Speakers

Chemical Biology: Peptide and Protein Design

Thursday, October 29, 2026, 12:30 PM - 5:25 PM ET

Keynote Speaker

Samuel Gellman, PhD
Samuel Gellman, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Speakers

Mandë Holford, PhD
Mandë Holford, PhD
Harvard University

Christopher Plummer, PhD
Christopher Plummer, PhD
Merck

Jie Zhou, PhD
Jie Zhou, PhD
University of Chicago

Short Talk Speakers

Stefan Belic, MPhil
Stefan Belic, MPhil
New York University

Benjamin Goldberg
Benjamin Goldberg
Tufts University

Kubra Kaygisiz, PhD
Kubra Kaygisiz, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ashleigh Purvis
Ashleigh Purvis
Yale University

Scientific Organizing Committee

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

Cassie Chartier, PhD
Cassie Chartier, PhD
The New York Academy of Sciences

Kevin Gardner, PhD
Kevin Gardner, PhD
City University of New York

Charles Jayne, MS
Charles Jayne, MS
Merck

Jon Lai
Jon Lai
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sarah Slavoff, PhD
Sarah Slavoff, PhD
Yale University

Poster Presenters

Danielle Guarracino, PhD
Danielle Guarracino, PhD
The College of New Jersey

Eldon Hard, PhD
Eldon Hard, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Monona Khare, BS
Monona Khare, BS
University of Delaware

Erik Koshnicharski
Erik Koshnicharski
Binghamton University

Jia Lee
Jia Lee
New York University

Minhee Lee, PhD
Minhee Lee, PhD
Columbia University

Lois Lequesne, PhD
Lois Lequesne, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Paul Peterson, PhD
Paul Peterson, PhD
Yale University

Melissa Pighetti, MChem
Melissa Pighetti, MChem
Yale University

Rupali Singh, MS
Rupali Singh, MS
New York University

Gabriel Rocco Sotero, BS
Gabriel Rocco Sotero, BS
University of Delaware

Yiran Zhang
Yiran Zhang
Yale University