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
Debobrata Paul
Postdoctoral Fellow
(shared appt. with Rehman and Kuchay Labs)
Organic Chemistry, PhD
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Nan Qiu
Graduate Student
NSF GRFP Fellow
Skaggs Fellowship Recipient
Biochemistry, B.S.
Arizona State University
Dany Pechalrieu, PhD
Graduate Student
NSF GRFP Fellow
Skaggs Fellowship Recipient
Biochemistry, B.S.
Seton Hill University
Brittney Racioppo
Oshani Wanasinghe
Alumni
Brendan Dwyer, PhD
Graduate Student: 2017-2022
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Stanford under Prof. Nathanael Gray
Dominic Hoch, PhD
Graduate Student: 2015-2019
Current Position: Application Scientist Proteomics at Thermo Fischer Scientific
Anton Shuster, PhD
Graduate Student: 2017-2022
Current Position: Scientific Entrepreneur
Zhensheng Zhao, PhD
Postdoc: 2018-2020
Current Position: Senior Scientist at Exelixis
Chao Wang, PhD
Graduate Student: 2014-2019
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Scripps Research under Prof. Peng Wu