Meet Our Team

Our team consists of passionate researchers dedicated to advancing the field of protein design and computational biology.

Linna An

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

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Wenbo Ning

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

Yanapat Janthana

Graduate RA (He/Him)

B.S. University of Oregon, Biochemistry

Email: yj68[at]rice.edu

Model development

Hayden Stegall

Hayden Stegall

Graduate RA

B.S. University of Texas at Austin, Biochemistry

Email: hs151[at]rice.edu

Peptide binders, polyketide synthase engineering

Audrey Zheng

Audrey Zheng

Undergraduate RA (she/her)

B.S. Rice University, Biological Sciences with a Biochemistry Concentration and Artificial Intelligence

Email: az81[at]rice.edu

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