Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Mohammed Khalifa

    Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education Visiting Scholar Fellowship

    Ph.D. Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
    Kanazawa University, Japan

    M.Sc. Medicinal Chemistry
    Assiut University, Egypt

    B.Sc. Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Assiut University, Egypt

  • Vinayaka Ajjampura

    Ph.D. Chemistry
    University of Mysore, India

    Postdoc
    Ministry of Agricultural
    and Rural Development, Israel

    Postdoc Migal Galilee
    Research Institute, Israel

Graduate Students

  • Pankaj Bhattarai

    M.Sc. Pharmacy
    Creighton University

    B.P. Pharmacy Rajiv Gandhi
    University of Health Sciences Bangalore, India

  • Andrew John Intelli

    B.S. Biochemistry
    Stockton University

  • Austin Yunxuan Zhao

    B.S. Chemistry
    University of Michigan

    Ross Fellowship

  • Ryan Herrick

    B.S. Chemistry, Biology
    University of Wisconsin, Superior

  • Trevor Trombley

    Research Associate
    Warren Center for
    Neuroscience Drug Discovery

    B.S. Chemistry
    UC Berkeley

  • Abdulrahman Moursy

    B.Sc. Pharmacy
    Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

  • Jess Bay

    B.S. Chemistry
    University of South Florida

  • Brent A. Roach

    B.A. Chemistry, Biology
    Greenville University

  • Cori Wayment

    B.S. Chemistry
    Brigham Young University

  • Emily Struck

    B.S. Chemistry
    Pacific Lutheran University

  • Maxwell Perrino

    B.S. Chemical Sciences
    Xavier University

Undergraduate Students

  • Ryan Lee

    B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • Krttika Goel

    B.S. Chemical Engineering

  • Pranaya Sudhakar

    B.S. Genetics

  • Felicia Onawola

    B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences

Past Members
(Position, Years, Notable Positions)

  • Brett Ambler

    Graduate Student, 2012–2017
    Senior Scientist, Merck
    Postdoc, American Cancer Society
    University of Texas, Michael Krische Group

  • Francisco de Azambuja

    Postdoc, 2016–2018
    Tenure-Track Group Leader, KU Leuven
    Postdoc, KU Leuven, Parac-Vogt Group
    Senior Researcher, Research Foundations Flanders

  • Timothy Borel

    Undergraduate, 2019–2020
    Pharm. D., The University of Kansas
    Graduate School, University of Michigan

  • Brandon Easley

    Undergraduate Student, 2015–2016
    M.S., The University of Kansas

  • Venkateswararao Eeda

    Postdoc, 2015–2017
    Postdoc, Research Associate
    University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

  • Ahmad Junaid

    Postdoc, 2020–2022
    Investigator, Inimmune Corporation

  • Somnath Karad

    Postdoc, 2015–2016
    Marie Currie Fellow, University of Nottingham,
    Hon Wai Lam Group

  • Jagadish Khamrai

    Postdoc, 2021–2022
    Senior Scientist, Evotec A.G.

  • Suvajit Koley

    Postdoc, 2018–2022
    Postdoc, St. Louis University, Meyers Group

  • Shasha Liu

    Postdoc, 2012–2013
    Research Associate, School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, China

  • Sydney Lovrien

    Undergraduate Student, 2016–2017
    M.D., University of South Dakota

  • Amanda Maldonado

    Undergraduate Student, 2016
    Ph. D., University of Illinois, Chicago

  • Kim Behzad Moghadan

    Undergraduate Student, 2017–2018
    Pharm.D., University of California, San Francisco

  • Thao-Vy Ngyuen

    Undergraduate Student, 2022
    B.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University

  • Douglas Orsi

    Graduate Student, 2014–2019
    Postdoc, Vanderbilt University, Lindsley Group
    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    C4 Therapeutics

  • Mohan Pal

    Postdoc, 2016–2018
    Postdoc, University of Michigan Medical School,
    Nikolvska-Coleska Group
    Paraza Pharma, Inc.
    NuChem Sciences

  • Ankit Patel

    Graduate Visiting Scholar, 2022–2023
    SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship, University of Delhi

  • Santosh Peddi

    Undergraduate Visiting Scholar, 2014
    Ph.D., University of Southern California, Alfred Mann Institute
    Formulation and Drug Product Scientist, Seagen

  • Abel Plotnikov

    Undergraduate Student, 2018–2019
    Pharm. D., University of Kansas

  • Rockwell Pokrant

    Graduate Student, 2021—2023
    Research Associate II, Seagen Inc. (SGEN)

  • Yupu Qiao

    Postdoc, 2013–2014
    Postdoc-University of South Dakota,
    Zhenqiang Wang Group

  • Jorge Berríos Rivera

    Undergraduate Visiting Scholar, 2017–2018
    Graduate School, University of Oklahoma, Burgett Group

  • Laura Gabriela Coy Rodríguez

    Undergraduate Visiting Scholar, 2022
    Colombia-Purdue Partnership, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    Graduate School, Purdue University

  • M. Siddarth Sai

    Undergraduate Visiting Scholar, 2013
    Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca
    Postdoc, National Cancer Institute, Schnermann Group
    Ph.D., University of Otago, Gamble Group

  • Manikandan Selvaraju

    Postdoc, 2017–2020
    Postdoc, The University of Kansas, Wang Group
    Scientist, Exemplify Biopharma

  • Niusha Sharifi

    Postdoc, 2014
    Notable Positions: Research Associate- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

  • Krishna Sharma

    Postdoc, 2017–2019
    Postdoc, The Ohio State University, Peterson Group
    Postdoc, Research Scientist, Iowa State University, VanVeller Group

  • Tuda Si

    Undergraduate Student, 2013–2014
    Undergraduate Research Assistant, The University of Kansas

  • Jacob Sorrentino

    Graduate Student, 2017–2022
    Postdoc, University of California Los Angeles, Garg Group
    Terray Therapeutics

  • Ravikrishna Vallakati

    Postdoc, 2017–2019
    Entrepreneurship, Vallark Private Ltd.

  • Ramu Yadav

    Postdoc, 2018–2019
    Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  • Ming-Hsiu Yang

    Graduate Student, 2012–2017
    Postdoc, The Scripps Research Institute, Boger Group
    Postdoc, Texas A&M University, Gutierrez Group

  • Kedong Yuan

    Postdoc, 2017–2018
    Associate Professor, Tianjin University of Technology

  • Ahmed Zakaria

    Posdoc, 2022–2023
    Lecturer, Beni-Suef University

  • Lingui Zhu

    Postdoc, 2012–2014
    Research Associate, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
    Shanghai AQ BioPharma Co., Ltd.

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