About the lab

We are a structural biology research group at Texas A&M University focused on protein biochemistry and crystallography and how that knowledge can be used to guide therapeutic discovery. Our work is rooted in structural biology and has long emphasized the use of protein structures to answer biological questions and guide therapeutic development.

Over the years, the lab’s research has centered on infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, with additional efforts in cancer, parasitic diseases, and rare genetic disorders. Much of our work examines enzymes and protein complexes that play essential roles in metabolism, immune recognition, and drug response, to identify targets that can be exploited therapeutically.