Principal Investigator
Professor Richard W. Roberts
Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Molecular and Computational Biology
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics/MGH Department of Molecular Biology (1993-1997)
- Ph.D. Biophysical Chemistry, Yale University (1993)
- B.S. Chemistry, University of Kansas (1987)
- Email: richrob@usc.edu
Research Faculty
Professor Terry Takahashi
Assistant Professor (Research) of Chemistry
- Ph.D. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology (2005)
- M.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology (2004)
- B.A. Chemistry, Claremont McKenna College (1998)
- Email: tttakahashi@usc.edu
Graduate Students
Chris Hughes
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California (2018)
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California (2016)
- Research: Medicinal chemistry optimization of peptide inhibitors of huntingtin aggregation
- Out of Lab: Enjoys coffee shops and seeing movies
- Email: crhughes@usc.edu
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Tristan McPhail
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California (2022)
- B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2019)
- Research: Selection of Huntington’s Disease diagnostics and bioassay development
- Out of Lab: Enjoys traveling, hiking, reading, and spending time with her pets
- Email: tmcphail@usc.eduE
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Bud Parks
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
- B.E. Biological Engineering, Montana State University (2021)
- Out of Lab: Likes to run, hike, roller-blade, and listen to audio-books
- Email: ajparks@usc.edu
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Pearl Qi
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California Irvine (2023)
- Out of Lab: Enjoys hiking, traveling, experiencing different cultures and food
- Email: zhenzhuq@usc.edu
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Colin Leaf
Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
- B.S. Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (2021)
- Out of Lab: Enjoys surfing
- Email: cleaf@usc.edu
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Yutong Li
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
- M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2022)
- B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (2021)
- Out of Lab: Enjoys massage, hiking, and listening to live music
- Email: yli75177@usc.edu