Monsuru Rotimi AiyedunChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present
Research Title: Extension of LpxC Inhibitor into the UDP-Binding Pocket

Monsuru Rotimi AiyedunChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present
Research Title: Extension of LpxC Inhibitor into the UDP-Binding Pocket
Melike AkogluChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2023-present
Research Title: Targeted Degradation of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) and Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase (TDO) as a Novel Anti-Cancer Strategy
Madeeha I. AliChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present
Research Title: Timing the Kinome: Kinetic Selectivity of Kinase Inhibitors
Zachary AlseikaChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: A Computational Investigation of the Chaperone-Usher Pathway
Sayani BhuniaChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Mechanistic Insight into Polymer Induced Changes in Bio-membrane Properties
Siobhan CohenChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Identifying Modulators of the Post-Antibiotic Effect in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Hiruni S.M. De SilvaChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Investigation of transient heme coordination of Nitric Oxide Sensing Protein (NosP) of Legionella pneumophila
Brian FarrellMolecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Allosteric Mechanisms of Resistence in Abl Kinase
Emma GebauerChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present
Research Title: Structure-Guided Design of Isoform-Specific Cyclophilin Inhibitors
Andrew HilloweBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present
Research Title: Role of Vacuolar-ATPase in Early and Late Endosomal Trafficking
Evans KusiChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Spatiotemporal cysteine labeling using modular caged cyclopropene
Ming Suet "Isabelle" KwanChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: From Resistance to Innovation: Towards Countering Asciminib Resistance and Designing Next-Generation Allosteric Inhibitors against CML
Matthew Licht
Julian MacerenChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Chemical and Structural Determinants of Mycomembrane Fluidity and Their Correlation with Antibiotic Susceptibility in Mycobacteria
Azadeh MahdaviniaBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Structural characterization of inactive and transitional pancreatic triglyceride lipase
Jocelyn MardenChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Diketopiperazine Cleavable Linkers: A Novel Approach to PET Imaging
Andrew O'BrienChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Development of Novel Atropostable Kinase Inhibitors
Ngozi Juliet OhagwaChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: The Role of the Histidine Kinase NahK in PqsE-RhlR Interaction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Anza Suneer RahiyanathChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2023-present
Research Title: Synthesis of PROTACs for BTK
Karishma RamcharanChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present
Research Title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa maintains RsmA homeostasis through cyclic di-GMP signaling
Vanie SeecharanBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Determining if kinetic drug resistance is conserved across tyrosine kinases
Kevin ShionarainBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Novel Anionic Sphingolipids in Caulobacter crescentus
Kiran SomaChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present
Research Title: Mechanistic Insights and Advances in Pyridoxal-Inspired Charge Transfer Photocatalysis
Archana SudevanChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2023-present
Research Title: Nitric oxide Driven Dual Regulation of NosP through S-Nitrosylation and Heme binding in B.thailandensis
Juan AlcantaraChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2022-2024
Research Title: Rapid rescoring and refinement of ligand-receptor complexes using mixed MD/MC with a pose reservoir
Karla Cardenas ArevaloMicobiology and Immunology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2023
Research Title: Pilus biogenesis in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC)
Kindra BeckerChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2022-2024
Research Title: Synthesis of Fluorophores for APEX2 Proximity Labeling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Caitlin BricaultBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2024-2026
Research Title: Exploring the Structural Dynamics of the Vacuolar-ATPase
Gabriel Brill
Lily CamChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2023-2025
Research Title: Characterization of the heme sensing properties and the effect of heme assimilation on NosP in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Christopher CorboBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2021-2023
Research Title: Dynamic scoring for de novo design of molecules
Abubakar Lawal MohammedChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2023
Research Title: Pyridoxal and Nicotinamide-Inspired Reactions for the Development of Synthetic Organic and Chemical Biological Tools
Steven PakMolecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2020-2022
Research Title: Virtual screening of small molecule inhibitors for mutated fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Lia ParkinMicobiology and Immunology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2020-2021
Research Title: Towards understanding the lipid transport pathway LprG-Rv1410c in mycobacteria, and its contribution to outer membrane biogenesis, membrane permeability, and antibiotic susceptibility
Goutham PaturuChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2022-2024
Research Title: Characterizing the role of the NosP associated histidine kinase NahK in carbon and nitrogen utilization in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Rideeta RaquibMolecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2022-2024
Research Title: Evaluating the Structure and Activity of Diacylglycerol-O-Acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) in Various Lipid Membrane Environments
Hayden SnydersChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2023-2025
