People
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.
Mengzhao (Lucy) Xue
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD, Chemistry, Yale University
BS, Biochemistry, Lehigh University
Area of research: Human Gut Microbiome
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
Lucinda Brown
Research Assistant
BA, Biology, Vassar College