Jeyun received his Pharm.D. from Pusan National University in 2016 and completed his Ph.D. research in the laboratory of Prof. Hwayoung Yun at the same university in 2021. His thesis studies focused on the first total synthesis of anmindenol A and optimization of 2-anilinopyrimidine-based selective inhibitors against TNBC cells. After working as a senior research scientist at Chong Kun Dang for a year, Jeyun joined the Bogyo lab as a postdoctoral fellow in May of 2022. He is currently working on the development of highly selective inhibitors and probes targeting specific serine hydrolases in pathogenic bacteria and parasites.

Tulsi received her B.Sc. degree in Biotechnology (2009) from Mohanlal Sukhadiya University Udaipur and her M.Sc.degree in Biotechnology (2011) from H. N. B. Garhwal University Srinagar, India. She then joined the Department of Mathematics, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, India to pursue M. Tech in Bioinformatics (2014). She worked under the guidance of Prof. K.R. Paradasni and Prof. Neeru Adlakha to identify riboswitches in Clostridium difficile and their small-molecule binders using an in silico approach. In January 2015, she started her Ph. D. work in the laboratory of Dr. Ishu Saraogi at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal. Her thesis focused on studying essential structural features that regulate protein-protein interaction in the bacterial Hsp70 system and the identification of small molecule inhibitors of DnaK. Tulsi joined the Bogyo lab in March 2022. Her current interest is in characterizing the function of serine hydrolases in pathogenic bacteria and developing selective inhibitors using diverse chemical libraries and phage-display approaches.

Maly earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Denison University in 2015. During her undergraduate studies, she conducted research in both organic chemistry, under the mentorship of Prof. Jordan Fantini, and radiology, with Dr. Eric Wall at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She then began her Ph.D. in Chemistry at UCLA, in the laboratory of Prof. Ellen Sletten. Her graduate work centered around the development of polymethine dyes and nanomaterials for shortwave infrared imaging. In these pursuits, she was co-mentored by Dr. Oliver Bruns at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus in Munich, Germany, where she established methods for real-time, multicolor optical imaging in vivo. After completion of her Ph.D. in 2020, Maly joined the Bogyo lab in 2021 and is pursuing covalently targeted imaging agents for serine hydrolases in pathogenic bacteria.

Marta received her B.Sc. in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona in 2011 and a MSc in Experimental Organic Chemistry in 2013. She then joined the lab of Prof. Santiago Vázquez where she focused on the synthesis of small molecules targeting ion channels. As a graduate student, Marta also worked in the labs of Dr. Steven Hilton at UCL and Prof. Bill Degrado at UCSF. After earning her PhD in 2017, she received a Marie Curie fellowship to work with Prof. Steven Verhelst at KU Leuven, where she developed new chemical methods to study membrane proteases in their native environments. In October 2021 she joined the Bogyo lab where she works on identifying selective substrates and inhibitors for proteases involved in cancer using phage display approaches.  

Matteo received his MSc in Biotechnology from Parma University (Italy) in 2016. Under the supervision of Prof. Simone Ottonello and Barbara Montanini, he worked on the development of an in vivo BRET-based platform for the identification of protein-protein interaction inhibitors. Matteo then moved to Heidelberg (Germany) to carry out his PhD at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Carsten Schultz and Marcus Mall. During his doctoral studies, Matteo’s goal was to spatially resolve the complexity of the neutrophil serine protease (NSP) network in chronic airway diseases. To do so, he developed probes designed to quantify neutrophil elastase and cathepsin G activity specifically at the neutrophil surface and on eDNA within neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Matteo joined the Bogyo Lab in May 2021. He is currently interested in identifying molecular mechanisms that protect the respiratory tract from pathogen biofilm infections and in developing technologies for the in vivo imaging of solid tumors. 

Nikki graduated from the University of Maryland in 2016 where she earned a B.S. (cum laude) in Chemistry and Biological Sciences. She performed undergraduate research in physical organic chemistry in Prof. Daniel Falvey's lab where she studied photo releasable protecting groups. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Southern California in 2021 under the mentorship of Prof. Matthew Pratt. Her graduate work centered around the posttranslational modification O-GlcNAcylation. During her time in the Pratt lab, Nikki developed selective inhibitors of O-GlcNAc modifications and investigated its role in fibroblast contraction. Nikki joined the Bogyo lab in October of 2021 and is interested in using covalent inhibitors to investigate the role of key enzymes in mammalian immune responses.

Casey transferred from Pasadena City College to California State University, Los Angeles (Summa Cum Laude) where she earned a B.S. in Biochemistry in 2021. As a MARC-U*STAR fellow, she worked under the guidance of Dr. Matthias Selke in the field of physical chemistry where she studied the atmospheric production of singlet oxygen from fossil-fuel-generated environmental pollutants. During her undergraduate studies, Casey completed a summer fellowship at the Oak Crest Institute of Science mapping the chemistry of a catalyzed carbon dioxide radical anion to produce more desirable products. Casey was also a Genentech WAVE fellow at the California Institute of Technology during the summer of 2020 where she optimized CuZn catalysts to enhance the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction. Casey joined the Bogyo lab in June 2022 and is interested in developing covalent inhibitors to study enzymes that drive key processes in immunology. Casey is an Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Fellow and a ChEM-H Chemical Biology Interface (CBI) trainee.

Laura graduated from Bowdoin College in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) in Biochemistry and Neuroscience. Her undergraduate research with Dr. Patsy Dickinson focused on the permeability of connective tissue sheaths in the American lobster to endogenous hormone neuropeptides. After graduation, she worked for two years as a research technician in Dr. Oksana Berezovska's lab at the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, studying the interaction between Presenilin 1 and Synaptotagmin 1 in Alzheimer's disease. Before coming to Stanford, she was a ChEM-H summer intern at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) working in the Ophthalmology Department. In the Bogyo lab, Laura is interested in understanding the function of serine hydrolases in commensal microbiomes.

Franco graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Biological Engineering in 2019. At Berkeley, he worked under the guidance of Dr. Gabor Somorjai working in the field of surface science while developing supported metal nanoparticle based heterogeneous catalysts. Franco also spent time researching in the Vision Science Program studying lipid circuits and immune response with Dr. Karsten Gronert. While at UC Berkeley, he completed a summer internship at Genentech synthesizing antibacterial small molecules and improving synthetic routes. In the Bogyo lab, Franco is interested in developing covalent cyclic peptide inhibitors for future use as therapeutics, imaging agents, and biological tools. Franco is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program scholar and is also ChEM-H Chemical Biology Interface fellowship trainee.

John graduated from Colgate University in 2019 with a Bachelors of Arts (Summa Cum Laude) in Biochemistry and Classical Studies. His undergraduate research with Dr. Ernie Nolen focused on the chemistry of oxazolidinones as intermediates in unnatural amino acid synthesis to develop C-linked peptidoglycans. During his time at Colgate, he also had the opportunity to work with Dr. Kenneth Jacobson at the NIDDK where he synthesized a library of antagonists for the P2Y₁₄ receptor. In the Bogyo Lab, John is interested in using chemical probes to study how environmental factors alter serine hydrolase activity in pathogenic bacteria.