Current Members

  • Dustin Maly, Ph.D.

    Principal Investigator

    Raymon E. and Rosellen M. Lawton Endowed Professor of Chemistry

  • Gayani Perera, Ph.D.

    Research Engineer

    PhD & MSc University of Washington

    B.S. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

    I am using organic synthesis to generate small molecules to control the growth of prostate cancers and chemical proteomics to identify their targets. Outside of the lab I love to read, drive and travel.

  • Jason Zhang, Ph.D.

    PostDoc

    PhD. UCSD, Bioengineering

    B.S. UC Berkeley, Bioengineering

    Designing de novo probes to perturb and profile Ras signaling.

  • Jessica Simon

    Doctoral Candidate

    I use biochemical tools to study the regulatory mechanisms of protein kinases. Outside of lab, I enjoy exploring Seattle.

  • Ethan Stoddard

    Doctoral Candidate

  • Dan Brush

    Doctoral Candidate

    B.S. Chemistry, SUNY Geneseo

    I generate small molecule probes to study protein function. Outside of lab, I love traveling and exploring new hobbies/activities.

  • Fernando Bañales Mejia

    Doctoral Candidate

  • Sahiti Shankar

    Doctoral Candidate

    B.S. Biochemistry, University of Southern California

    sahitins@uw.edu

  • Felicia Adebanjo

    Graduate Student

    B.S. Chemistry, Cameron University

    adefel@uw.edu

    Designing assays to study the functions of protein variants within the MAPK pathway

  • Felix Tsai

    Graduate Student

    B.S. Biochemistry/Chemistry, UC San Diego

    ftsai98@uw.edu

  • Doria Unrau

    Graduate Student

    B.Sc. Chemistry, University of British Columbia

    dunrau@uw.edu

    I use synthetic biology to study kinases involved in T cell receptor signalling. Outside of lab, I enjoy spending time in the outdoors with my dog Maggie.

  • Madeline Walsh

    Graduate Student

    B.S. Biochemistry, University of Southern California

    mwalsh9@uw.edu

  • Angelina Zhang

    Graduate Student

    B.A in Chemistry and Political Science, Wellesley College

    ajzhang8@uw.edu

    NSF GRFP (2024)

  • Young Li

    Young Li

    Graduate Student

    B.S. Chemistry, UC Irvine

    yiyanl3@uw.edu

  • Aman Shihora

    Graduate Student

    B.S. Pharmacological Chemistry, UC San Diego

    ashihora@uw.edu

  • Haden Wikar

    Graduate Student

    B.S. Chemistry, Boston College

    wikar@uw.edu

    In the Maly lab, I am developing assays to investigate wild-type proteins in a near-native cellular context. Outside of lab I enjoy reading and exploring new Seattle neighborhoods!

  • Amber Graves

    Undergraduate

    B.S. Biochemistry & B.A. Philosophy

    I’m using chemoproteomic methods to study the conformational dynamics of Lck and T cell receptor signaling.

Maly Lab Alumni

Graduate Students

Dr. Zack Potter (2023) - Postdoc in Ben Cravatt’s Lab @ Scripps Resarch

Dr. Linglan Fan (2022) - Postdoc in Eric Kool’s Lab @ Stanford

Dr. Sujata Chakraborty (2022)

Dr. Cindy Wei (2022)

Kyler Radmall (2020)

Dr. Chloe Lombard (2019)

Dr. Hannah Feldman (2019) - Postdoc in Ben Cravatt’s Lab @ Scripps Research

Dr. Daniel Cunningham-Bryant (2017) - Postdoc in Bing Ren’s lab @ UC San Diego

Dr. Matthew Chang (2017) - Research Associate @ CEDAR, OSHU

Dr. Jack Rose (2017) - Postdoc in Howard Chang’s lab @ Stanford

Dr. Bridget Trevillian (2016) - Mother of Children, Seattle

Dr. Ames Register (2016) - Associate Scientist @ Genentech

Dr. Carrie Gower (2014) - Scientific Manager @ LakePharma, Inc.

Dr. Sanjay Hari (2013) - Postdoc in Bob Sauer’s lab @ MIT

Dr. Jennifer Brigham (2013) - Postdoc @ Iowa State University

Dr. Simeon Andrews (2012) - Postdoc @ Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar

Dr. B. Gayani Perera (2012) - Lecturer at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr. Ratika Krishnamurty (2012) Technical Writer/Research Scientist @ UW Institute for Protein Design

Dr. Inna Goreshnik (2011) - Research Scientist IV in David Baker’s Lab @ UW

Dr. Pratistha Ranjitkar (2011) - Clinical chemistry fellow @ UW

Dr. Zachary Hill (2011) - Postdoc in Jim Wells’ lab @ UCSF

Amanda Brock (2009) - Lead chemist @ MeadWestvaco

Nick Buser (2008)

Postdocs

Dr. Rama Subba Rao Vidadala (2019)

Dr. Glenna Foight (2018) - Senior Scientist at Lyell Immunopharma

Dr. Venkata Vidadala (2018) - Postdoc in Gabe Varani’s Lab @ UW

Dr. Takayuki Unukai (2016)

Dr. Stephen Leonard (2014) - Assistant Professor of Chemistry @ Indiana Wesleyan University

Dr. Steven M. Johnson (2012) - Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine