Principal investigator
| Photo | Who | Research interests, hobbies |
|---|---|---|
| William DeGrado, PhD | De novo protein design; membrane proteins; small molecule drug discovery for antimicrobials, influenza A virus, antifibrotics, and neurodegeneration; chemical biology; peptide design |
| Cycling, Music, Dance |
Senior scientists
| Photo | Who | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Hyunil Jo, PhD | Medicinal chemistry to fight against unconquered human diseases; chemical biology to understand the fundamental processes in life |
Postdoctoral scholars
| Photo | Who | Research interests, hobbies |
|---|---|---|
| Kehan Chen, PhD | De novo design and characterization of membrane proteins, especially transporters and channels |
| Mineralogy and linguistics | ||
| Lee Schnaider, PhD | Design and characterization of de novo proteins for biomedical applications |
| Redwood and mountain enthusiast. I love hiking, reading and live music. | ||
| Ethel Tackie-Yarboi, PhD | Synthesis and functional characterization of AND-gated cancer therapeutics Co-advised with Seiple Lab |
| Reading, cooking, and spending time with family | ||
| Katie Hatstat, PhD | Design and characterization of transmembrane proteins and signaling mechanisms |
| Running, soccer, making up recipes, and adventuring in the mountains with her dog | ||
| Yuda Chen, PhD | Protein design with chemical biology |
| Henry Pan, PhD
| Amyloids, cryo-EM, fluorescence microscopy, and peptide design Co-advised with Condello and Southworth Labs |
| Running, rugby, sailing, playing the piano, cooking plant-based recipes | ||
| Kaipeng Hou, PhD | De novo metalloprotein design |
| Sophia Tan, PhD | Automated de novo design of ligand-binding proteins using structural proteomics |
| Board games, rock climbing | ||
| Ian Bakanas, PhD | Design and characterization of de novo enzymes to catalyze new-to-nature transformations |
| Baking bread, watching basketball, and playing tennis poorly | ||
| Sagar Bhattacharya, PhD | De novo protein design for enzyme catalysis and drug delivery in vivo |
| Chess | ||
| Nam Hyeong Kim, PhD | Function-directed protein design for biomedical applications with a parametrized scaffold and protein structure prediction incorporating molecular dynamics |
| Drumming, watching football, and sitting in the park | ||
| Adam McConnell, PhD | De novo protein design towards pharmaceutical and biomedical applications |
| Watching stand-up comedy, drumming, reading scifi/fantasy novels, solving nonograms | ||
| Maggie Horst, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar | De novo protein design and characterization |
| Reading groups, bird watching, and vegetarian cooking |
Graduate students
| Photo | Who | Research interests, hobbies |
|---|---|---|
| Rose Yang | Design and characterization of de novo peptides for targeting tau polymorphs present in Alzheimer's disease |
| Outside of the lab, I enjoy reading, cooking, and going on runs through Golden Gate Park. | ||
| Stephanie Ouchida | Design of de novo small molecule binding proteins for drug delivery |
| I enjoy rock climbing, playing basketball, going to the gym, playing video games, all things BTS, and drinking boba! | ||
| Henry Scott
| Design and characterization of bio-orthogonal intercellular signaling systems. Co-advised with Weiner Lab |
| Outside of lab I enjoy surfing, reading, playing chess, and searching for frog-themed memes. | ||
| Angelika Arada | Design and characterization of de novo proteins for small molecule binding |
| Outside of lab, I like going to concerts, trying new restaurants, and playing video games. | ||
| Nicholas Freitas
| Development of Physics-based computational methods for de novo enzyme design. Co-advised with Pinney Lab |
| Camping, hiking, photography, and astronomy | ||
| Giovanni Aviles | Design and characterization of artificial metalloenzymes Co-advised with Pinney Lab |
| Outside of lab, I enjoy climbing, traveling, and learning languages | ||
| Haoyu Fan | Deep learning applied to de novo design and biocatalysis |
| In my free time I like playing ultimate frisbee, badminton and video games like Valorant and Dota2 | ||
| Sungwon Jung
| De novo design of chemically induced dimerization Co-advised with Shokat Lab |
| I enjoy going to the gym, listening to music, and watching various YouTube videos. | ||
| Dylan Boselli Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) program | De novo design of small molecule binding proteins |
| Outside of lab I enjoy skiing, learning about random fun facts, and playing video games. |
Adjunct Emeritus Professors
| Photo | Who | Research interests, hobbies |
Visiting scholars
| Photo | Who | Research interests, hobbies |
|---|
Associated adjunct faculty
| Photo | Who | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Yibing Wu, PhD | Structure and dynamics of proteins using multidimensional NMR spectroscopy protein modelling and drug docking deep learning-based protein design and drug discovery |
Administrative staff
| Photo | Who |
|---|---|
| Kazuko Olson |