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The Pentelute Lab leverages expertise in peptide chemistry, molecular biology, and technology development to create peptide and protein-based therapeutics and tools for chemical biology.
Pentelute Lab, MIT, Cambridge, Chemistry, Molecular biology, technology development, peptide, protein-based therapeutics, chemical Biology
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TEAM

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Prof. Bradley Pentelute

Principal Investigator
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Andrei Loas

Research Laboratory Operations Manager
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Emily Wensberg

Financial Coordinator
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John Albin

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Igor Beckers

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jordan Bench

Graduate Student
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Stephen Byrne

Postdoctoral Associate
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Xinnuo Chen

Graduate Student
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Michael Desgagné

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jyoti Dhankhar

Postdoctoral Associate
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Julien Couture-Senécal

Postdoctoral Associate
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Catherine Hazard

Graduate Student
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Hsuan-Min Hung

Graduate Student, co-mentored w/ S. Buchwald
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Ching-Pei Hsu

Graduate Student
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Isaac Fu-Ray Yu

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Kübra Kaygisiz

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dae Kyu Kim

Graduate Student
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Sydney Kelley

Research Technician
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David Sarabia-Castillo

Graduate Student
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Haidi Tang

Postdoctoral Associate
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Martin Wohlwend

Postdoctoral Associate
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Yourong Weng

Graduate Student
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Chun-Yen Lin

Postdoctoral Associate
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Boya Zhang

Postdoctoral Associate

LAB ALUMNI

Gizem Akcay Postdoctoral Fellow

Vladimir Akhmetov Senior Scientist, Calico Life Sciences

Sarah Antilla Scientist, Novo Nordisk

Anupam Bandyopadhyay Assistant Prof., Indian Institute of Tech, Ropar, India

Alexis Boykin MIT Undergraduate

Joseph Brown Staff Scientist, Acceleration Consortium, Toronto, Canada

Nathan Buchwald

Ivan Buslov Senior Expert, SIBUR Chemicals, Moscow

Alex Callahan Senior Scientist, Amgen

Richard Chang MIT Undergraduate

Puguang Chen Visiting PhD Student (2018), Tsinghua University, China

Yiran Cheng

Zi-Ning Choo MIT Undergraduate

Daniel Chinnapen Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Daniel Tzvi Cohen Scientist, AbbVie

Amanda Cowfer Scientist, Snapdragon Chemistry

Maria Czarnocki-Lucheschi M.S. Student, ETH Zurich

Peng Dai Senior Scientist, NuProbe Inc.

Valentina De La Rosa MIT Undergraduate

Heemal Dhanjee

Diomedes Dieppa-Matos Scientist, Unnatural Products

Max Distler Associate, Flagship Pioneering

Nate Dow Associate Professor, Middlebury College

Daniel Dunkelmann Ph.D. Student ETH Swiss

Ethan Evans Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb

Colin Fadzen Resident, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Charlie Farquhar Chief Analytical Officer, Innocular AI

Giulio Fittolani Senior Scientist, Merck & Co.

Satish Gandhesiri Scientist, Biosynth

Zak Gates Research Scientist, p53Lab Agency for Science, Tech & Research, Singapore

Hong Geun Lee Process Chemist, Bristol-Meyers Squibb

Nathalie Grob Assistant Professor, ETH Zurich

Hannah Grupe Research Specialist, Nomura Lab, UC Berkeley

Katie Halloran PhD student, Cambridge University

Cameron Hanna Scientist II, Unnatural Products

Stephanie Hanna Ph.D. Student, University of Washington

Nina Hartrampf Assistant Professor, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Patrick Hauck Visiting Masters Student 2019-2020, University of Applied Sciences & Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Yuki Hirata Rebecca Holden Postdoctoral Fellow, Hacohen lab, The Broad Institute

Mette Ishoey Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen

Muhammad Jbara Assistant Professor, Tel Aviv University

Corey Johnson Scientist, Amide Technologies

Amirabbas Kazeminia Ph.D. Student, Harvard University

Katsushi Kitahara Scientist, Sumitomo Pharma, Japan

Koji Kubota Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan

Dennis Kutateladze Associate Professor

Guillaume Lautrette Bioanalytical Clinical Monitor, SGS Life Sciences. 2014-2016

Yen-Chun Lee Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Michael Lee Advisor Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Protomer Technologies

Yelim Lee

Xiaoli Liao Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2014)

Chengxi Li Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University, China

Ted Li Undergraduate Student (2012-2013)

