Current Lab Members

Dr. Christopher Arnatt, Principle Investigator

Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology

Director of Chemical Biology Program

Saint Louis University

Postdoc: National Institute of Standards and Technology, NRC fellowship           

PhD: Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University

BS: Chemistry, Hampden-Sydney College

Christopher graduated summa cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College in 2009 with a B.S. in chemistry with honors. While there, he cultivated his love for research which led him to earn a PhD in medicinal chemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013. His graduate research focused on two main areas: compounds for prostate cancer treatment and bivalent chemical probes targeting neurological HIV/AIDS. Christopher was able to expand his research to include more biology and computational modeling which allowed him to be involved in multiple facets of the projects. After graduating in 2013 he received a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Science and Technology to work on fluorescent probes targeting induced pluripotent stem cells.

Christopher then moved from the east coast to St. Louis, Missouri where he joined the Department of Chemistry at Saint Louis University as an Assistant Professor in 2015. He is currently a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Saint Louis University.

arnattck at slu.edu

Current Graduate Students

Vanja Kalajdzic, Graduate Student (Chemistry Ph.D. Program)

Robert Devine, Graduate Student (Chemical Ph.D. Program)

Angelina Ellis, Graduate Student (Chemistry Ph.D. Program)

Marc Moroz, Gaduate Student (Chemistry Ph.D. Program)

Current Undergraduate Researchers

Lila Ward (Chemistry BS Major)

Johan Nah

Nikola Freund

Gretchen Clemens

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Dr. Shi Chei

Graduate Researchers

  • Chelsea DeLeon, Ph.D.; Current: Law Clerk, API Innovation Center; USPTO Registered Patent Agent; Former: postdoctoral researcher in the Roth Lab at UNC

  • Kayla F. Grady, Ph.D.; Current: Scientist at Eurofins Scientific; Former: Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Indiana

  • Israel Olayide, Ph.D.; Analytical Chemist at Sun Chemical

  • Elise Stuertz, MS Chemical Biology; Research and Development Chemist at Eli Lilly and Company

  • Kristin Skubic, MS Chemistry; Division Leader at growve

  • Austin O'Dea, MS Chemistry; Process Development Associate III at AGC Biologics

  • Nick Latzo, MS Chemistry; Quality Supervisor at Formulated Solutions

  • Michael Green, MS Chemistry; Research Associate at Pfizer

  • Mitsate Bayero, MS Chemical Biology; R&D Specialist III- Analytical Chemist at Bayer

Undergraduate Researchers

  • Patrick Sweeney, M.D.; Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine

  • McKenna Losby (formally McKenna Wilhlem), Ph.D.; Program Director, Industrial Uses, United Soybean Board

  • Meghan McHugh; EHS Representative at Spartech LLC

  • Kevin Skerak; QC Technician at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

  • Justyn Craig;

  • Sophia Joseph, M.D.; Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident, MetroHealth

  • Joeseph Gunn, Corn Merchant at Cargill

  • Karissa Skibinski, Secondary Science Teacher at Lincoln County R-III School District

  • Emily Duncan, M.D.; Internal Medicine Resident, Primary Care Track, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

  • Sarah Tran

  • Aidan Cole (Summer 2017, visiting Undergraduate researcher from University of Pittsburgh), Ph.D.; Postdoctoral Fellow, Aird Lab, The Wistar Institute

  • Jodi Pederson (Summer 2018, Visiting Undergraduate Researcher from University of Central Missouri), Pd.D.; Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School

  • Zachary Murphy (Summer 2018, Visiting Undergraduate Researcher from Truman State University), Ph.D.; Intern at National Nuclear Security Administration

  • Onika Olson (Summer 2019, Visiting Undergraduate Researcher from Missouri State University), Quality Control Analyst III at Partner Therapeutics

  • Dietrich Olibrice, Quality Assurance Specialist at Orano Med

  • Rebecca Jagmen, Medical Assistant at Derick Dermatology

  • Mitsate Bayero (MS in Chemical Biology from Saint Louis University), R&D Specialist III- Analytical Chemist at Bayer

  • Tyler Thompson

  • Joanna Gongora; PhD candidate at Washington University School of Medicine in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology

  • Jacob Butler, M.D.; PGY-2 Critical Care Resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

  • Angelina Ellis (Summer 2022, Undergraduate researcher from Webster University, currently a Ph.D. student in the Arnatt Lab)

  • Varin Gupta; D.O. Candidate, Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Kathleen Rosfelder; formally R&D Chemist I at Sherwin-Williams; currently Language Assistant at North American Language and Culture Assistants Program in Madrid, Spain

  • Olivia Farris, Lab Analytical Assistant at Bayer

  • Lavelle Barnes, Chemistry PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh

  • Ivy Yang, Associate Production Scientist at MilliporeSigma

  • Josh Good, Medical School Student at Saint Louis University

  • Anna Csiki-Fejer; Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis

  • Elian Pena, Medical School Student at Texas Tech