Jeff Aubé, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab develops new chemistry, and chemical agents as biological probes and drug discovery candidates. Current interests include the discovery of unconventional opioid agents, anti-tuberculosis drugs … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Drug Discovery, Pharmacology, Translational Medicine |
Yevgeny Brudno |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our lab developed technologies in the space of biomaterials and drug delivery of small molecule and cell therapy. In drug delivery, we have developed systems for ultra-specific delivery of small molec … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Chemical Biology, Drug Delivery, Nanomedicine, Stem Cells |
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AFFILIATIONS: Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Genetics, Molecular Medicine, Structural Biology |
Leslie M. Hicks |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research in the Hicks lab focuses on development and implementation of mass spectrometric approaches for protein characterization including post-translational modifications, as well as the identificat … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Chemical Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology |
David Lawrence, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research program is multifaceted, encompassing the fields of organic and peptide synthesis, photochemistry, enzymology, cell and molecular biology, microscopy, and the application of drug delivery … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular disease, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Drug Delivery |
Bo Li |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research focuses on the discovery and design of new gene-encoded bioactive small molecules from bacteria. We are interested in understanding enzymes involved in their biosynthesis, their therapeu … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Molecular Biology |
Zibo Li, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: As the Professor of Radiology and BRIC, my research has been focused on the development and validation of novel radiolabeling methods and multimodality molecular imaging probes for visualization and q … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biomedical Research Imaging Center (BRIC), Chemistry, Lineberger Cancer Center, Radiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Autism, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Imaging, Nanomedicine, Prostate Cancer, Surgery, Translational Medicine |
Matthew Ryen Lockett, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Research in the Lockett group focuses on the development of analytical model systems to: i) chemically modify the surface of thin films, and study chemical and biochemical reactions occurring on those … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Structural Biology |
Gary J. Pielak |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My graduate students and I use the formalism of equilibrium thermodynamics and the tools of molecular biology and biophysics to understand how nature designs proteins.,My graduate students and I use t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Structural Biology |
Matt Redinbo, |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Redinbo Laboratory examines dynamic cellular processes using structural, chemical, molecular and cell biology. Our goals are to discover new drugs and to elucidate molecular pathways essential to … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Molecular Medicine, Structural Biology |
Marcey Waters |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our research focuses on several different aspects of biomolecular recognition, including (1) protein post-translational modifications, (2) protein-nucleic acid interactions, and (3) protein-protein in … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology |
Kevin Weeks |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Weeks group invents novel chemical microscopes for understanding the structure and function of RNA and then applies these technologies to leading, and previously intractable, problems in biology. … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Chemistry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Virology |



