Lab members
Lab members
Michael (Mike) Lucas
Michael (Mike) Lucas
NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellow
NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
email: miclucas “@” umich.edu
email: miclucas “@” umich.edu
Research interests: Conformational antibodies, neurodegenerative disease, targeted drug delivery, directed evolution, protein engineering
Research interests: Conformational antibodies, neurodegenerative disease, targeted drug delivery, directed evolution, protein engineering
Na-Young Kwon
Na-Young Kwon
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Ph.D., Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
B.S., Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
B.S., Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
email: kwonn “@” umich.edu
email: kwonn “@” umich.edu
Research interests: Structural biology, biophysics, antibody engineering, antibody drug development
Research interests: Structural biology, biophysics, antibody engineering, antibody drug development
Murat Karadag
Murat Karadag
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan (starting Fall 2022)
University of Michigan (starting Fall 2022)
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Turkey
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Turkey
M.S., Biochemistry, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Turkey
M.S., Biochemistry, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Turkey
B.S., Biochemistry, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Turkey
B.S., Biochemistry, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Turkey
email: muratkar “@” umich.edu
email: muratkar “@” umich.edu
Research interests: antibody engineering and developability analysis, protein stability, aggregation-resistant antibodies, directed evolution, cancer imaging and therapeutics
Research interests: antibody engineering and developability analysis, protein stability, aggregation-resistant antibodies, directed evolution, cancer imaging and therapeutics
Ghasidit (Meu) Pornnoppadol
Ghasidit (Meu) Pornnoppadol
Doctoral Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Doctoral Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
University of Michigan (2017-current)
University of Michigan (2017-current)
M.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea
M.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea
B.E., Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
B.E., Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
email: ghasidit “@” umich.edu
email: ghasidit “@” umich.edu
Research interests: antibody discovery, conformational antibodies, Alzheimer’s disease, tauopathies, therapeutics, physicochemical analysis of monoclonal antibodies
Research interests: antibody discovery, conformational antibodies, Alzheimer’s disease, tauopathies, therapeutics, physicochemical analysis of monoclonal antibodies
Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2019-2022)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2019-2022)
University of Michigan (2018-current)
University of Michigan (2018-current)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State
email: mduncans “@” umich.edu
email: mduncans “@” umich.edu
Research interests: antibody discovery, antibody library design, next-generation sequencing, computational antibody design, conformational antibodies, functional screens for antibody discovery
Research interests: antibody discovery, antibody library design, next-generation sequencing, computational antibody design, conformational antibodies, functional screens for antibody discovery
Jennifer Zupancic
Jennifer Zupancic
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
University of Michigan (2018-current)
University of Michigan (2018-current)
B.S., Bioengineering and Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Bioengineering and Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
email: jenzup “@” umich.edu
email: jenzup “@” umich.edu
Research interests: antibody discovery, conformational antibodies, Alzheimer’s disease, tauopathies, therapeutics, physicochemical analysis of monoclonal antibodies
Research interests: antibody discovery, conformational antibodies, Alzheimer’s disease, tauopathies, therapeutics, physicochemical analysis of monoclonal antibodies
Emily Makowski
Emily Makowski
NIH T32 Doctoral student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
NIH T32 Doctoral student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
University of Michigan (2018-current)
University of Michigan (2018-current)
B.S., Chemistry, The Ohio State University
B.S., Chemistry, The Ohio State University
email: emilymak “@” med.umich.edu
email: emilymak “@” med.umich.edu
Research interests: antibody stability, protein engineering, bioinformatics, prediction of drug-like antibody properties
Research interests: antibody stability, protein engineering, bioinformatics, prediction of drug-like antibody properties
Neelan Sivaneri
Neelan Sivaneri
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
University of Michigan (2020-current)
