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Principal investigator

Arkin Lab - Michelle A

Michelle Arkin, PhD

Thomas William and Frederick John MacWilliam Distinguished Professor

Codirector, Small Molecule Discovery Center (SMDC)

Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

[email protected]

415-514-4313

chemical biology, protein-protein interactions, screening, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, neglected diseases

Postdoctoral scholars

Andrew Ambrose, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
[email protected]

drug discovery, molecular biology, HTS assay development, neurodegenerative disease, chemical biology
Arkin lab - Jinsu
Jinsu Bae, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Drug design, Medicinal chemistry, Drug discovery and development, Biophysical assays, Uveal Melanoma, Gaq/11 Inhibitors
Arkin lag Leila Bagheri
Leila Bagheri, PhD 
Postdoctoral Scholar
Cellular Biology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Regenerative Medicine
Arkin lab - suvankar B
Suvankar Bera, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

Multistep Organic Synthesis, Organometallic & Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Design,

Discovery of highly selective small molecule inhibitor for PARP1 over PARP2 in cancer therapy.

Arkin lab Ziwen

Ziwen Jiang, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
[email protected]

chemical biology, protein-protein interactions
Arkin lab _Sam Kennelly
Samantha Kennelly, PhD 
Postdoctoral Scholar
Synthetic Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, and Chemical Biology
Arkin lab- Deepthi R
Deepthi Ramesh, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

Medicinal chemistry, Synthetic chemistry, Drug design, Cancer, Virology

Graduate students

Chad Altobelli
CCB Graduate Student
[email protected]

genetic disorders, protein-protein interactions, structural biology, medicinal chemistry
Arkin lab - Johanna
Johanna Virta
CCB Graduate Student

protein-protein interactions, developmental disorders, high-throughput screening, chemical biology, molecular biology, cell biology

Staff scientists

Arkin lab - Zain
Zain Alam
Jr. Specialist
BS in biochemistry

drug discovery, high-throughput screening, assay development, cancer, chemical biology

Arkin lab - Markella K

Markella Konstantinidou, PhD
Specialist 
[email protected]

Drug design, medicinal chemistry, fragment-based screening, biophysical assays, modulation of PPIs with molecular glues

Arkin lab _Neitz Jeff

Jeff Neitz, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Chemistry
[email protected]

synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, neurodegenerative disease, cancer

Amanda P
Amanda Paulson, PhD
Specialist, Informatics
cheminformatics, data science, machine learning for drug discovery, high throughput screening
Arkin lab - Maryam
Maryam Pearson
Jr. Specialist
drug discovery, chemical biology, neurodegenerative disease, molecular biology
Jez
Jezrael Lafuente Revalde, PhD
Specialist

 

high-throughput screening, cell-based assay development, drug liver-induced injury, early stage drug discovery
SmdC Qinghui Wang
Qinghui Wang, PhD
Specialist
chemical biology, high-throughput screening, medicinal chemistry, cancer, inflammasome
 
Angel Zhang 
Jr. Specialist 
 

Administrators

Ninwe Maraha, PhD
Laboratory Manager
[email protected]
415-502-6464

 

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Kazuko Olson
Administrative Officer
[email protected]
415-514-4757

 

Former team members

Who

Formerly

Now

May H. Abdelaziz, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX

Robert Amongre Graduate Student  Research Associate, Genentech
Kenny Ang, PhD Specialist  
Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Yuliya Birman Graduate Student Research Associate, Biodesy

Stacie Bulfer, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Senior Scientist, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Lawrence, KS

Paul Burroughs Staff Research Associate Graduate Student, UCSF
Sheng Chen, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar  
Steven Chen Specialist GE
Julia Davies Senior Scientist  
Shubhankar Dutta, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar  

Jether Amos Espinosa

Junior Specialist

Graduate Student, Yale University

Yao Fan, PhD

Specialist

Senior Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim

Ken Hallenbeck, PhD Graduate Student Senior Scientific Researcher, Genentech
Kentaro Iimura Specialist  Scientist, ONO 

Frantz Jean-Francois, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

Scientist II, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD

Dyana Kenanova, PhD Graduate Student  Scientist, Kimia
Auke Koops Graduate Student Intern PhD Student, Eindohoven University of Technology
Yu-Hsuan Kuo, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Project Manager, Stanford University 
Greg Lee, PhD Specialist Senior Scientist, Quanta Therapeutics
Sarine Markossian, PhD Specialist Editor in Chief, Assay Guidance Manual, Scientific program manager, Early translation, NCATS/NIH
Daniel Medina-Cleghorn, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Scientist, Nurix Therapeutics

Connie Merron

Specialist

Associate director, Research Informatics, NGM Biopharmaceuticals

Maxime van den Oetelaar Visitor Graduate PhD Student, Eindohoven University of Technology
Sam Pfaff, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Scientist, Prolynx
Annet Saris Graduate Student Intern  
Takeshi Shida, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar  

Yinyan Tang, PhD

Specialist

Scientist, Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA

Nupur Verma, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar  
Holly Vickery, PhD Graduate Student  Scientist, Revolution Medicines
Chris Wilson, PhD Associate Directory  
Mengqi Zhong, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Scientist, REVOLUTION Medicines