People
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Courtney Aldrich
Courtney Aldrich
Contact Information:
- Office: 8-174 WDH
- Phone: 612-625-7956
- Fax: 612-625-8154
- email: aldri015@umn.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers
Postdoctoral Researchers
Surendra Dawadi
Postdoc
Research:
- Design and synthesis of fluorinated and constrained analogs of nucleoside mimics for use in Mtb treatment
- Master of Synthesis, Pharmacokinetics, and LC-MS
Contact Information:
- Lab: 8-139A WDH
- email: sdawadi@umn.edu
Will Fiers
Postdoc
Research:
- Whatever Dr. Aldrich can throw at him
Contact Information:
- Lab: 8-185 WDH
- email: fier0057@umn.edu
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Cater Eiden
5th Year Graduate Student
Research:
- Design and synthesis of mechanism based inhibitors against the Mtb enzyme target BioA
- Methodology of phosphine oxide reduction
Contact Information:
- Lab: 3-149 MRF
- email: eiden028@umn.edu
Matt Bockman
5th Year Graduate Student
Research:
- Design and synthesis of bisubstrate inhibitors against the Mtb enzyme target BirA
- Master of Data Management
Contact Information:
- Lab: 3-149 MRF
- email: bock002@umn.edu
Joe Buonomo
4th Year Graduate Student
Research:
- Design of beta-lactam prodrugs for mechanism based drug delivery to fight infection
- Methodology of phosphine oxide reduction
Contact Information:
- Lab: 3-149 MRF
- email: buono007@umn.edu
Evan Alexander
3rd Year Graduate Student
Research:
- Investigation into human microbiota
- Lead compound indentification through HTS of Mtb enzyme target FadD32
- Design and synthesis of pyrazinamide prodrugs to aide in drug delivery to Mtb
Contact Information:
- Lab: 8-139A WDH
- email: alexa589@umn.edu
Malcolm Cole
2nd Year Graduate Student
Research:
- Design and synthesis of beta-lactam drug conjugates and their effect on beta-lactamase expression in whole cell
Contact Information:
- Lab: 3-149 MRF
- email: colex275@umn.edu
John Schultz
2nd Year Graduate Student
Research:
- Design and synthesis of chorismate mimics to use in targeting the folate biosynthesis pathway in Mtb
Contact Information:
- Lab: 3-149 MRF
- email: schltj@umn.edu
Scott Brody
1st Year Graduate Student
Research:
- Investigation into PLP dependent enzymes and mapping their expression profile under varying conditions
Contact Information:
- Lab: 3-149 MRF
- email: brody037@umn.edu
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Mitch Fuller
Kathleen Wang
Joseph Ahenkorah
Angie
Travis Hammerstad
Honorary Members
Honorary Members
Peter Larson