Former Group Members Former Graduate Students Jiabao Zhang Nankai University B.S. Pharmacy, 2015 jzhan169@illinois.edu Claire Simons Washington University in St. Louis A.B. Chemistry, 2015 clsimon2@illinois.edu Roger Adams Fellowship Enta FellowshipRajeev Chorghade Carnegie Mellon University B.S. Chemistry (Honors), 2014 chorgha2@illinois.edu Virginia Bartow Scholar Hannum Fellowship R.C. Fuson Travel AwardAndrea Palazzolo University of Notre Dame B.S. (Honors) Chemistry, 2013 Magna Cum Laude PhD Chemistry, 2019 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Currently finishing MD/PhD at UIUC palazzo1@illinois.edu UIUC Medical Scholars Program Marvel Fellowship Hannah Haley Macalester College B.A. Chemistry, 2011 PhD Chemistry, 2018 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Post-doc in Sarpong Lab, 2019-present UC Berkeley hhaley2@illinois.edu Roger Adams Fellowship Pines Travel AwardAnna SantaMaria Moravian College B.S. Biology with honors, 2013 Magna Cum Laude University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign PhD Biochemistry, 2018 Post-doc in Roualt Lab, 2019-present National Institutes of Health asantam2@illinois.edu Robert L. Switzer AwardJenn Hou Johns Hopkins University B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology (Honors), 2011 M.S. Biology, 2012 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign PhD Biochemistry, 2018 jhou8@illinois.edu UIUC Medical Scholars Program MCB Graduate Fellow Robert L. Switzer AwardKatrina Diaz University of Michigan B.S. Biology (Honors), 2012 B.S. English, 2012 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign PhD Biochemistry, 2018 kdiaz20@illinois.edu UIUC Medical Scholars Program Jonathan Lehmann Grand Valley State University B.S. (Honors) Chemistry, 2013 Magna Cum Laude University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018 jwlehma2@illinois.edu Roger Adams Fellowship Marvel Fellowship Vandeveer Voorhees AwardAnthony Sotelo California Lutheran University B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2015 M.S. Chemistry, 2018 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign asotelo2@illinois.eduAdam Hill University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill B.S. (Honors) Chemistry, 2011 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018 Seattle Genetics, 2018-present ahill10@illinois.edu Therald-Moeller Fellowship John and Margaret Witt Fellowship Eastman Travel Grant AwardTony Grillo University of Michigan B.S. Chemistry (Highest Honors), 2011 B.S. Biochemistry, 2011 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Chemistry, 2017 University of Washington Postdoc in Kaeberlein Group, 2018-present grillo2@illinois.edu St. Elmo Brady Graduate Fellow Lester and Kathleen Coleman Fellowship NSF Graduate Fellow R.C. Fuson Travel Award Eastman Travel Grant Award Sigma Aldrich Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation Pines Travel Award Alex Cioffi Saint Louis University B.S. Chemistry, 2011 Summa Cum Laude University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2017 UC-Berkley Postdoc in Nomura Group, 2017-present acioffi2@illinois.eduMichael Schmidt Kent State University B.S. Chemistry, 2013 Summa Cum Laude M.S. Chemistry, 2016 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gilead Sciences, 2017-present mjschmd2@illinois.eduLingbowei Hu Fudan University B.S. Chemistry, 2012 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S. Biochemistry, 2016 lhu9@illinois.eduJunqi Li National University of Singapore B.Sc. (Honors), 2007 M.Sc., 2009 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2015 junqili1@illinois.edu Walter Brown Graduate Fellowship Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship HHMI International Research Fellowship Stephen Davis Purdue University B.S. Chemistry, 2008 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2014 davissa@illinois.edu Eli Lilly Synthetic Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship UIUC Department of Chemistry Graduate Fellowship R.C. Fuson Travel AwardBrice Uno Grinnell College B.A. Chemistry (Honors), 2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2014 buno2@uiuc.edu Seiko Fujii Smith College B.A. Chemistry, 2008 with Highest Honors University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2014 fujii1@illinois.edu UIUC Department of Chemistry Graduate Fellowship R.C. Fuson Travel Award Proctor and Gamble Fellow Pines Travel AwardGreg Morehouse Northeastern University B.S. Chemistry, 2009 M.S. Chemistry, 2009 Summa Cum Laude morehou2@illinois.eduPulin Wang Emmanuel College B.S. Chemistry, 2006 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2013 pwang22@uiuc.edu Voorhees Award for Best Graduate Research Proposal Sister Janet Eisner Merit Scholarship. Excellent TA Award of Emmanuel College in 2006Steve Ballmer Wright State University B.S. Chemistry, 2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2013 ballmer2@uiuc.eduEric Woerly Purdue University, School of Science at Indianapolis (IUPUI) B.S. Chemistry, 2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2013 ewoerly2@uiuc.edu NSF Graduate Fellow Eli Lilly Synthetic Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship Pines Travel Award R.C. Fuson Travel AwardErin Davis Smith College B.A. History, 2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S. Chemistry, 2013 davis110@illinois.edu 2008 Fulbright Scholar Brandon Wilcock University of Utah B.S. Chemistry 2006 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2013 wilcock2@uiuc.eduTom Anderson Brigham Young University B.S. Chemistry, 2005 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2012 tander21@uiuc.edu NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral MD/PhD FellowDavid Knapp Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. Double Major: Chemistry and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology 2002 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Chemical Biology, 2012 George Washington University Law, 2012-Present dknapp3@uiuc.edu Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Roger Adams Fellowship Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant FellowshipIan Dailey Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology B.S. Chemistry, 2006 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2012 3M, 2012-Present idailey2@uiuc.edu R.C. Fuson Fellowship Roger Adams Fellowship William Albert Noyes Award Lester and Kathleen Coleman Fellowship R.C. Fuson Travel Award Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award 2011 Abbott Scholar AwardKaitlyn Gray Harvey Mudd College B.S. Chemistry, 2006 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2011 Dow Chemical, 2011-Present kcgray@uiuc.edu Roger Adams Fellowship (2006-2007) John and Margaret Witt Fellowship (2007-2008) Harold R. Snyder Graduate Fellowship Novartis Graduate FellowshipJenna Klubnick The College of New Jersey B.S. Chemistry, 2008 Magna Cum Laude University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S. Chemistry, 2011 klubnic1@illinois.eduDan Palacios UC San Diego B.S. Chemistry, 2005 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2011 dpalaci2@uiuc.edu NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Robert M. Scarborough Award in medicinal chemistry GAAAN Graduate Fellowship Pines Travel Award, 2008 University of Illinois Graduate College Fellowship 2005-2007 Robert F. Carr FellowshipEric Gillis Grinnell College B.A. Chemistry (Honors), 2005 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2010 Discovery Chemistry, 2010-Present Bristol-Myers Squibb gillis2@uiuc.edu Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award Sigma-Aldrich Graduation Student Innovation Award Pines Graduate FellowshipStella Ekaputri Kyushu University B.S. Biology, 2018 Current Position: CalTech (Postdoc, Sarkis Lab)College of William & Mary M.S. Chemistry, 2018 B.S. Chemistry, 2017 DoD NDSEG Fellow Virginia Bartow Scholar Hannum Fellowship Current Position: GSK Andrew Blakeblake6@illinois.eduUniversity of Maryland - Baltimore County M.S. Applied Molecular Biology, 2016 B.S. Biological Sciences, 2014 Suk Joong Lee Chungnam National University, Daejon, South Korea B.A. Chemistry, 1992 Chungnam National University, Daejon, South Korea Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2001 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Postdoctoral Research Associate, Beak Group, 2001-2005 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Burke Group, 2005-2010 Trius Therapeutics Medicinal Chemistry sjl@uiuc.eduNagarjuna Palyam Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2010 University of Saskatchewan, Canada Marek Majewski Group Sathya Sai University, India M.Sc. Chemistry, 2001 B.Sc. Chemistry (Honours), 1999 Research Associate, 2002-2005 Aurigene Discovery Technologies Bangalore, India palyam@illinois.edu Justin Struble Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2009 University of Pennsylvania Jeff Bode Group Monsanto, 2014-present strublej@illinois.eduSouvik Rakshit Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-2013 Columbia University Dalibor Sames Group Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2010 Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitate Munster Frank Glorius Group M.Sc. Chemistry, 2007 Indian Institute of Technology souvik@illinois.eduIan Crouch B.S. Microbiology, 2006 University of Oklahoma Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2013 UT San Antonio Doug Frantz Group icrouch@illinois.edu Penagaluri Balasubramanyam B.Sc. Chemistry, 2002 M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, 2005 Sri Venkateswara University Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2012 CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Biswanath Das FRSC Group penagalu@illinois.eduAnuj Khandelwal B.Sc. Chemistry (H), 2006 M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, 2008 University of Delhi Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2016 University of Kansas Brian Blagg Group Melanie Trobe B.Sci Chemistry, 2010 M.Sci Chemistry, 2011 PhD Chemistry, 2015 Graz University of Technology Rolf Breinbauer Group Erwin-Schrodinger Fellowship mtrobe@illinois.eduDaniel Blair University of Bristol M.Sc. Chemistry PhD, Organic Chemistry, 2016 (Varinder Aggarwal) Illinni 4000 Fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Current Position: St. JudeSu Yan Sichuan University B.S. Chemistry, 2013 Stony Brook University PhD, Chemistry, 2018 (Iwao Ojima)Ganesh Burhade IIT-Kanpur B.Sc. Chemistry, 2006 M.Sc. Chemistry, 2008 PhD, Synthesis, 2017 SERB Indo-Us Fellowship Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University, 2018 Rice University, 2019Yogesh Shelke IIT-Bombay B.Sc. Chemistryr, 2009 M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, 2011 PhD, Organic Chemistry, 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University, 2018-2020 Former Undergraduate Students Asa Melhado University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2005 amelhado@berkeley.edu Currently pursuing Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley with Dean TosteDave Siebert University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2009 dsieber2@uiuc.edu Currently pursuing M.D. at University of ChicagoLinda Johnson University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2009 ljohnso8@uiuc.edu Currently employed at National Institutes of Health Matriculating Fall 2010 at Washington University St. Louis M.D./Ph.D programGretchen Bromann University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, Spanish Minor, 2010 bromann2@uiuc.edu Chancellor's Honors Scholar James Honors ScholarAlan Cherney University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2010 cherney2@uiuc.edu Currently pursuing Ph.D. at CaltechNashrah Maryum University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2011 nmaryu2@uiuc.eduStephanie Chang University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2011 chang53@illinois.edu James ScholarGraham Dick University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2010 Summa Cum Laude B.S. Engineering Physics, 2010 High Honors gdick2@uiuc.edu University Honors - Bronze Tablet Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Stanford UniversitySean O'Hara University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2013 ohara4@illinois.edu James ScholarMathew Clark University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Biochemistry, 2013 mjclark5@illinois.eduZixin (Laura) Chen University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2013 chen224@illinois.edu Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Stanford UniversityJim Tucker University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2012 Magna Cum Laude tucker15@illinois.edu James Scholar National Merit Scholar Campus Honors Program Mathews Scholar Phi Beta Kappa Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Harvard UniversityBrooke Schuster University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, B.S. Integrative Biology, 2014 Honors schuste6@illinois.edu Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's List Gieseking Memorial Fellowship Dillon Svoboda University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2016 dsvobod2@illinois.edu Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's List Preble Research Award James ScholarRobert Pipal B.S. in Biochemistry, 2016 rpipal2@illinois.edu Summa Cum Laude James Scholar Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's List University Honors-Bronze Tablet Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Princeton UniversitySarah Tucker B.S. Molecular and Cell Biology, 2016 satucke2@illinois.edu Chancellor's Scholar James Scholar Campus Honors Program Summer Research Award Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Harvard UniversityChristopher Nardone University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2017 nardone2@illinois.edu James Scholar Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's List Currently pursuing a PhD at HarvardEliot Rapoport University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemistry, 2018 erapopo2@illinois.edu James Scholar Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's List Currently pursuing an MD at University of Illinois College of Medicine at PeoriaJames Fan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2018 jfan11@illinois.edu James Scholar Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's List Currently pursuing an MD at the University of ChicagoJack Feldner B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2022Samantha Newman (Sami) B.S. Interdisciplinary Health, 2022Vikram Mubayi B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2022 Donald B. Keyes ScholarshipTejashri (Teju) Venkatesh B.S. Chemistry, 2020 James ScholarSriya Chitti B.S. Chemistry, 2021Riya Patel B.S. Chemistry, 2020 James ScholarAidan Kelly B.S. Biochemistry, 2020David Kostyra B.S. Biochemistry, 2021Peng-Jui (Ruby) Chen B.S. Chemistry, 2021