Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry

Advisor: Christy L. Haynes, Co-Advisor: Natalia Tretryakova

Project Title: dsDNA Loading onto Fast Dissolving Silica Nanoparticles for Plant Pathogen Management 

Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics

Advisor: Wendy Gordon, Co-Advisor: Rick Wagner

Project Title: Innovating Notch activators combining Chemically Self Assembled Nanorings and Nanobody Engineering 

Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics

Advisor: Erin Carlson, Co-Advisor: Elizabeth Ambrose

Project Title: Profiling of Penicillin-Binding Protein Bump-Hole Mutants and Activity-Based Probes

Ph.D. Candidate, Medicinal Chemistry

Advisor: Gunda I. Georg, Co-Advisor: Jon E. Hawkinson

Project Title: Discovery of Testis-Specific Serine Kinase Allosteric Pockets and Development of Selective Degraders as a Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive

Ph.D. Candidate, Medicinal Chemistry

Advisor: Valérie Pierre, Co-Advisor: Peter Dosa

Project Title: Development of Orally Bioavailable Iron Chelators for the Treatment of Iron Overload

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry

Advisor: Mark Distefano, Co-Advisor: Edgar Arriaga

Project Title: Development of a real-time in cellulo prenylation assay using photo-protected peptides

Ph.D. Candidate, Medicinal Chemistry

Advisor: Adam Duerfeldt, Co-Advisor: Erin Carlson

Project Title: Determination of CpxA Inhibitor's Binding Mode and Selectivity for the Advancement of Antivirulent Therapies

Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry

Advisor: Will Pomerantz, Co-Advisor: Dan Harki

Project Title: Development of a Selective Inhibitor for the PHD Finger of BPTF as a Treatment Approach for Neuroblastoma