Our Team
Raymond E. Moellering, PhD
PI
Dr. Moellering is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. He obtained Bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics from the University of Arizona. He then earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Harvard University as an American Association for Cancer Research Centennial Fellow, followed by postdoctoral training as a Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow at The Scripps Research Institute. Dr. Moellering started his independent program at UChicago in 2015, where his laboratory is focused on developing novel chemical probes, proteomic technology platforms and therapeutic modalities to expose and exploit signaling pathways in cancer, inflammatory disorders and degenerative diseases like aging. Dr. Moellering’s independent program has garnered recognition with awards that include the Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists, V Foundation V Scholar Award, American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award, NSF CAREER Award, Sloan Fellowship, and NIH Pathway to Independence and Director’s New Innovator Awards. He has served as scientific founder and advisor to several biotechnology companies and serves as a scientific advisor to several philanthropic disease foundations.
Colin Swenson
NIH F32 Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D.., Emory University
B.S. University of Utah
Anthony Carlos
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., University of Illinois, Chicago
Xavier Rousseau
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Chicago
Lucas Montoya
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Chicago
Chris Lee
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D., University of Chicago
B.S., University of California, San Diego
Guna Mandava
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., Yale University
Laine Weis
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Chicago
Somayeh Ahmadiantehrani
Research Professional
Postdoctoral, University of Chicago
Ph.D., University of California San Francisco
Kavya Pillai
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., IISER-TVM
Olivia Laxton
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., Haverford College
Kim Nguyen
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., Clark University
Debbie Thomas
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., Florida Atlantic University
Scarlett Huang
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., UCLA
Pratyasha Chakraborty
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., IISc – Bangalore
Lab Alumni
Name Current Position
Jae Won Chang, Postdoctoral Fellow Assistant Professor, Emory University
Gang Li, Postdoctoral Fellow Assistant Professor, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
Tom Speltz, Postdoctoral Fellow Senior Scientist II, Evozyne
Shaghayegh Fathi, Postdoctoral Fellow Scientist, Nurix Therapeutics
David McCutcheon, Postdoctoral Fellow Sr. Research Development Scientist, MilliporeSigma
Peter Yang, Postdoctoral Fellow Senior Scientist, ReAx Biotechnologies
Kedric Milholland, Postdoctoral fellow Scientist, Abbvie
Gihoon Lee, Graduate Student Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University
Jeff Montgomery, Graduate Student Co-Founder and Principal Scientist, ReAx Biotechnologies
Sean Shangguan, Graduate Student Consultant, McKinsey and Company
Joey Huang, Graduate Student Senior Consultant, Guidehouse
John Coukos, Graduate Student Medical Student, Pritzker School of Medicine – MSTP
Zeyu Qiao, Graduate Student
Jesse Santana, Undergraduate Chemist, Bachem
Justin Donnelly, Undergraduate Scientist-Entrepreneur, Arcadia Science
Abigail Estes, Undergraduate Merck
Anna Savin, Undergraduate Teach for America
Helene Sertznig, Master’s Student Postdoctoral Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor