Alumni

Former Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Angelo Andres – HHMI Gilliam Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2017-2022, Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)

Dr. Sonalee Athavankar – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2000-2005, Principal Scientist, Advinus Therapeutics)

Kyle Bailey – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2008-2011, Researcher, The University of Pittsburgh)

Dr. Aaron Bender – Research Associate & Director of Molecular Probes Core (2010-2015, Instructor, Central Wyoming College)

Zach Biddle – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2005-2006, Managing Director, FTR Valuation)

Dr. Siwarutt Boonyarattanakalin – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2001-2005, Associate Professor, SIIT, Thailand)

Sutang Cai – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2006-2009, Senior Manager, Cox Communications)

Dr. Erick Carlson – Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)

Dr. Daniel D. Clark – Graduate Student in Chemistry (1999-2004, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics, Clarion University)

Dr. Steffen P. Creaser – Postdoctoral Fellow (2000-2002, Associate Director, Takeda)

Dr. Mike DeGrazia – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2002-2007, Patent Attorney at McCarter & English, LLP)

Dr. Jocelyn Edathil – MD/PhD Graduate Student in Chemistry (2004-2008, Associate Professor, Temple University)

Robert Feltz – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2004-2006, Director, Sharp)

Dr. Safiyyah Forbes – IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2013, Dean of Science and Math, Chabot College)

Dr. Liqiang Fu – Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2013, Cofounder and CTO, GluBio Therapeutics)

Dr. Zhe (Gavin) Gao – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2013-2019, Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M)

Dr. Joseph Gargano – Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2004, Technical Director at Vedeqsa Inc.)

Dr. Daniel A. Harki – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2000-2005, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, U. Minnesota)

Dr. Enfei He – Postdoctoral Fellow (1998-1999, Senior Manager, Avantor)

Dr. Bart Heldreth – Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2006, Chemist, Cosmetic Ingredient Review)

Dr. Rebecca Henkhaus– Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2009, Technical Supervisor, Clinical Reference Laboratory)

Dr. Abu Hossion – IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2016, Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Bridgeport)

Dr. Stephen L. Hussey – Graduate Student in Chemistry (1998-2003, Marketing Director, Anton Paar)

Dr. David Hymel – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2009-2014, Research Scientist, Novo Nordisk)

Dr. Kelsey Knewtson – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2013-2019, postdoctoral fellow, University of Kansas)

Dr. Molly M. Lee – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2012-2016, Chemist, FDA)

Dr. Bailin Lei – Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2019)

Dr. Ze Li – Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2010, Research Scientist, Covance, Indianapolis, IN)

Dr. Megan M. MacBride – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2000-2005, Director, Taconic)

Dr. Scott E. Martin – Graduate Student in Chemistry (1999-2004, Group Leader, Genentech)

Dr. Matt Meinig – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2010-2015, Pharmacologist, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases)

Dr. Laurie F. Mottram – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2003-2007, Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals)

Dr. Smita M. Muddana – Graduate Student in Chemistry (1999-2004, Associate Director, Clorox)

Cameron Ng – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2012-2014, Senior Research Associate, Sanofi)

Dr. Chamani Perera – Research Associate (2010-2015, Director, Synthetic Chemical Biology Core Facility, University of Kansas)

Dr. Sahishna Phaniraj – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2015-2019, Deputy Director, Sanofi Pasteur)

Aimee M. Price – Graduate Student in Chemistry (1999-2001, Scientist, Novartis Pharmaceuticals)

Dr. Digamber Rane – Senior Scientist (2015-2023, Senior Chemist, Luxottica)

Dr. Sheryl A. Rummel – Graduate Student in Chemistry (2003-2008, Associate Teaching Professor, Penn State University)

Dr. Kalai Selvi Shanmugam – Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2010)

Dr. Krishna Sharma – Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021, Research Scientist II, Iowa State U.)

Dr. Sangarappan Sivakumar – Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2003, Director, Vector Bio)

Dr. Anver Basha Shaik – Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022, Senior Scientist, NIH NHLBI)

Dr. Qi Sun – Graduate Student (1/04-5/09, Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, China)

Tomas Smith – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2018-2019, Research Scientist II at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research)

Kathleen M. Veety – Graduate Student in IBIOS Chemical Biology (2001-2003, High school teacher)

Dr. Nicole Windmon – IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2016, Science Department Head, EF Academy)

Dr. Robert Winefield – Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2012, Field Service Engineer, Thermo Fisher)

Dr. Zachary Woydziak – IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2012, Professor of Chemistry and Division Chair of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Saint Mary)

Dr. Runzhi Wu – Graduate Student in Chemistry (Penn State, 2005-2010, Technology Specialist, China)

Dr. Jun Xu – Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2011, Research Scientist, ABA Chemical)

Ning Yang – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2011-2013)

Dr. Yuwen (Alicia) Yin – Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry (2016-2021, Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT)