Department of Chemistry
Science and Engineering South
UIC East Campus
About Alex
Alexander Adibekian, PhD
Full Professor in Chemistry and Endowed Chair
University of Illinois at Chicago
Alexander Adibekian received his PhD from ETH Zürich, Switzerland and conducted his postdoctoral research in Prof. Benjamin Cravatt's laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute. Alex started his independent career at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. In 2017, he relocated to The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida as an Associate Professor. In 2022, he was hired as Professor by the University of Illinois Chicago.
Current Members
Dany Pechalrieu, PhD
Chao Wang, PhD
Viranga Wimalasiri, PhD
Posdoctoral Research Associate
Molecular Physiology/Biological Physics, PhD
University of Virginia
Hengbo Wu, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry, PhD
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
Jingsheng Jiang, PhD
Posdoctoral Research Associate
Medicinal Chemistry, PhD
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
Oshani Wanasinghe
Dinabandhu Samanta
Sebastian Malespini
Alumni
Daniel Abegg, PhD
Graduate Student: 2013-2017
Postdoctoral Research Associate: 2017-2022
Research Assistant Professor: 2022-2025
Current Position: Scientific Account Manager at Genedata
Nan Qiu, PhD
Graduate Student: 2019-2025
Current Position: Senior Scientist at Waters
Brittney Racioppo, PhD
Graduate Student: 2019-2025
Current Position: Senior Scientist at Waters
Debobrata Paul, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate: 2024
Brendan Dwyer, PhD
Graduate Student: 2017-2022
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford under Prof. Nathanael Gray
Anton Shuster, PhD
Graduate Student: 2017-2022
Current Position: Scientific Entrepreneur
Zhensheng Zhao, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate: 2018-2020
Current Position: Senior Scientist at Exelixis
Dominic Hoch, PhD
Graduate Student: 2015-2019
Current Position: Application Scientist Proteomics at Thermo Fischer Scientific