Speakers

The Chemical Biology Discussion Group End-of-Year Symposium

Thursday, May 21, 2026, 12:00 PM - 5:10 PM

Keynote Speakers

Thomas A. Paul, PhD
Thomas A. Paul, PhD
Pfizer

Alanna Schepartz, PhD
Alanna Schepartz, PhD
University of California, Berkeley

Short Talk Speakers

Madeeha Ali, PhD
Madeeha Ali, PhD
Stony Brook University

Anna Knoerlein, PhD
Anna Knoerlein, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Oi Wei Mak, PhD
Oi Wei Mak, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Andrew Paige
Andrew Paige
Columbia University

Moeka Sasazawa
Moeka Sasazawa
New York University

Ruocheng Yu, PhD
Ruocheng Yu, PhD
Harvard University

Flash Talk Speakers

Adriana Di Nanni, PhD
Adriana Di Nanni, PhD
Columbia University

Xiaoqing Han, PhD
Xiaoqing Han, PhD
Merck

Minhee Lee
Minhee Lee
Columbia University

Joseph Ongkingco
Joseph Ongkingco
New York University

Gideon Yawson
Gideon Yawson
New York University

Scientific Organizing Committee

Melanie Brickman Borchard, PhD, MSc
Melanie Brickman Borchard, PhD, MSc
The New York Academy of Sciences

Yael David, PhD
Yael David, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Tania Lupoli, PhD
Tania Lupoli, PhD
New York University

Ekaterina Vinogradova, PhD
Ekaterina Vinogradova, PhD
Rockefeller University

Poster Presenters

Raveena Parbhudayal, PhD
Raveena Parbhudayal, PhD
The Graduate Center of The City University of New York

Thomas A. Paul, PhD
Thomas A. Paul, PhD
Pfizer

Alexander Poppel
Alexander Poppel
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Ashleigh Purvis
Ashleigh Purvis
Yale University

Sterling Sandler
Sterling Sandler
New York University

Nicholas Sawyer, PhD
Nicholas Sawyer, PhD
Fordham University

Kevin Schiefelbein
Kevin Schiefelbein
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Samantha Shepherd
Samantha Shepherd
Yale University

Mia Sheshova
Mia Sheshova
New York University

Nathan Soper, PhD
Nathan Soper, PhD
New York University

Rui Sun, PhD
Rui Sun, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Harsha Venkatesh
Harsha Venkatesh
New York University