Our Scientists

Prof. Robert Newberry

Principal Investigator

Robert is a chemical biologist who uses a variety of experimental and computational approaches to probe cellular protein misfolding.

Dr. Anindita Mahapatra

Postdoctoral Scholar

Anindita is a biophysical chemist who leads our in vitro biochemistry team to understand how molecular interactions affect misfolded protein structure.

Dr. Daeun Noh

Postdoctoral Scholar

Daeun is a biochemist who leads our in vivo structural biology team in applying mutational scanning to probe protein misfolding in high resolution.

Rishob Dasgupta

Visiting Scholar

Rishob is a pre-med/medical student at Penn State University working on our biology team.

Thara Ayyar

Undergraduate

Thara is a senior biology major working on our biology team.

Tyler Collie

Undergraduate

Tyler is a senior biochemistry major working on our biochemistry team.

Zeke Bickham

Undergraduate

Zeke is a junior computational engineering major working on our biology team.

Lana Dokic

Undergraduate

Lana is a junior biochemistry major working on our chemistry team.

Emmanuel Gonzalez

Undergraduate

Emmanuel is a junior on our chemistry team, majoring in neuroscience and sociology.

Angelica Sanchez

Undergraduate

Angelica is a junior on our biochemistry team, majoring in biochemistry and minoring in Japanese.

Hannah Verstuyft

Undergraduate

Hannah is a junior public health major working on our biology team.

Brianna Phan

Undergraduate

Brianna is a sophomore human development and family sciences major working on our biology team.

Haseeb Siddiqui

Undergraduate

Haseeb is a sophomore biology major working on our biology team.