Center for Chemical Biology and Therapeutics

Staff Directory

Hening Lin, Ph.D.

Hening Lin, Ph.D.

Co-Director of CCBT

Professor and HHMI Investigator in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. More

 

Chuan He, Ph.D.

Chuan He, Ph.D.

Co-Director of CCBT

The John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago. More

Rauful Alam, Ph.D.

Rauful Alam, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Rauful Alam is a Staff Scientist in Medicinal Chemistry at the CCBT. Prior to joining CCBT, he served as a Principal Scientist at PTC Therapeutics, where he worked in the preclinical drug discovery team. He was part of the team that discovered PTC518 (Votoplam), a splicing modulator currently in Phase II clinical trials for Huntington’s disease. More

Jordan Mancl, Ph.D.

Jordan Mancl, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Jordan Mancl is a Staff Scientist in Structural Biology at the CCBT with extensive experience in X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM. Prior to joining CCBT, he studied the mechanisms and consequences of enzyme-substrate interactions as a postdoc at the University of Chicago. More

Kewen Peng, Ph.D.

Kewen Peng, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Kewen Peng is a Staff Scientist in Medicinal Chemistry in CCBT. Prior to joining CCBT, he worked on both the assay development and inhibitor identification & optimization for several ADPr-binding proteins. More

Candice Chen, M.S.

Candice Chen, M.S.

Executive Assistant

Candice Chen is the Executive Assistant to Dr. Hening Lin, assisting with coordination and operational management for the center’s programs and events. More

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