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Meet Burke Lab.

Meet the team members who are fascinated by chemistry
and passionate about its potential.

Discover the people changing the world—one molecule at a time—at Molecule Maker Lab.

Graduate Students

2025

Ashley Hartwig

Ashley Hartwig

Blocc Chemistry

Southern Utah University
B.S. Chemistry, 2025

ahartwig@illinois.edu
Kellen Sharpe

Kellen Sharpe

Molecular Prosthetics

University of Missouri-Columbia
B.S. Chemistry, 2024
John C. Bailar Fellowship

ksharpe3@illinois.edu
Landley Zeng

Landley Zeng

Antifungals

Molecular Prosthetics

University of California, Riverside
B.S chemistry, 2025

lzzeng2@illinois.edu
Muhammad Musozoda

Muhammad Musozoda

Blocc Chemistry

SUNY Oswego
B.Sc. Chemistry, 2023; M.Sc. Chemistry, 2025

mm237@illinois.edu

2024

Gawon Lee

Gawon Lee

Blocc Chemistry

Seoul National University, Korea
B.S. Chemistry, 2024
John C. Bailar Fellowship

gawon2@illinois.edu
Thy Ta

Thy Ta

Antifungals

Kyushu University, Japan
B.S. Applied Biology, 2024

thyht2@illinois.edu

2023

Clare Wells

Clare Wells

Blocc Chemistry

Arizona State University
B.S. Biochemistry, 2022

clarew2@illinois.edu
Sevi Agiakloglou

Sevi Agiakloglou

Blocc Chemistry

University of Patras, Greece
B.Sc. Chemistry, 2022

sa99@illinois.edu
Will Krueger

Will Krueger

Blocc Chemistry

Ursinus College
B.S. Chemistry, 2023

whk2@illinois.edu

2022

Ethan Walker-Hammond

Ethan Walker-Hammond

Molecular Prosthetics

Westmont College
B.S. Chemistry, B.S. Biology, 2022
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
Beak Literature Seminar Award
2024 School of Chemical Sciences Graduate Teaching Award

ejw6@illinois.edu
Joshua Berger

Joshua Berger

Blocc Chemistry

Northeastern University
B.S. Chemistry, 2022
Beak Literature Seminar Award
Kenneth L. Rinehart Fellowship

joshua36@illinois.edu
Rachel Walker-Hammond

Rachel Walker-Hammond

Molecular Prosthetics

University of Mississippi
B.S. Chemistry, 2022
Chemistry-Biology Interface Trainee
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
Beak Literature Seminar Award

rih4@illinois.edu

2021

Daniel Greenan

Daniel Greenan

Antifungals

Molecular Prosthetics

Missouri University of Science and Technology
B.S. Chemistry, 2021

greenan3@illinois.edu
Dylan Brandt

Dylan Brandt

Blocc Chemistry

Franklin & Marshall College
B.A. Chemistry, 2021

dbrandt4@illinois.edu
Elisia Meyle

Elisia Meyle

Antifungals

Molecular Prosthetics

Marquette University
B.S Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2015
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention

emeyle2@illinois.edu
Kameron Medine

Kameron Medine

Blocc Chemistry

Brown University B.S. Chemistry,
2021 Sloan Scholar
NSF GRFP Fellow
Outstanding ORP Award

kmedine2@illinois.edu
Nohemy Celis

Nohemy Celis

Molecular Prosthetics

California State University, San Bernardino
B.S. Chemistry, 2019
SLOAN UCEM grant,
3M Fellowship
Chemistry-Biology Interface Trainee

nohemyc2@illinois.edu
Samantha Brown

Samantha Brown

Molecular Prosthetics

Mercer University B.S. Chemistry,
2021 B.S. Neuroscience,
2021 Chemistry-Biology Interface Trainee
Robert C. and Carolyn J. Springborn Fellowship
NSF GRFP Fellow

Stbrown3@illinois.edu

2020

Alec Murray

Alec Murray

Molecular Prosthetics

Pennsylvania State University
B.S. Chemistry, 2020
Beak Literature Seminar Award

alecm4@illinois.edu
Chris Rakowski

Chris Rakowski

Molecular Prosthetics

Bucknell University
B.S. Cell Biology/Biochemistry, 2020

ckr3@illinois.edu
Danielle Loving

Danielle Loving

Antifungals

Blocc Chemistry

Mercer University
B.S. Chemistry, 2020
NSF GRFP Fellow

dloving@illinois.edu