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Current Members

Albert Bowers, Ph.D. principal investigator B.A. Art History, Univ. of Chicago Ph.D. Chemistry, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Postdoc, Chemical Biology, Harvard Medical School abower2@email.unc.edu	Avery Huber (c/o 2022) graduate student, CBMC B.S. Chemistry, Univ. of Minnesota avehuber@unc.edu
Emma Chow (c/o 2022) graduate student, Chemistry B.S. Chemistry, Rhodes College emmachow@unc.edu	Matthew Ballard (c/o 2023) graduate student, Chemistry B.S. Chemistry, Wake Forest University ballmf17@unc.edu
Noah Gomersall (c/o 2024) graduate student, BBSP B.S. Chemistry, Drexel University njg@email.unc.edu	Matthew Long (c/o 2024) graduate student, Chemistry B.S. Chemistry, University of Utah longma02@unc.edu
Jonathan Ellis, Ph.D. postdoc, enzymology B.S. Chemistry, Wichita State Univ. Ph.D. Chemistry, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison (PI: Andrew Buller) jmellis4@unc.edu	Jie Ren, Ph.D. postdoc, biochemistry B.S. Chemistry, Hunan College Ph.D. Chemistry, Utah State University (PI: Jixun Zhan) jier@unc.edu
Justin Vigar, Ph.D. postdoc, biochemistry B.S. Chemistry, University of Lethbridge Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Toronto (PI: Keith Pardee) jvigar@unc.edu

Former Members

Nicoletta Economou, Ph.D.

postdoc, structural biology

B.S. Agricultural University of Athens
Ph.D. Drexel University College of Medicine

Current: Clinical Analytics Manager, BeiGene, Durham, NC

Walter Wever Solis, Ph.D.

graduate student, CBMC

B.S. Chemistry, Texas Tech. Univ.
M.S. Chemistry, Texas Tech. Univ.

Current: Assoc. Scientific Director, Ferring Ventures, San Diego, CA

Scott Edward Allen, Ph.D.

postdoc, computational chemistry

B.S. Chemistry, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Ph.D. Chemistry, Univ. of Pennsylvania (PI: Marisa Kozlowski)

Current: Patent Agent, Riverside Law, LLP, Wayne, PA

Rachel Bleich, Ph.D.

graduate student, CBMC

B.S. Chemistry, Western Carolina Univ.

Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Paul Himes, Ph.D.

graduate student, CBMC

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

Current: Principal Scientist, Sanofi, Holliston, MA

Swapnil Ghodge, Ph.D.

postdoc, enzymology

B.Tech. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India.
Ph.D. Chemistry, Texas A&M Univ. (PI: Frank Raushel)

Current: Scientist 4, Genentech, San Francisco, CA

Jon Bogart, Ph.D.

graduate student, CBMC

B.S. Chemistry, Univ. Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Current: Scientist II, Life Edit Therapeutics, Durham, NC

Kelly Bird, Ph.D.

graduate student, CBMC

B.S. Biochemistry, Washington College

Current: Scientist, Novartis Gene Therapies, Durham, NC

Nicholas Kramer, Ph.D.

postdoc, synthetic chemistry

B.S. Ramapo College of NJ
Ph.D. Chemistry, Florida State University (PI: Gregory Dudley)

Current: Senior Scientist, Sterling Pharma Solutions, Cary, NC

Steven Fleming, Ph.D. (c/o 2015)

graduate student, BBSP

B.S. Biochemistry, Pepperdine University

Current: Scientist 3, Genentech, San Francisco, CA

Matt Fleming, Ph.D. (c/o 2017)

graduate student, BBSP

B.S. Biochemistry, Pepperdine University

Current: Postdoc, Abbie, Madison, WI

Tory Haberman, Ph.D. (c/o 2017)

graduate student, CBMC

B.S. Chemistry, Clemson University

Current: Scientist I, Aktis Oncology, Durham, NC

Bree Iskandar, Ph.D. (c/o 2018)

graduate student, BBSP

B.S. Chemistry, Emory University

Current: Principal Scientist, Stealth BioTech, Boston, MA

Matt Bowler, Ph.D. (c/o 2018)

graduate student, CBMC

B.S. Chemistry, Salisbury University

Current: Senior Scientist, Johnson & Johnson, PA

Andrew Putz

technician

B.S. UNC Chapel Hill

Current: Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

Jarrett Pelton (c/o 2019)

graduate student, CBMC

B.S. Chemistry, St. John Fisher College

Current: Senior Scientist, Johnson & Johnson, PA