Recent (and not so recent) Alums

Rohit Rana, Ph.D.

 2022-2024

Targeted protein degradation

Estheban Osorio-Franco, Ph.D.

2022-2024

Targeted protein degradation

Now: Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb

Masha Rosenberg, Ph.D.

2011-2017

Now: Scientist at Pantheon Biosciences 

Shibin Chacko

2015-2017

Now: Asst Prof. Hislop College 

Gyan Modi

2014-2016 

Now: Asst. Prof. Banaras Hindu University 

Yang Wei

2013-2015 

Suresh Gorla and Kavtiha Mandapati

2009-2013

Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe 

1995-1997

Akanchhya Khanal

(Biotechnology MS 2026)

Characterization of Pneumocystis jirovecii IMPDH

Next: PhD at Wesleyan University

Alex Sarkis

(BCBP PhD 2024)

Evolution of self resistance in natural product biosynthesis

Now: Post Doc at Virgina Tech

Jinao "Jim" Chen

(Biotech MS 2024)

Antibacterial target identification

Now: Associate Scientist at GenScript 

Anna Henkin

(BCBP PhD 2023)

Mechanism of mTORC1  inhibition

Gary Marqus

(Chem PhD 2023)

Antibacterial target identification

Now: Scientist II at Mariana Oncology

Xingou Wang

(Chem PhD 2022)

Structural determinants of IMPDH inhibitor selectivity 

Now: Senior Scientist at Structure Therapeutics

Mike Pepi

(Chem PhD 2021)

Now: Senior Manager at Apellis Pharmaceuticals

Runhan Yu 

(Chem PhD 2019)

Now: Applied Scientist at Amazon

Yuntao Shi 

(Chem PhD 2017)

Rory Coffey 

(MCB PhD 2015)

Now: Founded Computational Biology & Drug Discovery Consultant

Rebecca Freedman 

(BCBP MS 2015)

Tianjiong Yao 

(MCB MS 2015) 

Marcus Long (BCBP PhD 2014)

Yifan Dang (Chem MS 2014)

Xin Sun (BCBP PhD 2011)

Now: Associate Director, Target and Drug Discovery at Radial Therapeutics

Corey Johnson (Chem MS 2011)

Now: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Xavier University of Louisiana

Gina Pagani (2007)

Sarah Mortimer (BC PhD 2005)

Ruijian "Jerry" Tan

BS Biology 2026

IMPDH Acetylation

Next: University of Connecticut Biophyics PhD Program

Mark Shamis

BS Chemical biology, Biology, Computer Science 2025

Targeted protein degradation

Next: USC Chemistry PhD program

Oliver Sampson-Tonge

BS Biochemistry 2025

Antibacterial target identification

Next: Chemistry & Chemical Biology PhD program at UCSF

Reina Wang

Targeted protein degradation

Arielle Kolodzinski

BS Biology 2023

Mtb IMPDH inhibitors

Next: Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology

Jiahe Wang

BS Chemical Biology 2023

Antibacterial target identification

Next: Cornell Chemistry PhD Program

Kayla Boxer

BS Chemical Biology 2023

Targeted protein degradation

Now: UCLA BMSB PhD program

Chase Chen

BS/MS Biochemistry 2021

E3 ligases in mTOR regulation

BS/MS Biochemistry 2021

Next: UPenn MD/PhD program

Orly Goldberg 

BS Chemistry 2019

Ximi "Kevin" Wang

Kaitlin Hulce

Dan Kats

Paresh Shrestha

Evolution of self resistance in natural product biosynthesis

Kanchana Ravichandran 

BS Biochemistry

Next: MIT Chemistry PhD program

Miranda Patton

BS/MS Biochemistry 

Nwak Umejiego

Penchala Meka, Ph.D. 

2021-2026

Targeted protein degradation

Now: Synthetic Organic Chemist at Enfanos

Ryan Cullinane, B.S.

(Research Technician)

Targeted protein degradation

Now: UTSW PhD program

Devi Gollapalli, Ph.D. (Research Scientist)

Minjia Zhang, M.S. (Technician)

Ripken

retired