Alumni
Tigran Abramyan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Yi An
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Yamuna Ararithna
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Chemical Biology
Kimberly Barnash
Graduate Research Assistant
Chemical Biology
Michelle Camerino
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Nick Chamberlain
Research Technician (Pattenden Lab)
Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies
Joined 8/2019
Zhilong Chen
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Ivie Conlon
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Wang Lab)
Medicinal Chemistry
Joined 10/2020
Christian Cook
395 Student Fall 2022
Undergraduate Researcher (Pattenden Lab)
Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies
Joined 3/2021
Zhao Dang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Ransheng Ding
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Sarah Dishman
Undergraduate Researcher
Chemical Biology
Manthi Dissanayake
Undergraduate Researcher (Pattenden Lab)
Isabelle Engelberg
Graduate Research Assistant (James/Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Joined 4/2018
Caroline Foley
Graduate Research Assistant (James/Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Joined 4/2018
2020-21 Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship sponsored by Genentech
Dottie Forthman
Administrative Support Specialist
Joined 8/2015
Alexandra Fraiser
SMART Program Summer 2021
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Pattenden Lab)
Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies
Joined 5/2021
Merrill Froney
Graduate Research Assistant (Pattenden Lab)
Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies
Joined 4/2020
Cen Gao
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Marta Glavatskikh
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Kireev Lab)
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Joined 9/2020
Shiva Guduru
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Wang Lab)
Medicinal Chemistry
Joined 7/2018
Kenneth Guzman
Graduate Research Assistant (James/Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Joined 4/2019
Asher Hancock
Intern (Kireev Lab)
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Joined 3/2021
Ronan Hanley
Postdoctoral Research Associate (James/Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Joined 3/2018
Bryce Hart
Graduate Research Assistant (James/Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Joined 4/2019
Martin Herold
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Megan Hopkins
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Wang Lab)
Medicinal Chemistry
Joined 7/2020
Daowei Huang
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Wang Lab)
Medicinal Chemistry
Oscar Jaimes
Research Technician (Pattenden Lab)
Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies
Joined 8/2019
Chatura Jayakody
Lab Manager (Janzen Lab)
Xinpeng Jiang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Dmitri Kireev
Research Professor
Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
Director, Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Kyle Konze
Graduate Research Assistant
Medicinal Chemistry
Kelsey Lamb, PhD
Graduate Research Student (Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Jacob Larson
Graduate Research Assistant (Pearce Lab)
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Joined 4/2019
12/5/2022 Defends his PhD Thesis “Small molecule and peptide discovery for a
vulnerable KRAS mutant"
Christopher Launchbury
Visiting Researcher
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Junghyun Lee Suh
Postdoc, Global Health and Infectious Disease, UNC-CH
Graduate Research Student (Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Alban Lepailleur
Visiting Professor
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Bing Li
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Qinyang (Emma) Liu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Christopher MacNevin
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Gandhar Mahadeshwar
Undergraduate Researcher
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Raquel Martinez Chacin
Graduate Research Assistant
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Andrew McIver
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Naimee Mehta
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Chemical Biology
Nikta Nasri
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Pattenden Lab)2020
Melodie Noel
Research Technician (Pattenden Lab)
Felix Nwogbo
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Pearce Lab)
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Joined 2/2020
Samantha Pattenden
Research Associate Professor
Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
Director of Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies
Michael Perfetti
Graduate Research Assistant
Chemical Biology
Frances Potjewyd
Postdoctoral Research Associate, SGC, UNC-CH
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Frye Lab)
Ana Puhl
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Apoorva Purohit
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Kireev Lab)
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Joined 8/2021
Austin Quimby
Research Technician (Pattenden Lab)
Justin Rectenwald
Graduate Research Assistant (Pearce Lab) 2016-2020
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Andrew Reiter
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Courtney Schaal
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Pattenden Lab)
Stephanie Cholensky Schindler
Research Technician (Pearce Lab)
Lead Discovery and Characterization
Ganga Sharma
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Strahinja Spasojevic
Business Development & Strategy Intern at InVMA Ltd., UNC-CH
Undergraduate Student (Pearce Lab) 2018-2019
Jake Stuckey
Graduate Research Assistant
Chemical Biology
Holli-Joi Sullivan
Graduate Research Assistant (Kireev Lab)
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Joined 4/2021
Lauren Sweeney
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Pattenden Lab)
Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies
Joined 8/2021
John Tabor
Postdoctoral Research Associate (James/Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Joined 9/2020
Published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society March 2023. The title of the article is “Discovery of a Potent and Selective Targeted NSD2 Degrader for the Reduction of H3K36me2”.
Michelle Thomas
Graduate Research Assistant (Pattenden Lab)
Applied Epigenetic Screening Technoligies
Joined 4/2021
Vikas Tyagi
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Qiang Tian
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Nicholas Toomer
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Pattenden Lab)
Applied Epigenetic Screening Technologies
Joined 5/2022
Xiaowen Wang
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Pearce Lab)
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Joined 1/2022
Jarod Waybright
Postdoctoral Research Associate (James/Frye Lab)
Chemical Biology
Joined 10/2017
20-21 EII Graduate Student and Postdoc Award
Cancer Epigenetic Training Program Grant
Michael Williams
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Hathaway Lab)
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Joined 9/2017
Chao Yang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Gwonchan Yoon
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Computational Biophysics and Molecular Design
Weihe Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Dehui Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Yuewei Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Hongchao Zheng
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Yiru Zhou
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Pattenden Lab) 2020
Jichen Zhao
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry
Yubai Zhou
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Wang Lab)
Medicinal Chemistry
Joined 7/2019