israel M.Sc. Chemistry National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India B.Sc. Chemistry Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam, India
Image	Dr. Supuni Thalalla-Gamage (Meier Group) Nucleic Acid Biochemistry Epitranscriptomics Molecular Biology	Ph.D. Biochemistry Wayne State University, Detroit, MI USA B.Sc. Chemical Biology University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Image	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

name, group, expertise

academic credentials

Dr. Caleb Anderson
(Schneider Group)

Supramolecular biomaterials
Peptide self-assembly
Drug Delivery

Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA

B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA

Leanna Bai
(Gildersleeve Group)

Protein Biochemistry
Cancer Glycobiology
Antibody Engineering

Sc.B. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A.B. Literary Arts
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

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. Ramesh Chingle
(Burke Group)

Synthetic Organic/Medicinal/Peptide Chemistry,
Chemical Biology/Drug Discovery
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 College of Arts & Science, Ponda, Goa, India

Dr. Achyut Dahal
(Barchi Group)

Peptide Drug Design
Antibody-Drug Conjugate
Cancer Pharmacology and Immunology

Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA USA

Bachelor of Pharmacy.
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India

Dr. Shivaji Edupuganti
(Schnermann Group)

Medicinal Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Antibody Drug Conjugates

Ph.D. Chemistry
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

M.Sc. Organic Chemistry
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

B.Sc. Chemistry
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

Dr. Shereen Howpay Manage
(Meier Group)

Nucleic Acid Biochemistry
Protein Biochemistry
Epitranscriptomics
Molecular Biology

Ph.D. Biochemistry
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA

B.S. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr. Samanthreddy Kedika
(Burke Group)

Medicinal Chemistry/Peptide Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Drug Discovery

Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry
University of Houston, Houston, TX USA

M.S. Medicinal Chemistry
NIPER, Kolkata, India

B.S. Pharmacy
Kakatiya University, Warangal, India

Dr. Anand Kulkarni
(Burke Group)

Organic Synthesis
Medicinal Chemistry
Chemical Biology

Ph.D. Organic Synthesis
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

M.Sc. Organic Chemistry
S.P. College, Pune, India

B.Sc. Pharmacy
Fergusson College, Pune University, Pune, India

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

Shams Mehdi
(Schneekloth Group)

Computational Biophysics
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Artificial Intelligence
Statistical Mechanics

B.S. Physics
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M.S. Physics
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX USA

Ph.D. (candidate) Biophysics
University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA

Dr. Richard Mitchell
(Meier Group)

Bioinorganic chemistry
Inorganic Synthesis
Photochemistry
Chemical Biology

B.S. Chemistry
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA

Ph.D. Chemistry
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA

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. Pavan Patel
(Gildersleeve Group)

Protein Biochemistry
Cancer Glycobiology
Molecular Biology
Fungal Cell Wall Biosynthesis

Ph.D. Biological Sciences
SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

M.Sc. Biotechnology
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

B.Sc. Biotechnology
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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. Melanie Pernak
(Schneekloth Group)

Assay development and screening
HTRF drug discovery
RNA biology

Ph.D. Biochemistry
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

M.Sc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

B.Sc. Human Biology and Technology for Science,
Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

Dr. Chathuranga Rathnamalala
(Schnermann Group)

Organic Materials
SWIR Dyes
Fluorescence Imaging
Photoacoustic Imaging

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS USA

M.B.A. Business Administration
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK

M.S. Analytical Chemistry
University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

B.S. Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology
University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Dr. Pradeep Shrestha
(Schnermann Group)

Drug Delivery
Photochemistry
Organic Synthesis

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA

M.Sc. Organic Chemistry
Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal

B.Sc. Chemistry
Trichandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dr. Kevon Stanford
(Schneider Group)

Peptide/Peptoid Synthesis
Protein Expression
Peptide-based Hydrogels

Ph.D. Chemistry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA

M.S. Chemistry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA

B.S. Chemistry & Biology
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC USA

Dr. Sebastian Temme
(Gildersleeve Group)

Glycan Microarray Technology
Antibody Engineering
Glycobiology and Immunology
Bioorganic Chemistry

Ph.D. Chemistry
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA USA

B.S. Chemistry
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA

Dr. Ying Xiong
(Meier Group)

Chemoproteomics of histone post-translational modifications
Bioluminescence and fluorescence imaging
Protein engineering
Organic synthesis

Ph.D. Biophysics
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

M. Phil. Chemical Biology
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences
Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Dr. Ebaston Thankarajan Mini Mablet
(Schnermann Group)

Organic/Medicinal Chemistry
Fluorescence Imaging
Drug Delivery
Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC)
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)

Ph.D. Chemistry
Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

M.Sc. Chemistry
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India

B.Sc. Chemistry
Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam, India

Dr. Supuni Thalalla-Gamage
(Meier Group)

Nucleic Acid Biochemistry
Epitranscriptomics
Molecular Biology

Ph.D. Biochemistry
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI USA

B.Sc. Chemical Biology
University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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

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