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PhD Biochemist | Research Mentorship in Chemical Biology & Immunotherapy

Profile Summary

I am a PhD-trained biochemist with extensive experience in enzyme engineering, chemical biology, and antibody-based therapeutics. I currently work as a postdoctoral fellow designing and characterizing bispecific antibodies for immunotherapy applications in hematological malignancies. I mentor graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists in experimental design, data interpretation, troubleshooting biochemical assays, and manuscript preparation. My research background spans enzyme kinetics, protein engineering, rare nucleotide-sugar biosynthesis, and translational immunotherapy, with multiple peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals. I enjoy helping researchers clarify scientific questions, strengthen experimental logic, and translate complex data into clear, compelling figures and manuscripts. I offer flexible, remote mentoring sessions tailored to individual research and career goals.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Chemical Biology
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Immunotherapy

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Image Analysis, Data Processing

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

January 2026 - Present

Graduate Student

New York University

September 2019 - August 2025

Research Assistant

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

September 2016 - December 2018

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry)

New York University

September 2019 - Present

Bachelors of Science (Forensic Science)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

September 2015 - June 2019

Certifications

• Doctor of Philosophy

  New York University

  August 2025 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Meng Zheng, Maggie C. Zheng, Hanee Kim, Tania J. Lupoli (2023). Feedback Inhibition of Bacterial Nucleotidyltransferases by Rare Nucleotide <scp>l</scp>-Sugars Restricts Substrate Promiscuity . Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Maggie Zheng, Alexa P. Harnagel, Mia Sheshova, Meng Zheng, Karolina Skorupinska-Tudek, Ewa Swiezewska, Tania J. Lupoli (2023). Preference of Bacterial Rhamnosyltransferases for 6-Deoxysugars Reveals a Strategy To Deplete O-Antigens . Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Maggie Zheng, Meng Zheng, Tania J. Lupoli (2022). Expanding the Substrate Scope of a Bacterial Nucleotidyltransferase via Allosteric Mutations . ACS Infectious Diseases.

Maggie Zheng, Shu-Yuan Cheng, Lissette Delgado-Cruzata, Cristina C. Clement, Owen Zacarias, Marta Concheiro-Guisan, Nicholas Towler, Timothy Snyder, Nickolas Almodovar, Christina Gonzalez, et al. (2022). Cytotoxicity, crosslinking and biological activity of three mitomycins . Bioorganic Chemistry.

Maggie Zheng, Meng Zheng, Samuel Epstein, Alexa P. Harnagel, Hanee Kim, Tania J. Lupoli (2021). Chemical Biology Tools for Modulating and Visualizing Gram-Negative Bacterial Surface Polysaccharides . ACS Chemical Biology.

Maggie Zheng, Seokjin Hwang, Timothy Snyder, Jake Aquilina, Gloria Proni, Manuel M. Paz, Padmanava Pradhan, Shu-Yuan Cheng, Elise Champeil (2019). Synthesis of Mitomycin C and decarbamoylmitomycin C N6 deoxyadenosine-adducts . Bioorganic Chemistry.

Maggie Zheng, William Aguilar, Manuel M. Paz, Anayatzinc Vargas, Shu‐Yuan Cheng, Elise Champeil (2018). Interdependent Sequence Selectivity and Diastereoselectivity in the Alkylation of DNA by Decarbamoylmitomycin C . Chemistry – A European Journal.

Maggie Zheng, Owen Zacarias, William Aguilar, Manuel M. Paz, Sergey Tsukanov, Shu-Yuan Cheng, Padmanava Pradhan, Elise Champeil (2018). Isolation and Rationale for the Formation of Isomeric Decarbamoylmitomycin C-<i>N</i>⁶-deoxyadenosine Adducts in DNA . Chemical Research in Toxicology.