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Sean F. Brady, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Tri-Institutional Professor
Evnin Professor
Head, Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small Molecules

James Peek

Research Associate

PhD, Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Toronto
BS, Human Biology, University of Toronto

Area of research: Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Jan Burian

Postdoctoral Associate

PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia
BS, Combined Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria

Area of research: Tools and methods to accelerate mining of soil metagenomes

David Chuncheng Hsieh

PhD Student

Tri-institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology
BS, Chemistry, National Taiwan University

Area of research: Human microbiome metabolism

Linzhi Ye

PhD student

Tri-institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology
BS, Chemical biology, Tsinghua University

Area of research: Human microbiome

Jhe-Hao (Louis) Li

Postdoctoral Associate

PhD, Chemistry, Yale University
BS, Chemistry, National Taiwan University

Area of research: Biosynthesis of specialized metabolites

Adam Rosenzweig

PhD student

Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology
BS, Chemistry, Wake Forest University

Area of research: Total synthesis of genetically encoded microbial secondary metabolites

Yozen Hernandez

Bioinformatics Specialist II

PhD, Bioinformatics, Boston University
BA, Computer Science, Hunter College-CUNY

Jingbo Kan

Postdoctoral Associate

PhD, Biochemistry, City University of New York
MS, Biochemistry and molecular biology, Northwest A&F University
BS, Bioengineering, Northwest A&F University

Area of research: Antibiotic discovery from soil metagenome.

Abir Bhattacharjee

Research Associate

PhD, Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
MSc, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology at Madras
BSc, Chemistry, Presidency College, Kolkata

Research Focus: Synthesis of Bioinformatic Natural Products

Linhai Jiang

Postdoctoral Associate

PhD, Chemistry, New York University
BE, Polymer materials and engineering, Donghua University (Shanghai, China)

Area of research: Combining bioinformatic analysis, synthetic chemistry and microbiology to produce new peptide-based antibiotics.

Cecilia Panfil

Research Assistant

BA, Chemistry, Princeton University

Melinda Ternei

Research Assistant

MS, Biotechnology, Hunter College

Paula Calle

Laboratory Manager

BS, Biology, Hunter College

Charlie Buffie

Instructor in Clinical Investigation

MD, Cornell University
PhD, Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Cornell University
BA, Biology, Swarthmore College

Area of Research: Bioactive metabolites from the human intestinal microbiota

Adrián Morales-Amador

Postdoctoral Associate

PhD, Health Sciences, Universidad de La Laguna
BS, Chemistry, Universidad de La Laguna

Area of research: Natural Products and Marine Biotoxins

Kaylyn Spotton

PhD Student

Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology
MS, Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology
BS, Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology

Area of research: Synthesis of bioinformatic natural products

Robert E. Boer

Postdoctoral Associate

PhD, Chemistry, Vanderbilt University
BS, Chemistry, Loyola University Maryland
Area of Research: Synthesis of Bioinformatic Natural Products

Lucinda Brown

Research Assistant

BA, Biology, Vassar College