People

Mark received a B.A. in Biochemistry from Oberlin College. Following a brief stint in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries he obtained a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and then was an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He began his independent career at the University of New Mexico in 2018.

Jack received a B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology and a B.A. in Writing and Rhetoric from the University of Rhode Island.

Philip received a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Biology from Eastern Oregon University.

Catriona received a B.S. in Chemistry/Biochemistry from U.C. San Diego

Bala received BTech and MTech degrees in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. He worked under Professor A. Y Kabiru during his undergraduate studies on “Kinetic studies of Polyphenol oxidase” and his master’s work was under Professor A. A Jigam on a project “Antiulcerogenic effects of Agelanthus dodoneifolius leaf”. After graduation, he moved to the University of New Mexico to pursue a Ph.D. in Mark Walker’s lab. He is currently working on investigating the substrate specificity of RiPP biosynthetic enzymes.

Rupam joined M.C. Walker Lab in 2021 as a PhD Student and currently working on developing a new cell surface display platform for RiPPs. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy and Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from University of Dhaka. Previously he worked on isolation of phytochemicals with potential medicinal value and received Government-sponsored National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship for his work. He also has industrial experience at Incepta Pharmaceutical Limited and teaching experience from Northern University Bangladesh.

Jillian received a B.S. in Health Care Administration from SUNY Bridgeport and a B.S. in Chemistry from Ohio Dominican University.