Meet the Team
top (left to right): Vinny, Ipsita, Luna, Dongqi, Brendan
bottom: Ashley, Nadine, Grace, Emily, Quint
(pictures are email links)
Vinayak Agarwal
Vinny is an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech with joint appointments at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Biological Sciences.
Ipsita Mohanty, graduate student. 2017 -
Ipsita completed her Bachelors and Masters in Chemistry from IIT Kharagpur in 2017. With Garg and Agarwal, she is working on elucidating how bioactive molecules are naturally synthesized. She is excited to work on this harmonious integration of biology and chemistry.
Nguyet Nguyen (Luna), graduate student. 2018 -
Luna graduated from Vietnam National University of Science in 2017 with a Bachelors in Chemistry. As an undergraduate, she worked on purification of natural products. She is now working on elucidating the biosynthesis of marine compounds.
Dongqi Yi, graduate student. 2018 -
Dongqi received her Bachelors in Pharmacy from Nankai University and her Masters in Biotechnology from Northwestern University. She is a biochemist with Gutekunst and Agarwal.
Brendan Whalen, graduate student. 2020 -
Brendan graduated in 2020 with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University. He worked on the production of monoclonal antibodies and drug targets as an undergrad. Now, he is excited to take on the biosynthesis of natural products.
Ashley Jones, graduate student. 2020 -
Ashley graduate with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from The University of Alabama in 2020. She worked on the synthesis of PRMT-1 inhibitors as an undergraduate student. She is now focusing on elucidating the biosynthesis of marine natural products from seaweeds.
Nadine H. Abrahamse, undergraduate student. 2020 -
Nadine is working towards her Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at Georgia Tech. She is seeking to deepen her understanding of the connections between biology and chemistry with her research on natural products and their syntheses.
Grace Hanson, undergraduate student. 2021 -
Grace is pursuing her Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry at Georgia Tech. She hopes to strengthen her understanding of chemical and biological principles through research as she approaches experiments from a medical interest.
Emily N Glatter, undergraduate student. 2021 -
Emily is a fourth-year student at Georgia Tech pursuing a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. She is currently investigating natural products of marine sponges with Ipsita and is excited to integrate biology and chemistry techniques in working on this project.
George (Quint) Gfroerer, REU student. Summer 2021
Quint is a rising junior and neuroscience major at Vanderbilt University where he is part of the College Scholars Honors Program and has conducted research on the social group structure and migration patterns of Pederson cleaner shrimp. As a REU student for summer 2021, in the Agarwal Lab, he is excited to investigate the production of natural products and their interactions.
bottom: Ashley, Nadine, Grace, Emily, Quint
(pictures are email links)
Vinayak Agarwal
Vinny is an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech with joint appointments at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Biological Sciences.
Ipsita Mohanty, graduate student. 2017 -
Ipsita completed her Bachelors and Masters in Chemistry from IIT Kharagpur in 2017. With Garg and Agarwal, she is working on elucidating how bioactive molecules are naturally synthesized. She is excited to work on this harmonious integration of biology and chemistry.
- Ipsita's 2020 Marine Drugs paper
- Ipsita and Dongqi's 2020 ACS Chem Biol paper
- Ipsita and Subhasish's 2021 mSystems paper
- Ipsita and Luna's (joint first) 2021 ChemBioChem paper
- Luna and Ipsita's 2021 JACS paper
Nguyet Nguyen (Luna), graduate student. 2018 -
Luna graduated from Vietnam National University of Science in 2017 with a Bachelors in Chemistry. As an undergraduate, she worked on purification of natural products. She is now working on elucidating the biosynthesis of marine compounds.
Dongqi Yi, graduate student. 2018 -
Dongqi received her Bachelors in Pharmacy from Nankai University and her Masters in Biotechnology from Northwestern University. She is a biochemist with Gutekunst and Agarwal.
- Hem and Dongqi's 2020 ACS Chem Biol paper
- Ipsita and Dongqi's 2020 ACS Chem Biol paper
- Dongqi's 2021 JACS paper
Brendan Whalen, graduate student. 2020 -
Brendan graduated in 2020 with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University. He worked on the production of monoclonal antibodies and drug targets as an undergrad. Now, he is excited to take on the biosynthesis of natural products.
Ashley Jones, graduate student. 2020 -
Ashley graduate with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from The University of Alabama in 2020. She worked on the synthesis of PRMT-1 inhibitors as an undergraduate student. She is now focusing on elucidating the biosynthesis of marine natural products from seaweeds.
Nadine H. Abrahamse, undergraduate student. 2020 -
Nadine is working towards her Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry at Georgia Tech. She is seeking to deepen her understanding of the connections between biology and chemistry with her research on natural products and their syntheses.
Grace Hanson, undergraduate student. 2021 -
Grace is pursuing her Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry at Georgia Tech. She hopes to strengthen her understanding of chemical and biological principles through research as she approaches experiments from a medical interest.
Emily N Glatter, undergraduate student. 2021 -
Emily is a fourth-year student at Georgia Tech pursuing a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. She is currently investigating natural products of marine sponges with Ipsita and is excited to integrate biology and chemistry techniques in working on this project.
George (Quint) Gfroerer, REU student. Summer 2021
Quint is a rising junior and neuroscience major at Vanderbilt University where he is part of the College Scholars Honors Program and has conducted research on the social group structure and migration patterns of Pederson cleaner shrimp. As a REU student for summer 2021, in the Agarwal Lab, he is excited to investigate the production of natural products and their interactions.
Alumni
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Hem Thapa, postdoc. 2017 - 2020
Hem graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2011 and earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics at Texas A&M working with Dr. Tim Devarenne. Hem joined the lab in summer 2017, and here, he was interested in the discovery and engineering of natural product biosynthetic pathways. Hem is now at the CDC as a Molecular Biologist working on real world problems. We are glad to continue to have him close to home. Subhasish Tapadar, research scientist. 2020 - 2021
Subhasish is an experienced synthetic organic chemist with fifteen years of experience in drug discovery and development in many therapeutic areas, including oncology, Alzheimer’s disease, infection, and inflammation. Subhasish’s work is primarily focused on developing epigenetic drugs to treat cancer, and he has made original and significant contributions in this field. Subhasish graduated from Osmania University, India in 2005 and earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry.
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Andrew Lail, undergraduate student. 2017 - 19. Current: University of Wisconsin
Michelle Kim, high school student. 2018 - 19.
Rohan Gupta, high school student. 2017 - 18.