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
Daniel Abegg, PhD
Dany Pechalrieu, PhD
Viranga Wimalasiri, PhD
Posdoctoral Research Associate
Molecular Physiology/Biological Physics, PhD
The University of Virginia
Graduate Student
NSF GRFP Fellow
Skaggs Fellowship Recipient
Biochemistry, B.S.
Seton Hill University
Brittney Racioppo
Nan Qiu
Graduate Student
NSF GRFP Fellow
Skaggs Fellowship Recipient
Biochemistry, B.S.
Arizona State University
Oshani Wanasinghe
Dinabandhu Samanta
Alumni
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
Postdoc: 2018-2020
Current Position: Senior Scientist at Exelixis
Dominic Hoch, PhD
Graduate Student: 2015-2019
Current Position: Application Scientist Proteomics at Thermo Fischer Scientific
Chao Wang, PhD
Graduate Student: 2014-2019
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Scripps Research under Prof. Peng Wu