Evert Njomen
Evert Njomen

Evert Njomen

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Overview

Our research aims to expand the bounds of druggability for both fundamental and therapeutic discoveries. We achieve this through the development of covalent chemical tools and the leveraging of chemical proteomic technologies. We are particularly interested in developing chemical tools targeting proteins that drive cancers and immune disorders with unmet clinical needs. Our goal is to find chemical starting points to expand our understanding of fundamental biology and to develop next-generation therapeutics.

Positions

Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

2025 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine

2026 School of Medicine

Education

M.S., Eastern Michigan University 2014

2014 Eastern Michigan University

Ph.D., Michigan State University 2019

2019 Michigan State University

HHMI Hanna H Gray Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute 2020 - 2025

2025 The Scripps Research Institute

Publications, Grants & Awards