FORMER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
David Young; Ph. D. with D. Hart at Ohio State University; NIH Fellow; 1994-96
Ken Shimizu; Ph. D. with J. Rebek at MIT; NIH Fellow; 1995-97; Professor of Chemistry at University of South Carolina; shimizu@psc.sc.edu
Joseph Harrity; Ph. D. with W. Kerr at University of Strathelyde; 1994-97; Professor at University of Sheffield, UK; j.harrity@shef.ac.uk
Carolyn Dzierba; Ph. D. with K. Shea at University of California, Irvine; Albemarle Fellow; 1997-99; Senior Director, Head of Immunology Chemistry at Bristol-Myers Squibb; Carolyn.Dzierba@bms.com
Gair Ford; Ph. D. with V. Aggarwal at University of Sheffield; 1998-99; Research Scientist at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Wolfgang Wirschun; Ph. D. with J. Jochims at the University of Konstanz; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Fellow
Stanley Kolis; Ph. D. with D. Harman at University of Virginia; 1997-99; Research Scientist at Eli Lilly; Kolis_Stanley@Lilly.com
Jeff Houser; Ph. D. with H. Davies at SUNY Buffalo; 1998-2000; Research Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb; jeffrey.houser@bms.com
Markus Isler; Ph. D. with R. Ghadiri at Scripps Research Institute; Novartis Fellow; and Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation; 1999-01; Research Scientist at Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; misler@fastdial.net
Hirotake Mizutani; Ph. D. with T. Honda at Hoshi University; 1999-01; Research Scientist at Millennium Pharmaceuticals; hiro.mizutani@mpi.com
Tao Liu; Ph. D. with B. Snider at Brandeis University; AstraZeneca Fellow; 2000-02; Research Scientist at Infinity Pharmaceuticals; tliu@ipi.com
Andrew Kiely; Ph. D. with J. Bercaw at California Institute of Technology; 2000-02; Principal Scientist at Sigma Aldrich.
Jae-Kyung Jung; Ph. D. with Y. Suh at Seoul National University; Korean Science & Engineering Foundation Fellow; 2002-03; Professor at the College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University; orgjkjung@chungbuk.ac.kr
Hongbo Deng; Ph. D. with J. Konopelski at University of California, Santa Cruz; 2001-03; Research Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Hongbo_Deng@vrtx.com
Xin Teng; Ph. D. with F. Sato at Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2001-03; Medicinal Chemist at the Laboratory for Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration, Harvard University; xteng@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Richard R. Cesati III; Ph. D. with J. Katzenellenbogen at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; NIH Fellow; 2001-03; Research Scientist at Lantheus Medical Imaging.
Andrew Larsen; Ph. D. with M. Gange at University of North Carolina; NIH Fellow; 2002-04; Merchant & Gould: An Intellectual Property Law Firm; alarsen@merchantgould.com
Osamu Kataoka; Ph. D. with M. Hanaoka at Kanazawa University; 2001-04; Research Scientist at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Alessandra Puglisi; Ph. D. with M. Cinquini at University of Milan; University of Milan Postdoctoral Fellow; 2003-04; Researcher at University of Milan; alessandra.puglisi@unimi.it
Toshio Shinohara; Ph. D. with Hiroaki Sasai at Osaka Universit; Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; 2003-05; Research Scientist at Otsuka Pharmaceutical; toshio_shinohara@research.otsuka.co.jp
Jing Wu; Ph. D. with Albert S. C. Chan at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University; 2004-05; Professor at Hangzhou Normal University; wujing_hz@yahoo.com
Ai-Lan Lee; Ph. D. with Steven Ley at the University of Cambridge; Lindemann Trust Research Fellow 2004-06; Lecturer at Heriot Watt University; A.Lee@hw.ac.uk
Carl Baxter; Ph. D. with Stephen Clark at the University of Nottingham; Fulbright Distinguished Scholars Award Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-06; Research Scientist at Merck; carl_baxter2@merck.com
John Campbell; Ph. D. with Steven Burke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2004-06; Principal Scientist at Epizyme; jcampbell@epizyme.com
Oscar Navarro; Ph. D. with Steven Nolan at the University of New Orleans; 2005-06; Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex; O.Navarro@sussex.ac.uk
Emma Carswell; Ph. D. with William Kerr at the University of Strathclyde; 2004-06; Senior Scientist at CRT Discovery Laboratories at London
Clifton Leigh; Ph. D. with Carolyn Bertozzi at the University of California, Berkeley; 2005-06; Research Scientist at Cubist Pharmaceuticals
Sung-Gon Lim; Ph. D. with Chul-Ho Jun at Yonsei University; Korea Research Foundation Fellow 2006-07; Postodoctoral Fellow with Catharine Larsen at UC Riverside; sunggonl@ucr.edu
Masayuki Hasegawa; Ph. D. with Shuji Kanemasa at Kyshu University; 2007-08; Research Scientist at Sumitomo Chemical; hasegawam@sc.sumitomo-chem.co.jp
Hiroki Mandai; Ph. D. with Teruaki Mukaiyama at Tokyo University of Science; Yamada Research Foundation Fellow 2006-08; Associate Professor at Gifu University of Medical Science ; hmandai@u-gifu-ms.ac.jp
Katsuhiro Akiyama; Ph. D. with Koichi Mikami at Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2007-09; Research Scientist at Central Glass Co., Ltd.; katsuhiro.akiyama@cgco.co.jp
Yeon-Ju Lee; Ph. D. with Sang-sup Jew at Seoul National University; 2007-09; Research Scientist at the Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute
Pamela Lombardi; Ph. D. with James Leighton at Columbia University; 2006-09; Assistant Professor at Stonehill College; plombardi1@stonehill.edu
Ismail Ibrahem; Ph. D. with Armando Cordova at Stockholm University; Swedish Research Council Fellow 2008-09; Associate Professor at Mid-Sweden University; ismail.ibrahem@miun.se
Aikomari Guzman-Martinez; Ph. D. with Michael VanNieuwenhze at University of California, San Diego; NIH Postdoctoral Fellow 2008-2010; Assistant Professor at Universidad de Puerto Rico, recinto de Mayagüez, aikomari.guzman@upr.edu
Tatiana Pilyugina; Ph. D. with Richard Schrock at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 2008-2010; Technology Specialist at Foley Hoag, LLP – Boston; theadrick@foleyhoag.com
Simon Meek; Ph. D. with Joe Harrity at the University of Sheffield; 2006-2011; Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; sjmeek@unc.edu
Rosa Corberan; Ph. D. with Eduardo Peris at the Universitat Jaume I; 2008-2011; Research Scientist at BASF; rosa.corberan-roc@basf.com
Kensha Clark; Ph. D. with Alan Heyduk at UC Irvine; NIH Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2011; Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis; kclark17@memphis.edu
James Carr; Ph. D. with Alan Spivey at the Imperial College; 2009-2011; Research Scientist at CRT Discovery Laboratories at London; jcarr@cancertechnology.com
Chenbo Wang; Ph. D. with Peter Wipf at the University of Pittsburgh; 2009-2012; Medicinal Chemist at IDEAYA Biosciences; cwang@ideayabio.com
Elizabeth Kiesewetter; Ph. D. with Robert Waymouth at Stanford University; 2010-2013; Assistant Professsor at Rhode Island College; liz.kiesewetter@gmail.com
Daniel Robbins; Ph. D. with John Hartwig at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 2012-2013; Scientist at Nurix; drobbins@nurix-inc.com
Byunghyuck Jung; Ph. D. with Sung Ho Kang at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); 2010-2013; Associate Professor at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology; byunghyuck.jung@dgist.ac.kr
Alex Speed; Ph. D. with David A. Evans at Harvard University; 2012-2015; Associate Professor at Dalhousie University; aspeed@dal.ca
Hanmo Zhang; Ph. D. with Dennis P. Curran at University of Pittsburgh; 2013-2015; Senior Scientist at Relay Therapeutics: hzhang@relaytx.com
Changming Qin; Ph. D. with Huw M. L. Davies at Emory University; 2014-2015; Manager at Albireo Pharma; cqin.chemistry@gmail.com
Xiben Li; Ph. D. with Dennis Curran at University of Pittsburg; 2014-2016; Research Scientist II at Macrolide Phramaceuticals; xli@macrolide.com
Fanke Meng; Ph. D. with Amir H. Hoveyda at Boston College; 2015-2016; Full Professor at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; mengf@sioc.ac.cn
Xiao Shen, Ph. D. with Jinbo Hu at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; 2014-2017; Full Professor at Wuhan University; xiaoshen@whu.edu.cn
Ming Joo Koh, Ph.D. with Amir H. Hoveyda at Boston College; 2017-2018; President’s Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore; chmkmj@nus.edu.sg
Shaowei Hu, Ph.D. with Zhaomin Hou at Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2018-2019; Professor at Beijing Normal University; shu@bnu.edu.cn
Sebastian Torker, Ph.D. with Peter Chen at ETH Zürich; 2010-2019
Felix W. Hartrampf, Ph.D. with Dirk Trauner at Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich; 2018-2019; Scientist at Idorsia Pharmaceuticals ; felix.hartrampf@idorsia.com
Yu Sun, Ph.D. with Ang Li at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; 2017-2019; Associate Professor at Fudan University; ysunpharm@fudan.edu.cn
Zhenxing Liu, Ph.D. with Jianbo Wang and Yan Zhang at Peking University; 2016-2020; Associate Professor at Zhengzhou University; liuzhenxing@zzu.edu.cn
Juan del Pozo del Valle, Ph.D. with Pablo Espinet and Juan Casares at University of Valladolid; 2016-2021; Senior Scientist at Merck; juan.del.pozo@merck.com
Aliakbar Mohammadlou, Ph.D. with William D. Wulff and Babak Borhan at Michigan State University; 2020-2021; Post-Doctoral Fellow with SonBinh T. Nguyen at Northwestern University
Stella A. Gonsales, Ph.D. with Adam S. Veige at University of Florida; 2018-2021; Assistant Professor at University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT), Prague; stella.gonsales@vscht.cz
Filippo Romiti, Ph.D. with J. Stephen Clark at University of Glasgow; 2015-2022; Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas; filippo.romiti@utdallas.edu
Paulo Paioti, Ph.D. with Aaron Aponick at University of Florida; 2017-2022; Assistant Professor at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB), Prague; paulo.paioti@uochb.cas.cz
Qinghe Liu, Ph.D. with Jinbo Hu at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; 2018-2023; Professor at China Pharmaceutical University; qingheliu@cpu.edu.cn
Youming Huang, Ph.D. with Gang Zhao at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; 2016-2023; Advisor at Eli Lilly; youming.huang@lilly.com
Lichuan Liu Ph.D. with Wei He at Tsinghua University; 2023; Post-Doctoral Fellow with X. Peter Zhang at Boston College; liucyf@bc.edu
Elise A. Naudin Ph.D. with Vladimir Torbeev at the University of Strasbourg; 2022-2023; Post-Doctoral Fellow with Peter Faller at University of Strasbourg; naudin@unistra.fr
FORMER VISITING SCHOLARS
Naoyuki Harada; Ph. D. with T. Hino at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University; 2002-03; Research Scientist at Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
Hiroshi Miyamoto, Ph. D. with Susumu Kobayashi at Tokyo University of Science; Research Scientist at Daiichi Sankyo Co.
Kentaro Okano, Ph. D. with Tohru Fukuyama at University of Tokyo; Associate Professor at Kobe University
Ekaterina Smirnova, Graduate Student at Institut Catala d’Investigacio’ Quimica
Atsuhiro Iimuro, Graduate Student at Osaka University
Alexey Volkov, Graduate Student at Stockholm University
Zacharia Nairoukh, Postdoctoral Associate with Ilan Marek at Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
Anna Closs, Graduate Student at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Damian Santos Padin, Graduate Student at University of Santiago de Compostela
Murata Takatsugu, Ph.D. with Isamu Shiina at Tokyo University of Science; Assistant Professor at the Tokyo University of Science
Haruki Kobayashi, M.S. with Masahiko Yamaguchi at Tohoku University; Scientist at Central Glass Co., Ltd.
FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS
Michael Hale, Ph.D. (1990-1994): Senior Director of Medicinal Chemistry at Ra Pharmaceuticals; mhale@rapharma.com
Ahmad Houri, Ph.D. (1991-1995): Associate Professor at Lebanese American University; ahouri@lau.edu.lb
Jim Morken, Ph.D. (1991-1995): Professor of Chemistry at Boston College; morken@bc.edu
Mary Didiuk, Ph.D. (1992-1996): Medicinal Chemistry Professional
Zhongmin Xu, Ph.D. (1990-1996): Research Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Michael Visser, Ph.D. (1993-1997): Senior Investigator l at Novartis; michael.visser@novartis.com
Charles Johannes, Ph.D. (1993-1998): Vice President of Exploratory Chemistry at Fog Pharma; cjohannes@fogpharma.com
Nicola Heron, Ph.D. (1994-1998): Programme Director at National Institute for Health Research at Sheffield, England
Jeff Adams, Ph.D. (1995-2000): Director of Process Chemistry at SCYNEXIS
Daniel La, Ph.D. (1995-2000): Research Scientist at Sage Therapeutics; daniel.la@sagerx.com
Dustin Cefalo, Ph.D. (1996-2001): Director of Applied Technology at Frontier Scientific, Inc.; dcefalo@frontiersci.com
Kevin Kuntz, Ph.D. (1997-2002): Chief Drug Development Officer at Ribon Therapeutics; kkuntz@ribontx.com
Courtney Luchaco-Cullis, Ph.D. (1997-2002): Senior Scientist ll at Takeda Pharmaceuticals; courtney.cullis@takeda.com
Judy De Armas Kuntz, Ph.D. (1997-2002): Patent Attorney at Novartis
Gabriel Weatherhead, Ph.D. (1997-2003): Research Scientist at Millennium Pharmaceuticals; Gabriel.Weatherhead@mpi.com
Jason Kingsbury, Ph.D. (1997-2003): Associate Professor of Chemistry at California Lutheran University; jkingsbu@callutheran.edu
Steven Garber, Ph.D. (1998-2003): Faculty member at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins; steven.garber@frontrange.edu
Sylvia Degrado, Ph.D. (1998-2003): Research Scientist at The Chemistry Research Solution
Jesper Jernelius, Ph.D. (1999-2004): Research Scientist at Medivation
Nathan Josephsohn, Ph.D. (1999-2004): Director of External Innovation Development at Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma
Kerry Murphy, Ph.D. (1999-2004): Director at Moderna Therapeutics; Kerry.benenato@modernatx.com
Josh Van Veldhuizen, Ph.D. (1999-2004): Research Scientist at Gilead Sciences; vanveldh@hotmail.com
Dawn Mampreian, M.S. (2001-2005): Prinicpal Research Associate at Moderna Therapeutics; dawn.mampreian@modernatx.com
Alexander Hird, Ph.D. (2000-2005): Director of Chemistry at C4 Therapeutics; ahird@c4therapeutics.com
Laura Akullian D’Agostino, Ph.D. (2001-2006): Director at Bristol-Myers Squibb; Laura.DAgostino@bms.com
Monica Kacprzynski, Ph.D. (2001-2006): Research Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb; monicafitz@optonline.net
Elizabeth Sattely, Ph.D. (2000-2006): Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University; sattely@stanford.edu
Dennis Gillingham, Ph.D. (2001-2007): Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Basel; dennis.gillingham@unibas.ch
Alex Cortez, Ph.D. (2001-2007): Scientific Associate Director of Oncology Chemistry at the Bristol Myers Squibb; alex.cortez@bms.com
Donna (Friel) Montavon, M.S. (2004-2008): Scientist l, Formulation Sciences at Abbvie, donna.montavon@abbvie.com
Laura Wieland Brown, Ph.D. (2002-2008): Lecturer at Indiana University; brownlcb@indiana.edu
M. Kevin Brown, Ph.D. (2002-2008): Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University; brownmkb@indiana.edu
Kyoko Mandai, M.S. (2006-2009): Research Assistant at Okayama University; mandaik@bc.edu
Yunmi Lee, Ph.D. (2004-2010): Associate Professor of Chemistry at Kwangwoon University; ymlee@kw.ac.kr
KangSang Lee, Ph.D. (2004-2010): Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Central Florida; kangsang.lee@ucf.edu
Steven Malcolmson, Ph.D. (2004-2010): Associate Professor of Chemistry at Duke University; steven.malcolmson@duke.edu
Adil Zhugralin, Ph.D. (2004-2010): Technology Specialist at Clark and Elbing, LLP; azhugralin@clarkelbing.com
Tricia May-Dracka, Ph.D. (2004-2011): Senior Scientist III at AbbVie; tricia.maydracka@abbvie.com
Robert O’Brien, Ph.D. (2006-2012): Research Scientist at Impossible Foods; bobby.obrien@impossiblefoods.com
Jamie Garcia, Ph.D. (2006-2012): Senior Manager, Global Lead for Quantum Applications in Quantum Chemsitry & Science at IBM-Almaden; jmgarcia@us.ibm.com
