Meet the CBTP Trainees

Monsuru Rotimi Aiyedun portraitMonsuru Rotimi Aiyedun

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present

Research Title: Extension of LpxC Inhibitor into the UDP-Binding Pocket

Melike Akoglu portraitMelike Akoglu

Chemistry 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. Ali portraitMadeeha I. Ali

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present

Research Title: Timing the Kinome: Kinetic Selectivity of Kinase Inhibitors

Zachary Alseika portraitZachary Alseika

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: A Computational Investigation of the Chaperone-Usher Pathway

Sayani Bhunia portraitSayani Bhunia

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Mechanistic Insight into Polymer Induced Changes in Bio-membrane Properties

Siobhan Cohen portraitSiobhan Cohen

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Identifying Modulators of the Post-Antibiotic Effect in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Hiruni S.M. De Silva portraitHiruni S.M. De Silva

Chemistry 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 Farrell portraitBrian Farrell

Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Allosteric Mechanisms of Resistence in Abl Kinase

Emma Gebauer portraitEmma Gebauer

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present

Research Title: Structure-Guided Design of Isoform-Specific Cyclophilin Inhibitors

Andrew Hillowe portraitAndrew Hillowe

Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present

Research Title: Role of Vacuolar-ATPase in Early and Late Endosomal Trafficking

Evans Kusi portraitEvans Kusi

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Spatiotemporal cysteine labeling using modular caged cyclopropene

Ming Suet "Isabelle" Kwan portraitMing Suet "Isabelle" Kwan

Chemistry 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 portraitMatthew Licht
Julian Maceren portraitJulian Maceren

Chemistry 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 Mahdavinia portraitAzadeh Mahdavinia

Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Structural characterization of inactive and transitional pancreatic triglyceride lipase

Jocelyn Marden portraitJocelyn Marden

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Diketopiperazine Cleavable Linkers: A Novel Approach to PET Imaging

Andrew O'Brien portraitAndrew O'Brien

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Development of Novel Atropostable Kinase Inhibitors

Ngozi Juliet Ohagwa portraitNgozi Juliet Ohagwa

Chemistry 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 Rahiyanath portraitAnza Suneer Rahiyanath

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2023-present

Research Title: Synthesis of PROTACs for BTK

Karishma Ramcharan portraitKarishma Ramcharan

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2024-present

Research Title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa maintains RsmA homeostasis through cyclic di-GMP signaling

Vanie Seecharan portraitVanie Seecharan

Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Determining if kinetic drug resistance is conserved across tyrosine kinases

Kevin Shionarain portraitKevin Shionarain

Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Novel Anionic Sphingolipids in Caulobacter crescentus

Kiran Soma portraitKiran Soma

Chemistry Program

Dates Supported by CBTP: August 2025-present

Research Title: Mechanistic Insights and Advances in Pyridoxal-Inspired Charge Transfer Photocatalysis

Archana Sudevan portraitArchana Sudevan

Chemistry 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