Antara Ghosh
Antara was born and raised in West Bengal, India. For her Ph.D., she joined the group of Prof. Suvarn S. Kulkarni at the IIT Bombay and engaged herself in the synthesis of carbohydrate-based oligosaccharides for the development of future potent vaccines. She joined the Lupoli Lab to extend her horizons in chemical biology by learning about glycan-antibody interaction. Outside of the lab, she enjoys singing, painting, writing, and exploring NYC.
Joanna Joo
B.S. in Chemistry, George Mason University
Graduate Student, jj3541@nyu.edu
Joanna was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but spent about 15 years in Korea and 5 years in Fairfax, Virginia before coming to NYU. She graduated from George Mason University with a major in Chemistry and a concentration in Biochemistry. Her undergraduate research focused on testing small molecule modulators of enzymes for pulmonary inflammation. She is currently studying bacterial glycan assembly in the Lupoli lab.
Hanee Kim
B.S. in Chemistry, Baylor University
Graduate Student, hk3181@nyu.edu
Hanee was born and raised in Daegu, South Korea but she studied in Texas before coming to NYU. Her undergraduate research at Baylor University focused on characterizing glycan structures using isotope labeling-mass spectrometry. In Lupoli lab, she is studying the role of bacterial rare sugars in host-pathogen interaction. Outside of lab, she likes to explore good restaurants and chill with her cat, Mozzi.
Andrea Koid
Saeyoung Lee
Seayoung was born in Seoul and spent her childhood growing up in India. She earned her degrees from McGill University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where her research focused on GPCR signaling and transduction. Her work included predicting the assembly of dimers and uncovering alternative downstream signaling pathways. As a graduate student, Seayoung is eager to expand her expertise in computational techniques and protein biochemistry. Outside the lab, she enjoys hitting the gym, golfing, and discovering new brunch spots around NYC.
Hersa Milawati
B.S., M.S. in Chemistry, Padjadjaran University
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Osaka University
Post-Doctoral Associate, hm3087@nyu.edu
Hersa was born and raised in Indonesia, where she attended Padjadjaran University to pursue her B.S. and M.S. degrees, and worked on the isolation and characterization of secondary metabolites from Meliaceae plants. For her Ph.D., she joined the group of Prof. Koichi Fukase at Osaka University in Japan to work on the synthesis of carbohydrate antigens and study their interactions with antibodies for the development of cancer immunotherapies. She joined the Lupoli lab to extend her skills and study bacterial glycan-antibody interactions. Outside the lab, she enjoys watching movies and Friends, listening to Taylor Swift, and photography.
Brock Nelson
Aweon A. Richards
B.S. in Biochemistry, Hofstra University
Graduate Student, ar3473@nyu.edu
Aweon was born and raised in New Jersey. She decided to relocate to Long Island, NY to pursue a B.S. in Biochemistry at Hofstra. During her undergrad studies, she researched the organic synthesis mechanism of NO-NSAIDs. Currently, she’s interested in exploring the world of chemical biology.
Sterling Sandler
Mia Sheshova
Nathan Soper
B.S. in Biochemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Graduate Student, njs388@nyu.edu
Nathan grew up in Suffolk, VA which is in a heated competition with Dothan, AL as the peanut capital of the world. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a major in biochemistry and minor in math. His undergraduate research was in magic-angle spinning solid state NMR with biological proteins. When not in lab, Nathan is always trying to find a new thing to do in the city.
Louisa Wei
B.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UC San Diego
Graduate Student, yw7458@nyu.edu
Louisa was born in China but finished her undergraduate in California. She graduated with a B.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from University of California, San Diego, and her undergraduate research focused on developmental disorders related to CNS. When not in the lab, she enjoys playing strategy games and taking good rests.
Isabelle Yardumian
B.S. in Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach
Graduate Student, ihy2004@nyu.edu
Isabelle is originally from Sugar Land, Texas. She graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a B.S. degree in Biochemistry. As an undergraduate, she worked on a project focused on developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. In the Lupoli lab she is currently working on viral helicases, and completed her M.S. prior to starting the Ph.D. program.
Gideon Kweku Yawson
B.S. in Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Graduate Student, gky2003@nyu.edu
Gideon was born and raised in Cape Coast, Ghana. He is an alumnus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. He took about a 6000-mile trip to Illinois State University, Illinois, to obtain his master’s degree in Chemistry. In this light, his interdisciplinary predilection for science came along. His prior experience has been on secondary metabolites from wood-decaying fungi that are active against bacterial biofilms, as well as ruthenium (III) complexes with anti-Alzheimer’s activity. His interest across the interface of chemistry and biology led him to NYU. He also enjoys playing musical instruments and soccer.
Owen Zacaris
B.S. in Forensic Science: Toxicology , John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Graduate Student, ozacarias@jjay.cuny.edu
Owen is a native New Yorker from Brooklyn. Owen spent the past four years working in a research lab synthesizing novel anti-cancer therapeutics. He now wants to expand his work to target neurodegenerative diseases. When not in the lab, he likes to spend time going out to dance, swim, or stay home watching movies and building his Sci-Fi Lego collection.
Maggie Chuying Zheng
Undergraduates
Charan Chansrichawla
Diya Cherian
Nugget
The lab’s mascot and Maggie’s kitten.