Research Title: Exposing the mechanistic nature of Alzheimer’s disease: Development of a self-consistent coarse-grained model for tau protein simulation
Rachel WhiteMicobiology and Immunology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2020-2022
Research Title: The Role of Host Protein TFII-I in Adenovirus Infection
Jason WithornChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: July 2021-present
Research Title: Functional characterization of the NosP associated histidine kinase, NahK, and its role in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Grace YoonChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2023-2025
Research Title: Development of Next-Generation BTK PROTACs
Esam Al-Shareffi, MD/PhDBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2012-2013
Position after Graduation: Psychiatry Resident, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Vincent Alford, PhDMolecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2015-2016
Position after Graduation: PRISM Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine
John BickelApplied Mathematics Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2020-2021
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Universty of Michigan
Francis Boadi, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2019-2021
Amber Bonds, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2014-2016
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow
Richard Delle Bovi, PhDBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2012-2013
Position after Graduation: Product Manager, Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., Farmingdale, NY
Matthew Burak, PhDMolecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2012-2014
Position after Graduation: Process Development Scientist (Downstream), Mass Biologics, Boston, MA
James Byrnes, PhDBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2010-2011
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Danielle CervasioChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2018-2021
Andrew Chang, MD/PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2011-2013
Position after Graduation: Resident Physician, Duke University Medical Center, Raleigh-Durham, NC
Matthew Cifone, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2016-2018
Stephen Collins, PhDBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2016-2017
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jaiyuan Fu, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2019-2021
Alexa GilbertiChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2020-2022
Position after Graduation: Director of Laboratories, Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University
Nipuni GunawardhanaChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2020-2021
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stony Brook University
Kevin Hauser, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2010-2011
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD
YongLe HeChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2022-2024
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ilana Heckler, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2016-2018
Position after Graduation: Science/Medical Communication
Katarzyna Lee (Hojczyk), PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2015-2017
Position after Graduation: Senior Research Scientist, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., Melville, NY
James Iuliano, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2015-2017
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stony Brook University, Department of Chemistry
Tanaya Lahiri, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2010-2011
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University
Michael Li, PhDMolecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2018-2019
Position after Graduation: Medical Student, Stony Brook University
Yiqian Li, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2019-2021
Adeline LuperchioMicobiology and Immunology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2022-2023
Kristen Martin, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2019-2021
Position after Graduation: Scientific Engineering Associate, Berkley Lab
Luz MendezChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2018-2021
Carla Neckles, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2010-2011
Position after Graduation: Scientist, Cyteir Therapeutics, Lexington, MA
Lisa-Marie Nisbett, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2013-2018
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stony Brook School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacological Sciences
Ian OuthwaiteBiochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2022-2024
Position after Graduation: Medical Student (MD/PhD), Stony Brook University
Hiren Patel, PhDMicobiology and Immunology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2013-2014
Position after Graduation: Resident Physician, Division of Urology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
Lauren Prentis, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2016-2018
Position after Graduation: Senior Investigator, Roivant Discovery
Alyssa Preston, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2014-2016
Position after Graduation: Medical Writer, Flywheel Partners, New York, NY
Ashleigh Pulkoski-Gross, PhDMolecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2011-2013
Position after Graduation: Senior Medical Writer, Fishawack Group of Companies
Zachary Ridgway, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2014-2016
Position after Graduation: Associate Editor, American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing, Melville, NY
Eric Roth, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2016-2018
Position after Graduation: Medical Student (MD/PhD), Stony Brook University
Lisa Shah, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2012-2013
Position after Graduation: Postdoc / Part-Time Instructor, Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University
Tiffany Victor, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2014-2015
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Meng Yang, PhDChemistry Program
Dates Supported by CBTP: 2011-2013
Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec