Former Students

Ph.D. Students:

  1. Adilah Bahadoor, Ph.D. 2007
    Professional appointment:           
    Infinity Pharmaceuticals
    National Research Council Canada
  2. Justin Belardi, Ph.D. 2009
    Professional appointments:
    Merck Research Laboratories
    Knopp Biosciences
    Central Catholic High School
  3. Ming Chen, Ph.D. 2012
    Postdoctoral study:
    Prof. Amos B. Smith (UPenn)
    Professional appointment:
    Pfizer Inc.
    Vertex
  4. Matthew Kier, Ph.D. 2020
    Professional appointment:
    Hansoh Bio
  5. Wan Shin Kim, Ph.D. 2019
    Professional appointment:
    Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
  6. Robert Leon, Ph.D. 2021
    Professional appointment:
    Enanta Pharmaceuticals
  7. Lauren Markham, Ph.D. 2023
    Professional appointment:
    Choate Hall & Steward, LLC.
  8. Martin McLaughlin, Ph.D. 2010
    Postdoctoral study:
    Prof. Erick M. Carreira (ETH Zürich)
    Professional appointment:
    BASF (Germany)
  9. Adam Millham, Ph.D. 2022
    Professional appointment:
    Dicerna
  10. Joshua Nicholson, Ph.D. 2024
    Professional appointment:
    Jnana Therapeutics/Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
  11. Lark Perez, Ph.D. 2008
    Postdoctoral study:
    Prof. Martin Semmelhack (Princeton)
    Professional appointment:
    Rowan University (Asst. Prof.)
  12. Holly Reichard, Ph.D. 2010
    Professional appointments:
    Envoy Pharmaceuticals
    Takeda Pharmaceuticals
    Neurocrine Biosciences
  13. Zachary Shalit, Ph.D. 2022
    Professional appointment:
    Treeline Biosciences
  14. Heidi Shimp, Ph.D. 2008
    Professional appointment:
    Bristol Myers-Squibb
  15. Zachary Stemple, Ph.D. 2024
    Professional appointment:
    TBD
  16. Masayuki Takahashi, Ph.D. 2010
    Postdoctoral study:
    Prof. William R. Roush (Scripps)
    Professional appointment:
    Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
  17. HtooTint Wai, Ph.D. 2022
    Professional appointment:
    Treeline Biosciences

Postdoctoral Associates:

  1. Dr. Claudio Aquino (Ph.D. University of Naples)
    Ph.D. 2009 – University of Naples
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Ettore Novellino
    Professional appointment:
    DiCE Molecules
    Neuron23 Inc.
  2. Allan Barlan, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2008 – University of Chicago
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Hisashi Yamamoto
    Professional appointment:
    Defense Intelligence Agency
  3. Daniel Canterbury, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2008 – University of Rochester
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Alison Frontier
    Professional appointment:
    Pfizer Inc.
  4. Xiayun Cheng, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2013 – University of Vermont
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Stephen P. Waters
    Professional appointment:
    Pfizer Inc.
  5. Kang Du, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2016 – Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Wenjun Tang
    Professional Appointment:
    Westlake University
  6. Timothy Fazekas, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2021 – University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Erik Alexanian)
    Professional appointment:
    Metro International Biotech
  7. Stephen Greszler, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2010 – University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Jeffrey Johnson
    Professional appointment:
    AbbVie
  8. Valer Jeso, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2009 – The Scripps Research Institute
    Graduate mentor: Prof. K. C. Nicolaou
    Professional appointment:
    GlaxoSmithKline
  9. Rajdip Karmakar, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2017 – University of Illinois, Chicago
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Daesung Lee
    Professional appointment:
    TCG Lifesciences
  10. Ozora Kubo, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2011 – Osaka University
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Hiromichi Fujioka
    Professional appointment:
    Rohto Pharmaceuticals 
  11. Todd Macklin, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2007 – Queens University
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Victor Snieckus
    Professional appointments:
    Envoy Pharmaceuticals
    Takeda Pharmaceuticals
    Dechert LLP
  12. Haruki Mizoguchi, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2013 – Hokkaido University (Japan)
    Graduate mentor: Professor Hideaki Oikawa and Prof. Hiroki Oguri)
    Professional appointment:
    Assistant Professor – Okayama University (Japan)
  13. Natasha F. O’Rourke, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2014 University of Victoria (Canada)
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Jeremy E. Wulff
    Professional appointment:
    Takeda Pharmaceuticals
    Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  14. Subhas Chandra Pan, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2008 – Max-Planck-Institut
    Für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Benjamin List
    Previous postdoctoral mentor:
    Prof. E. J. Corey (Harvard University)
    Professional appointment:
    IIT – Guwahati (Professor)
  15. Matthew Scheideman, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2005 – University of Michigan
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Edwin Vedejs
    Professional appointments:
    Rib-X Pharmaceuticals
    Otsuka Pharmaceuticals

    Cooley LLP
  16. Rosa Taboada, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2004 – University of Connecticut
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Amy Howell
  17. Michael Tarselli, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2009 – University of North Carolina
    Chapel Hill
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Michael Gagné
    Professional appointments:
    Biomedisyn
    Novartis

    Amazon Web Services
  18. Emily Tarsis, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2011 – Duke University
    Graduate mentor: Prof. Don Coltart
    Professional appointments:
    Nova Southeastern University
    Connecticut College
  19. Dexi Yang, Ph.D.
    Ph.D. 2008 – The Ohio State University
    Graduate mentor: Prof. David J. Hart
    Professional appointment:
    Merck Research Laboratories
    QuantX Biosciences