Sciences Building (SCI)
Adibekian Lab
Adibekian Lab Office
About Alex
Alexander Adibekian, PhD
Professor, Distinguished Chair in Natural Sciences and Mathematics
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Texas at Dallas
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. In 2026, he was awarded the CPRIT (Cancer Prevention Research in Texas) Established Investigator Award and was hired by The University of Texas at Dallas as a Distinguished Chair in Natural Sciences and Mathematics where he currently conducts his research.
Current Members
Postdoctoral Researchers
Viranga Wimalasiri, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Molecular Physiology/Biological Physics, PhD
University of Virginia
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Pranab Chandra Saha, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Chemical Biology, PhD
Jadavpur University,
University of Arizona, Postdoc (2023-2026), Dr. Michael Taylor
Graduate Students
Oshani Wanasinghe
Graduate Student [4th Year]
Environmental Science, B.Sc
University of Peradeniya
Dinabandhu Samanta
Graduate Student [2nd Year]
Chemistry, M.Sc.
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Alexander Broschek
Graduate Student [1st Year]
Chemistry, B.Sc
Purdue University Northwest
Caroline Alvarez
Archita Barma
Graduate Student [1st Year]
Chemistry, M.Sc.
Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research, Pune
Alumni
Chao Wang, PhD
Graduate Student: 2014-2019
Research Assistant Professor: 2025-2026
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Scintillon Research Institute
Sebastian Malespini
Research Specialist: 2025-2026
Current Position: MD PhD Graduate Student, The University of Chicago
Dany Pechalrieu, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate: 2018-2022
Research Assistant Professor: 2023-2026
Current Position: Researcher at Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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