Current Officers (2024-2025)
Nessa Pesaran Afsharian
President
Nessa is a structural biologist. Her research focuses on understanding the structure, function, and dynamics of GPCR and non-GPCR membrane proteins. She loves cats and enjoys reading books and working out in her free time.
Javi Covington
Vice President
Javi's research involves characterizing enzymes in the biosynthetic pathways of natural products with anticancer properties and novel chemistries found in the genome of sponge-associated cyanobacteria. Outside of lab, he enjoys surfing, spending time outside, and weekend road trips!
Nupur Sehgal
Treasurer
In her lab, Nupur investigates the biological function of the endoribonuclease YloC using a kinetics-based approach. Beyond the lab, Nupur enjoys dance, traveling, and cinema, finding inspiration in movement, new experiences, and storytelling.
Antara Banerjee
Secretary
Antara's research delves into the intricate world of GPCRs, employing NMR to explore their structure, function and dynamics. Outside of her scientific pursuits, Antara is an avid reader, writer, and cook, bringing creativity and precision to both her professional and personal endeavors.
Mahi Athar
Social media Manager
Mahi's work focuses on understanding the mechanism of action of oxalate decarboxylase, a protein responsible for breaking down insoluble oxalate into formate. By studying this process, Mahi aims to uncover insights that could have broader implications in biochemistry. Outside the lab, Mahi enjoys canoeing and road trips, always seeking new adventures on both land and water.
Advisor
Dr. Matthew Eddy
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Eddy's knowledge and guidance have helped us to create Fellows of Chemical Biology. His research focuses on structural biology of human membrane receptor proteins, known as GPCRs, to understand their drug-binding mechanisms and their functions in cell signaling.
Past Officers
2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024
2023-2024
Diana Łomowska-Keehner
President
Nidhi Kalia
Vice President
Nessa Pesaran Afsharian
Treasurer
Jarin Tasnim Rintuna
Social Media Manager
Javi Covington
Secretary
2022-2023
Nidhi Kalia
President
Matthew Gordon
Vice-President
Swapnil Joshi
Treasurer
2020-2022
Matthew Gordon
President
Krishna Patel
Vice-President
Alix Chamberlain
Treasurer
Jiaqiang Zhu
Secretary
Founders (2019)
Art Director
Matthew Gordon
Matthew was an FCB co-founder, serving as the president from 2019-2022 and vice president from 2022-2023. He is currently enjoying the realm of synthetic biology and is designing genetic circuits in Germany.
Tech Lead
Krishna Patel
Krishna was an FCB co-founder and vice president from 2019-2022. She spent one year as a post-doc in Scotland and is continuing her post-doc in Germany studying RiPP natural product biosynthetic gene clusters.
Product Manager
Lu Yang
Lu was an FCB co-founder and served as the treasurer from 2019-2020. She started to work on vaccine process development at Moderna after she graduated.