Principal Investigator

Benjamin F. Cravatt III, Ph.D.

Professor and Gilula Chair of Chemical Biology

The Department of Chemistry and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology

The Scripps Research Institute

E-mail: cravatt[at]scripps.edu

Administrative Lab Manager: Kimberly Masuda

E-mail: kimisan[at]scripps.edu

Tel: (858) 784-8201

Group Members

  • Seth Allen, Graduate Student (Joint with Dr. Jeff Kelly)

    B.S. Duke University

    NSF Graduate Research Fellow

    E-mail: sallen[at]scripps.edu

  • Sabrina Barbas, Research Assistant II

    B.S. Boston University

    E-mail: sbarbas[at]scripps.edu

  • Raymond Berkeley, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate

    Ph.D. UC San Diego

    E-mail: rberkeley[at]scripps.edu

  • Divya Bezwada, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow

    Ph.D. UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Jane Coffin Childs-Merck Fellow

    E-mail: dbezwada[at]scripps.edu

  • Skye Brettell, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate

    Ph.D. University of Glasgow

    E-mail: sbrettell[at]scripps.edu

  • Melissa Dix, Ph.D. Senior Staff Scientist

    Ph.D. The Scripps Research Institute

    E-mail: melissad[at]scripps.edu

  • Lauren Hargis, Ph.D. Candidate (Joint with Dr. Michael Erb)

    B.S. University of California, Davis

    David C. Fairchild Endowed Fellowship Recipient

    E-mail: lhargis[at]scripps.edu

  • Hannah Hashimoto, Ph.D. Candidate (Joint with Dr. Jin-Quan Yu)

    M.S. University of Oregon

    Skaggs Fellow in Molecular Medicine

    E-mail: hhashimoto[at]scripps.edu

  • Rachel Hayward, Ph.D. Candidate

    B.S. Lafayette College

    E-mail: rhayward[at]scripps.edu

  • Nori Kaneshige, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate

    Ph.D. University of Michigan

    E-mail: akaneshige[at]scripps.edu

  • Arthur Kim, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (Joint with Dr. John Teijaro)

    Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine

    Open Philanthropy Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation

    E-mail: akim[at]scripps.edu

  • Haoxin Li, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow

    Ph.D. Harvard University

    Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellow

    E-mail: haoxinli[at]scripps.edu

  • Xingyu Liu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (Joint with Dr. Jin-Quan Yu)

    Ph.D. Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL)

    Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Postdoc.Mobility

    E-mail: xingyul[at]scripps.edu

  • Xuanmeng Luo, Ph.D. Candidate

    B.S. Nankai University

    Aria Chatterjee Memorial Fellowship in the Skaggs Graduate School

    E-mail: xluo[at]scripps.edu

  • Bruno Melillo, Ph.D. Institute Investigator

    Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

    E-mail: bmelillo[at]scripps.edu

  • Marc Morizono, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate (Joint with Dr. Danielle Grotjahn)

    Ph.D. University of California San Diego

    E-mail: mmorizono[at]scripps.edu

  • Ben Pang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate

    Ph.D. Scripps Research

    E-mail: zypang[at]scripps.edu

  • Aidan Pezacki

    Aidan Pezacki, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow

    Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

    George E. Hewitt Foundation for Medical Research Fellow

    E-mail: apezacki[at]scripps.edu

  • Zachary E. Potter, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow

    Ph.D. University of Washington

    AACR-AstraZeneca Breast Cancer Research Fellowship Recipient

    E-mail: zpotter[at]scripps.edu

  • Lingqi Qiu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate

    Ph.D. Purdue University

    E-mail: lqiu[at]scripps.edu

  • Christopher Reinhardt, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow

    Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellow (F32)

    E-mail: creinhardt[at]scripps.edu

  • Hermione (Zhouyang) Ren, Graduate student (Joint with Dr. Keary Engle)

    B.A./M.S. Northwestern University

    Endowed Fellowship in the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences

    E-mail: zren[at]scripps.edu

  • Logan Sigua, MSTP Graduate Student (Joint with Dr. Li Ye)

    B.A. Boston University

    E-mail: lsigua[at]scripps.edu

  • Jason Tse, Graduate Student

    B.A. Washington University in St. Louis

    E-mail: jtse[at]scripps.edu

  • Yijun Xiong, Ph.D. Candidate

    B.A. Grinnell College

    Skaggs Fellow in Molecular Medicine

    E-mail: yxiong[at]scripps.edu

  • Elva Ye, Ph.D. Candidate

    B.S. University of Texas at Austin

    Claudia Skaggs Luttrell Endowed Fellowship Recipient

    E-mail: eye[at]scripps.edu

  • Minjin Yoo, Ph.D. (right) Postdoctoral Associate

    Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

    E-mail: myoo[at]scripps.edu