Former Graduate Students
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
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 Award
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 Award
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 Award
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
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 Award
California Lutheran University
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2015
M.S. Chemistry, 2018
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
asotelo2@illinois.edu
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 Award
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
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.edu
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.edu
Fudan University
B.S. Chemistry, 2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Biochemistry, 2016
lhu9@illinois.edu
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
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 Award
Grinnell College
B.A. Chemistry (Honors), 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2014
buno2@uiuc.edu
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 Award
Northeastern University
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
M.S. Chemistry, 2009
Summa Cum Laude
morehou2@illinois.edu
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 2006
Wright State University
B.S. Chemistry, 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2013
ballmer2@uiuc.edu
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 Award
Smith College
B.A. History, 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Chemistry, 2013
davis110@illinois.edu
2008 Fulbright Scholar
University of Utah
B.S. Chemistry 2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2013
wilcock2@uiuc.edu
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 Fellow
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 Fellowship
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 Award
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 Fellowship
The College of New Jersey
B.S. Chemistry, 2008
Magna Cum Laude
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Chemistry, 2011
klubnic1@illinois.edu
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 Fellowship
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 Fellowship
Andrew Blake
blake6@illinois.edu
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
M.S. Applied Molecular Biology, 2016
B.S. Biological Sciences, 2014
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.edu
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
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2009
University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Bode Group
Monsanto, 2014-present
strublej@illinois.edu
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.edu
B.S. Microbiology, 2006
University of Oklahoma
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2013
UT San Antonio
Doug Frantz Group
icrouch@illinois.edu
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.edu
B.Sc. Chemistry (H), 2006
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, 2008
University of Delhi
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2016
University of Kansas
Brian Blagg Group
B.Sci Chemistry, 2010
M.Sci Chemistry, 2011
PhD Chemistry, 2015
Graz University of Technology
Rolf Breinbauer Group
Erwin-Schrodinger Fellowship
mtrobe@illinois.edu
Former Undergraduate Students
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
amelhado@berkeley.edu
Currently pursuing Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley with Dean Toste
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
dsieber2@uiuc.edu
Currently pursuing M.D. at University of Chicago
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 program
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, Spanish Minor, 2010
bromann2@uiuc.edu
Chancellor's Honors Scholar
James Honors Scholar
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2010
cherney2@uiuc.edu
Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Caltech
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2011
nmaryu2@uiuc.edu
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
chang53@illinois.edu
James Scholar
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 University
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2013
ohara4@illinois.edu
James Scholar
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Biochemistry, 2013
mjclark5@illinois.edu
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2013
chen224@illinois.edu
Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Stanford University
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 University
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
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 Scholar
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 University
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 University
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 Harvard
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 Peoria
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 Chicago