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.
Anthony Carlos
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., University of Illinois, Chicago
Zeyu Qiao
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., Peking University
Olivia Laxton
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., Haverford College
Debbie Thomas
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., Florida Atlantic University
Guna Mandava
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., Yale University
John Coukos
Graduate Student - MD, PhD
B.S., Northwestern University
Scarlett Huang
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., UCLA
Chris Lee
Graduate Student - Cancer Biology
B.S., University of California, San Diego
Kedric Milholland, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Purdue University
Xavier Rousseau
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Chicago
Kavya Pillai
Graduate Student - Chemistry
B.S., IISER-TVM
Colin Swenson
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D.., Emory University
Somayeh Ahmadiantehrani
Scientific Professional
Ph.D., UCSF
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
Gihoon Lee, Graduate Student Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University
Jeff Montgomery, Graduate Student. Senior Scientist, ReAx Biotechnologies
Sean Shangguan, Graduate Student. Consultant, McKinsey and Company
Joey Huang, Graduate Student Senior Consultant, Guidehouse
Jesse Santana, Undergraduate Chemist, Bachem
Justin Donnelly, Undergraduate Graduate Student, Stanford University
Abby Estes, Undergraduate Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
Anna Savin, Undergraduate Teach for America
Helene Sertznig, Master’s Student University of Dusseldorf