People
Leadership
Xin (Alex) Ge, PhDXin earned his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Afterward, he obtained his Ph.D. from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada in the laboratory of Dr. Carlos Filipe. He then carried out postdoctoral research at University of Texas at Austin with Dr. George Georgiou. In the Summer of 2011, Xin joined the faculty of University of California Riverside in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and in July 2021 he moved his lab to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and became a member of the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Texas Therapeutics Institute.
Team
Kibaek LeePostdoctoral Research Fellow
Kibaek earned his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Dongguk University, where he studied how to incorporate non-natural amino acids into proteins. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of California Riverside in 2020. He is interested in discovery and engineering of protease inhibitory mAbs for treatments of cancer, neuropathic pain, obesity, etc.
Kibaek earned his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Dongguk University, where he studied how to incorporate non-natural amino acids into proteins. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of California Riverside in 2020. He is interested in discovery and engineering of protease inhibitory mAbs for treatments of cancer, neuropathic pain, obesity, etc.
Zening WangPostdoctoral Research Fellow
Zening earned her B.S. in Bioengineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and M.S. from University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she researched in metabolic engineering and microbial lipid production. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of California Riverside in 2021. She has been developing mammalian cell systems for directed evolution, and applying for engineering Fc, GPCR antibodies and TCR / CAR.
Zening earned her B.S. in Bioengineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and M.S. from University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she researched in metabolic engineering and microbial lipid production. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of California Riverside in 2021. She has been developing mammalian cell systems for directed evolution, and applying for engineering Fc, GPCR antibodies and TCR / CAR.
Afshin EbrahimpourSenior Research Scientist
Afshin earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry-Enzyme Biotechnology from University of Putra Malaysia. He has rich experience on animal studies. Since joins our lab in Feb 2023, Afshin has been developing therapeutic antibodies able to penetrate the BBB.
Afshin earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry-Enzyme Biotechnology from University of Putra Malaysia. He has rich experience on animal studies. Since joins our lab in Feb 2023, Afshin has been developing therapeutic antibodies able to penetrate the BBB.
Abhijit SarkarResearch Scientist
Abhijit obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from University of Calcutta, India. He has rich experience on T cell immunology. Since joins our lab in November 2023, he has been working on CAR-T development targeting cancer gremlin antigens.
Abhijit obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from University of Calcutta, India. He has rich experience on T cell immunology. Since joins our lab in November 2023, he has been working on CAR-T development targeting cancer gremlin antigens.
Pablo MartinezPostdoc Scholar
Pablo obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biosciences from National Center of Biotechnology of Spain. He brings us rich experience on GPCR biology in the context of immunology. He joins our lab in March 2023 and works on GPCR modulating antibody discovery and engineering.
Pablo obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biosciences from National Center of Biotechnology of Spain. He brings us rich experience on GPCR biology in the context of immunology. He joins our lab in March 2023 and works on GPCR modulating antibody discovery and engineering.
Bharati RediPostdoc Scholar
Bharati obtained her Ph. D. in Biological Sciences from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. Since joins our lab in October 2023, she has been working on enzyme inhibitory mAbs, including neutralization of snake venom metalloproteinases (svMPs).
Previous Members
Bharati obtained her Ph. D. in Biological Sciences from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. Since joins our lab in October 2023, she has been working on enzyme inhibitory mAbs, including neutralization of snake venom metalloproteinases (svMPs).
Sushma KrishnanResearch Scientist
Sushma received her Ph.D in Molecular Biology from VIT University, Vellore India. She did her post-doc and worked as a Research Scientist at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), during which as a EMBO fellow visited Max-Planck Institute in Germany. She joined our lab in June 2024 and works on the development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies targeting proteases.
Sushma received her Ph.D in Molecular Biology from VIT University, Vellore India. She did her post-doc and worked as a Research Scientist at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), during which as a EMBO fellow visited Max-Planck Institute in Germany. She joined our lab in June 2024 and works on the development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies targeting proteases.