Meet Our Team
Our team consists of passionate researchers dedicated to advancing the field of protein design and computational biology.
Linna An, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
PostDoc University of Washington (Advisor: David Baker)
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Advisor: Wilfred van der Donk)
B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, Chemistry
Email: la72[at]rice.edu
Getting money, and hire people to spend the money in a way which is beneficial to the general public.
Wenbo Ning, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. University of Florida (Advisor: Jeffrey D. Rudolf)
B.S. Nanjing Tech University, Applied chemistry
Email: wn18[at]rice.edu
Enzyme design, biocatalysis
Yanapat Janthana
Graduate RA (He/Him)
B.S. University of Oregon, Biochemistry
Email: yj68[at]rice.edu
Model development
Hayden Stegall
Graduate RA
B.S. University of Texas at Austin, Biochemistry
Email: hs151[at]rice.edu
Peptide binders, polyketide synthase engineering
Audrey Zheng
Undergraduate RA (she/her)
B.S. Rice University, Biological Sciences with a Biochemistry Concentration and Artificial Intelligence
Email: az81[at]rice.edu
Tag free binder development for hormone monitoring for corticosterone