Lab Members

Our Staff

David Taylor.
David Taylor
Staff Scientist
Geny Zhao.
Geny Zhao
Biologist

Our Fellows

Hyomoon Cho.
Hyomoon Cho
Postdoctoral Fellow

Development of mass spectrometry-based methods for early-stage prioritization and discovery of promising microbial natural products; isolation and structure elucidation of bioactive compounds

Aqib Khan.
Aqib Khan
Postdoctoral Fellow

High-throughput screening approaches to activate cryptic natural products in bacteria; mass spectrometry-based metabolomics to characterize induced metabolomes

Rashmi Kumariya,
Rashmi Kumariya
Research Fellow

Engineering and preclinical development of Fc- and antibody-based chimeric biologics against enveloped viruses and deciphering the regulatory mechanisms governing natural product biosynthesis

Jan Haro.
Jan Haro
NIDDK Postbac Scholar

Antimicrobial discovery via natural products and synthetic origins (de novo peptide/small molecule design); secondary metabolite biosynthesis and druggable target pathway elucidation in bacteria

Soha Rashid.
Sanjida Rashid
Postbac IRTA, UGSP Scholar

Natural product biosynthesis; regulation of secondary metabolites; genetic and biochemical characterization of biosynthetic pathways

Brooke Smith.
Brooke Smith
Academic Intern, Colgate University-NIH Exchange Program

Natural products discovery via high throughput media screening

Last Reviewed September 2026