Jackson Cacioppo

Jackson Cacioppo is a dedicated researcher and educator with extensive experience in chemistry and laboratory instruction. Currently a Graduate Student Researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jackson focuses on synthesizing 2,6-diaminopyridine analogues for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and developing T-cell receptor agonists. As the CHEM 101L Head Teaching Assistant, responsibilities include enhancing laboratory procedures and overseeing the educational experience for graduate teaching assistants and undergraduate students. Prior roles include Senior Assistant Laboratory Instructor at Northeastern University, where Jackson taught organic chemistry and supervised multiple lab sections, and a Visiting Researcher at CÚRAM, alongside a co-op position at Amgen, focusing on drug substance analysis. Jackson holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, along with both an MS and a BS in Chemistry from Northeastern University.