Former Group Members

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Taylor, Steven, Ph.D. 2002

Skyhawk Therapeutics, Head of Business Development

Mascarenhas, Cheryl, Ph.D. 2002

Benedictine University, Chicago, Associate Professor

Danek, Shelley, Ph.D. 2003

Marshall Gerstein LLP, Partner

Miller, Steven, Ph.D. 2003

Merck, Director

Duffey, Matthew, Ph.D. 2003

Wolf Greenfield, Registered Patent Attorney

Russell, Albert, Ph.D. 2003

Tuskegee University, Associate Professor

Morgan, Jeremy, Ph.D. 2004

UNC Wilmington, Professor

Fuller, Nathan, Ph.D. 2005

Rectify Pharma, Senior Director

Evans, Michael, Ph.D. 2005

Ashland, Inc., Research Scientist

Sieber, Joshua, Ph.D. 2008

Virginia Commonwealth University, Assistant Professor

Burks, Heather, Ph.D. 2008

Novartis, Global Program Manager

Kliman, Laura, Ph.D. 2011

Impossible Foods, Director

Brozek (Wzorek), Laura, Ph.D. 2011

Foley Hoag LLP, Registered Patent Attorney

Zhang, Ping, Ph.D. 2012

Novartis, Senior Principal Scientist

Kyne, Robert, Ph.D. 2012

Arvinas, Research Investigator

Ely, Robert, Ph.D. 2012

Eidos Therapeutics, Director

Ferris, Grace, Ph.D. 2013

Lesley University, Assistant Professor

Cho, Hee Yeon, Ph.D. 2013 (Joint with L. T. Scott)

Loyola University Chicago, Assistant Professor

Mlynarski, Scott, Ph.D. 2014

AstraZeneca, Associate Director

Le, Hai, Ph.D. 2014

Adesis, Research Scientist

Ardolino, Michael, Ph.D. 2014

LifeMine Therapeutics, Director, Discovery Process Chemistry

Schuster, Christopher, Ph.D. 2014

Merck Rahway, Research Scientist

Yu, Zhiyong, Ph.D. 2014

NiKang Therapeutics, Associate Director

Hong, Kai, Ph.D. 2015

East China Normal University, Professor

Coombs, John R., Ph.D. 2015

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Principal Research Scientist

Blaisdell, Tom, Ph.D. 2015

Cedilla Therapeutics, Senior Research Scientist

Eno, Meredith, Ph.D. 2017

Blueprint Medicines, Associate Director

Zhang, Liang, Ph.D. 2017

Amgen, Senior Research Scientist

Liu, Xun, Ph.D. 2018

Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Senior Research Investigator

Szymaniak, Adam, Ph.D. 2018

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Principal Research Scientist

Edelstein, Emma, Ph.D. 2018

Merck Boston, Senior Research Scientist

Yan, Lu, Ph.D. 2019

Kojin Therapeutics, Senior Scientist

Chierchia, Matteo, Ph.D. 2019

PTC Therapeutics, Research Scientist

Lovinger, Gabriel, Ph.D. 2019

Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow

Law, Chunyin Marshall, Ph.D. 2020

Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Research Investigator

Myhill, Jesse, Ph.D. 2020

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Research Scientist

Namirembe, Sheila, Ph.D. 2020

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Research Scientist

Aparece, Mark, Ph.D. 2020

Northwestern University, Assistant Professor

Meng, Yan, Ph.D. 2020

Nurix, Research Scientist

Wilhelmsen, Christopher, Ph.D. 2021

Alkermes, Research Scientist

Zhang, Chenlong, Ph.D. 2021

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Research Scientist

Vendola, Alex, Ph.D. 2022

National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Fellow

Xu, Peilin, Ph.D. 2022

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Research Scientist

Hu, Weipeng, Ph.D. 2022

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Research Scientist

Zhang, Xuntong (Charlie), Ph.D. 2023

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Postdoctoral Fellow

Kong, Ziyin (Zinnia), Ph.D. 2024

Relay Therapeutics, Research Scientist

Xu, Ningxin (Nina), Ph.D. 2024

Amgen, Research Scientist

POSTDOCS

Zhao, Cunxiang, Postdoc 2000-2001

WuXi AppTec(Tianjin), Senior Director

LeTiran, Arnaud, Postdoc 2002-2004

Servier(France), Director

Ballard, Eric, Postdoc 2002-2004

Tampa University, Assistant Professor

Kumar, Pavan, Postdoc 2002-2004

Gentara Pharmaceuticals, Research Scientist

Rao, Maddali, Postdoc 2002

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Professor

Trudeau, Stephane, Postdoc 2004-2005

OmegaChem, Associate Director

Moran, Wesley, Postdoc 2004-2005

University of Huddersfield, Assistant Professor

Ramirez, Armando, Postdoc 2007-2008

Wang, Bin, Postdoc 2008-2010

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Principal Scientist

Poe (Kobašlija), Sarah, Postdoc 2009-2010

Lumafield, Materials Lead

Custar, Dan, Postdoc 2009-2011

Mersana Therapeutics, Director

Sun, Chunrui, Postdoc 2013-2014

Merck, Associate Principal Research Scientist

Kamath, Anushree, Postdoc 2014-2015

Skyline High School, Chemistry Teacher

Fang, Lichao, Postdoc 2014-2015

Janssen Pharmaceutical (Shanghai), Senior Research Scientist

Shields, Jason, Postdoc 2015-2016

Astra Zeneca, Associate Pricipal Research Scientist

Ingoglia, Bryan, Postdoc 2019-2020

Brandeis University, Professor

MASTER DEGREES

Wright, Sonya, M.S. 1999

Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories PSS LLC, Patent Analyst

Townes, Jennifer, M.S. 2001

Proctor and Gamble, Research Scientist

Aurisset, Pauline, M.S. 2002

Kalendra, Diane, M.S. 2004

ViiV Healthcare Director

Nepveux, Joe, M.S. 2004

Pelz, Nicholas, M.S. 2006

M&T Bank, Analyst

Woodward, Angela, M.S. 2006

Serenex, Research Scientist

Ommen, Andy, M.S. 2006

Sigma Aldrich, Supervisor

Yao, Li, M.S. 2008

Facebook, Research Scientist

Chang, Weng, M.S. 2014

Gilead, Research Scientist

Caya, Thomas, M.S. 2014

Novartis, Research Scientist

Drake, Nathan, M.S. 2014

Batten (Vandehey), Amanda, M.S. 2015

Gilead, Research Scientist

Annis, Alexandra, M.S. 2015

Sanofi Genzyme, Associate Director

Deaton, T. Max, M.S. 2017

Milliken Chemical, Engineer

Koo, Paul Seung Moh , M.S. 2019

Gilead, Research Scientist