Jingjing Ling Graduate Student (2012-2014)

Shunying Liu Visiting Scholar (2018), East China Normal University

Alexander Loftis Associate, Vida Ventures LLC

Mike Lu Executive Director, Goldman Sachs

Tessa C. Luehmann Visiting Scholar (2012) University of Wurzburg

Mikael Madsen Visiting Student 1/1/17 – 7/31/17, Gothelf Lab in Aarhus, Denmark

Yuta Maki Assistant Professor, Osaka University

Aaron Mallek Research Scientist, Angiex

Akihiro Manbo Visiting PhD Student (2017-2018), Osaka University, Japan

Massi Menichelli Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

Alex Mijalis Scientist II, Dyno Therapeutics

Ed Miller Senior Scientist, Merck

Roman Misteli Ph.D. Student, University of Cambridge

Surin Mong Intellectual Property Manager, Dewpoint Therapeutics

Taichi Nakamura PhD Student, Chuo University. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, April 2018

Sunit Pal Advisor, Eli Lilly

Aneesh Pant MIT MSRP BIO Summer Research Program 2026

Rocco Policarpo Undergraduate Student (2011-2013) Harvard CCB, Graduate Student

Sebastian Pomplun Assistant Professor, Leiden University

Mackenzie Poskus

Elaine Qian Visiting Student

Anthony Quartararo Associate Director, Parabilis Medicines

Amy Rabideau Scientist at Moderna Therapeutics

Rahi Masoom Reja Advisor Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Protomer Technologies

Sepideh Rezvanian Scientist, Parabilis Medicines

Chae Rin Kim MIT Undergraduate

Jacob Rodriguez

Anthony Rojas Clinical Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Kennesaw State University

Aurélie Rondon Tenured Researcher, CRCN INSERM, France

Simon Rossler Senior Scientist, Novo Nordisk

Azin Saebi Consultant, McKinsey & Company

Lia Lozano Salazar Ph.D. Student, UC Santa Cruz

Michael Santos Software Developer, Athena Health

Kohei Sato Visiting Scholar, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Daphne Van Scheppingen Visiting Student Researcher (2013)

Carly Schissel Postdoctoral Researcher, Schepartz Lab, U.C. Berkeley

Adeline Schmitt Visiting Masters Student 2019, University of Strasbourg, France

Deborah Sementa University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy

Timothy Senter Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Daniel Sharygin MIT Undergraduate

Arisa Shimada Visiting PhD Student (2017-2018), Osaka University, Japan

Elee Shimshoni Medical Research Fellow, Every Cure

Christopher Shugrue Assistant Professor, University of Richmond

Mark Simon Technical Advisor, Amide Technologies and Bluestem Biosciences

Alexander Spokoyny Professor at UCLA

Bente Somsen Visiting PhD Student (2018-2019), Eindhoven University, Netherlands

Hironori Takeuchi Scientist, Sumitomo Pharma, Japan

Xuyu Tan Senior Scientist, Intellia Therapeutics

Jason Tao

Alexia Telios Ph.D. Student, Brandeis University

Dale Thomas Business and Automation Consultant, DT3 Consulting

Kyle Totaro Associate Director, Entrada Therapeutics

Faycal Touti Scientist, Glympse Bio

Nicholas Truex Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina

Suan Tuang Investment Analyst, Foresite Capital

Eva Maria Lopez Vidal Scientist, Entrada Therapeutics

Nicholas Vecchiarello Assistant Professor, University of Virginia

Michelle Villagran Wellesley College Undergraduate

Alex Vinogradov Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo

Dimuthu Vithanage Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sanofi

Wayne Vuong M.D. Student, Vanderbilt University

Xiyun Ye Postdoctoral Researcher, Suga Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan

Ahmet Yesilcimen Chief Scientific Officer, Innocular AI

Gha Young Lee Fellow, Harvard-MIT M.D./Ph.D. Program

Binyou Wang Visiting Student (2018), Nankai University, China

Jessica Wilson

Justin Wolfe Co-Founder, Transcera

Jeffrey Wong Senior Scientist, Bicycle Therapeutics

Thomas Wood 

Anna Zhang Undergraduate Student, Wellesley College

Belinda Zhang Visiting PhD Student (2024), University of Sydney

Chi Zhang Co-Founder, GT Biosciences

Genwei Zhang Head of Peptide Chemistry, XtalPi Inc.

Peiyuan Zhang Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Yekui Zou Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2013)

Vanessa Zuger Visiting Student