University of Michigan (2020-current)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rutgers
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Rutgers
email: neelans “@” umich.edu
email: neelans “@” umich.edu
Research interests: antibody engineering, directed evolution, antibody brain targeting, co-optimization of antibody affinity and specificity
Research interests: antibody engineering, directed evolution, antibody brain targeting, co-optimization of antibody affinity and specificity
Tiexin Wang
Tiexin Wang
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
University of Michigan (2020-current)
University of Michigan (2020-current)
M.S., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
M.S., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
B.S., Pharmaceutical Engineering, Tianjin Univerisity
B.S., Pharmaceutical Engineering, Tianjin Univerisity
email: txwang “@” umich.edu
email: txwang “@” umich.edu
Research interests: cancer therapeutics, antibody-drug conjugates, protein engineering
Research interests: cancer therapeutics, antibody-drug conjugates, protein engineering
Hsin-Ting Chen
Hsin-Ting Chen
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
University of Michigan (2020-current)
University of Michigan (2020-current)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
email: htdennis “@” umich.edu
email: htdennis “@” umich.edu
Research interests: machine learning, computational modeling, prediction of antibody affinity and specificity, antibody engineering
Research interests: machine learning, computational modeling, prediction of antibody affinity and specificity, antibody engineering
Layne Bond
Layne Bond
Doctoral Student (Chemical Biology), co-advised by Dr. Colin Greineder
Doctoral Student (Chemical Biology), co-advised by Dr. Colin Greineder
University of Michigan (2020-current)
University of Michigan (2020-current)
M.S., Chemical Biology of Cancer, University of Michigan
M.S., Chemical Biology of Cancer, University of Michigan
B.S., Neuroscience, University of Michigan
B.S., Neuroscience, University of Michigan
email: lgbond “@” umich.edu
email: lgbond “@” umich.edu
Research interests: neuroscience, targeted drug delivery, neurodegeneration, therapeutic antibodies, blood brain barrier
Research interests: neuroscience, targeted drug delivery, neurodegeneration, therapeutic antibodies, blood brain barrier
Wade Kuo
Wade Kuo
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
Doctoral Student (Chemical Engineering)
University of Michigan (2021-current)
University of Michigan (2021-current)
B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
email: ywadekuo “@” umich.edu
email: ywadekuo “@” umich.edu
Research interests: Antibody engineering, antibody-drug conjugates, bispecific antibodies for brain delivery of neuroprotective antibodies
Research interests: Antibody engineering, antibody-drug conjugates, bispecific antibodies for brain delivery of neuroprotective antibodies
Yunxuan Xie
Yunxuan Xie
Doctoral Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Doctoral Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
University of Michigan (2021-current)
University of Michigan (2021-current)
M.S.E., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
M.S.E., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
B.E., Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine
B.E., Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine
email: yunxuan “@” umich.edu
email: yunxuan “@” umich.edu
Research interests: Antibody engineering, drug delivery, blood-brain barrier, bispecific antibody shuttles, antibody-drug conjugates
Research interests: Antibody engineering, drug delivery, blood-brain barrier, bispecific antibody shuttles, antibody-drug conjugates
Cecilia Spesia
Cecilia Spesia
Doctoral Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Doctoral Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
University of Michigan (2021-current)
University of Michigan (2021-current)
B.S., Biochemistry, Villanova University
B.S., Biochemistry, Villanova University
email: cspesia “@” umich.edu
email: cspesia “@” umich.edu
Research interests: Drug delivery, bispecific antibody shuttles, blood-brain barrier, bispecific antibodies for brain delivery
Research interests: Drug delivery, bispecific antibody shuttles, blood-brain barrier, bispecific antibodies for brain delivery
Namir Khalasawi
Namir Khalasawi
Doctoral Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Doctoral Student (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
University of Michigan (2021-current)
University of Michigan (2021-current)
B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
email: namirk “@” umich.edu
email: namirk “@” umich.edu
Research interests: Immunoengineering, agonist antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, cancer therapeutics, brain delivery of biologics and antibody-drug conjugates
Research interests: Immunoengineering, agonist antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, cancer therapeutics, brain delivery of biologics and antibody-drug conjugates