Jennifer Dabrowski, Ph.D. (2007-2013): Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Elon University; jdabrowski@elon.edu
Erika Araujo (Vieira), Ph.D. (2006-2013): Research Investigator at Arvinas; Erika.Araujo@arvinas.com
Fang Gao, Ph.D. (2007-2013): Research Scientist at Arrakis Therapeutics; FGao@arrakistx.com
Miao Yu, Ph.D. (2007-2013): Research Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb; Miao.Yu@bms.com
Rana Kashif M. Khan, Ph.D. (2008-2014): Associate Director, Oncology Medicinal Chemistry TTD at AstraZeneca; kashif.khan2@astrazeneca.com
Dan Silverio, Ph.D. (2008-2014): Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at Adelphi University; dsilverio@adelphi.edu
Hao Wu, Ph.D. (2009-2015): Senior Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim; hao_2.wu@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Brett Johnson, M.S. (2010-2015): Senior Associate at Amgen; bjohns02@amgen.com
Fanke Meng, Ph. D. (2010-2015): Full Professor at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry;mengf@sioc.ac.cn
Kevin McGrath , Ph.D. (2009-2016): Research Scientist at Enanta Pharmaceuticals; kmcgrath@enanta.com
Tyler Mann, Ph.D. (2009-2016): Postdoctoral Associate with Mahesh Mahanthappa at University of Minnesota; mann0357@umn.edu
Hwanjong Jang, Ph.D. (2009-2016): Senior Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim; hwanjong.jang@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Suttipol Radomkit,Ph.D. (2010-2016): Senior Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim; suttipol.radomkit@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Nicholas Mszar, Ph.D. (2010-2017): Staff Scientist at Baylor College of Medicine; Nicholas.Mszar@bcm.edu
Ming Joo Koh, Ph.D. (2012-2017): President’s Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore; chmkmj@nus.edu.sg
Ying Shi, Ph.D. (2011-2017): Postdoctoral Associate with Kevan Shokat at University of California, San Francisco; ying.shi2@ucsf.edu
Jaehee Lee, Ph.D. (2012-2018): Senior Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim; jaehee.lee@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Elsie Yu, Ph.D. (2012-2018): Senior Scientist at Merck; elsie.yu@merck.com
KyungA Lee, Ph.D. (2012-2018): Postdoctoral Associate with Jeffery Kelly at The Scripps Research Institute; kylee@scripps.edu
Thach Nguyen, Ph.D. (2013-2018): Senior Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Thach_Nguyen@vrtx.com
Farid van der Mei, Ph.D. (2013-2018): Principal Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb; Farid.vanderMei@bms.com
Malte S. Mikus, Ph.D. (2013-2019): Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim; malte.mikus@boehringer-ingelheim.com
Ryan J. Morrison, Ph.D. (2015-2020): Scientist at Abbvie; ryan.morrison@abbvie.com
Diana C. Fager, Ph.D. (2015-2020): Scientist at Amgen; dfager@amgen.com
Shaochen Zhang, Ph.D. (2015-2020): Scientist at Novartis; shaochen.zhang@novartis.com
Yuebiao Zhou, Ph.D. (2015-2020): Scientist at Genentech; zhou.yuebiao@gene.com
Chaofan Xu, Ph.D. (2014-2020): Scientist at Biogen; chaofan.xu@biogen.com
Yucheng Mu, Ph.D. (2016-2021): Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb; yucheng.mu@bms.com
Katherine E. Lounsbury, Ph.D. (2019-2022): Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Chemistry at University of Texas, Dallas
Tobias P. Koengeter, Ph.D. (2017-2022): Technical Specialist at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP; tobias.koengeter@finnegan.com
Ryan P. Ponzi, Ph.D. (2018-2023): Technical Specialist at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP; ryan.ponzi@finnegan.com
SELECTED FORMER UNDERGRADUATES
Nina Horan
Derek Cogan
Christine DiBlasi
Eric Alexanian, Associate Professor of Chemistry at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; eja@email.unc.edu
Brian L. Gray
John Gleason
Jonathan Giftos
Rebecca Simmons
David Moebius
Stephanie Kazane
Jack Conway, Postdoctoral Associate with Tomislav Rovis at Columbia University; jc4741@columbia.edu
Kevin Wu, Postdoctoral Associate with Jin-Quan Yu at The Scripps Research Institute; wukevin@scripps.edu
Aran Hubbell, Graduate Student with Geoff Coates at Cornell University; akh74@cornell.edu
Dongmin Xu, Graduate Student with Phil Baran at The Scripps Research Intsitute; dongminxu@scripps.edu
Sophia Al-Shwauva