Current Officers (2023-2024)
Diana Łomowska-Keehner
President
Diana researches bacterial terpenoid biosynthesis in Streptomyces with a focus on terpene synthases and cytochromes P450. Outside of lab, she enjoys walks in nature and reading.
Javi Covington
Secretary
Javi's research involves characterizing enzymes in the biosynthetic pathways of natural products found through genome mining of marine organisms toward discovering new chemistries and biocatalytic applications. Outside of lab, he enjoys surfing, spending time outside, and weekend road trips!
Jarin Tasnim Rintuna
Social media Manager
Jarin is currently working at Savin's Lab. She focuses on designing protein-polymer biohybrid materials that exhibit tailored morphologies owing to their amphiphilic properties. Beyond her scientific pursuits, Jarin takes pleasure in music and travel during her leisure time.
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
Nidhi Kalia
Vice President
Nidhi works on the chemical and kinetic characterization of Nsp15 endoribonuclease from SARS-CoV-2. She uses mechanistic enzymology to understand the functional properties and define the catalytic mechanism and specificity of Nsp15. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, travelling, and photography. She is also the member of Badminton Club at UF and enjoys to play badminton and basketball after lab and on the weekends.
Nessa Pesaran Afsharian
Treasurer
Nessa is a structural biologist. She is interested in application of NMR and Single molecule fluorescence to study structure, function, and dynamics of GPCR and non-GPCR membrane proteins. In her free time, she enjoys discovering nature and dancing.
2020-2021
