PH.D. PROGRAM ALUMNI
Christopher Adams
Group Member: 2010-2015
B.S., 2009, University of California Irvine
Ph.D., 2015, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PTD Lithography Engineer at Intel
Julie Alderson
Group Member: 2012-2017
B.S., Truman State University
Ph.D., 2017, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Chemist at PPG
Eileen Burke
Group Member: 2012-2017
B.S., 2012, Montana State University
Ph.D., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Post-doctoral Fellow, Johnson group, MIT
Research Chemist at 3M
Joshua Corbin
Email:
corbin2
Group Member: 2015-2020
B.S. University of Virginia
Ph.D., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Post-doc position at LANL
Mahzad Dehghany
Email:
dehghany
Group Member: 2018-2023
B.S. Isfahan University of Technology
Ph.D., 2023, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medicinal Chemist at BMS Brisbane
Hillary Dequina
Email:
dequina
Group Member: 2018-2023
B.S. Northeastern University
Ph.D., 2023, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Josephine Eshon
Email:
jeshon
Group Member: 2015-2020
B.S. Texas A&M University
Ph.D., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Chemist at Amgen
Nels Gerstner
Group Member: 2013-2018
B.S., Montana State University
Ph.D., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Post-doctoral Fellow, Miller group, UC-Berkeley
Nicole Greco
Email:
ncgreco
R. David Grigg
Group Member: 2009-2014
B.S., 2009, Idaho State University
Ph.D., 2014, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dow Chemical Company
Bob (Yun) Hu
Email:
hu346
Group Member: 2018-2024
B.A. College of the Holy Cross
Ph.D., 2024, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Postdoctoral Researcher, Nomura Group, UC Berkeley
Minxue Huang
Email:
mhuang
Group Member: 2014-2020
M.S. Case Western Reserve University
Ph.D., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Investigator, Discovery Chemistry at GSK
Minsoo Ju
Email:
mju
Group Member: 2014-2020
B.S. University of Wisconsin – Madison
Ph.D., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Post-doc position at Cornell-Song Lin’s lab!
Lu Liu
Group Member: 2014-2019
B.S. Northern State University
Ph.D., 2019, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Patent Engineer at Quarles & Brady LLP
Kate Nicastri
Email:
knicastri
Group Member: 2017-2022
B.A. College of the Holy Cross
Ph.D., 2022, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Med. Chem. at Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Alicia Phelps
Group Member: 2010-2015
B.S., 2009, Butler University
Ph.D., 2015, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Chemist at PPG
Ryan Reeves
Email:
rreeves
Group Member: 2014-2020
B.S. Boise State University
Ph.D., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientist I – Process Chemistry at Codexis, Inc.
Jared Rigoli
Group Member: 2009-2014
B.S., 2009, Idaho State University
Ph.D., 2014, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dow AgroSciences, 2017
Process Engineer at Intel
Jessica Roberts
Email:
jroberts24
Group Member: 2016-2021
B.S. University of Arizona
M.S. University of Arizona
Ph.D., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alkoxylation Chemist II at Evonik
Ryan Scamp
Group Member: 2012-2017
B.S., 2012, University of Michigan, Dearborn
Ph.D., 2017, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Post-doctoral Fellow, Ellman group, Yale
Research Chemist at Chemocentryx
Steve Schmid
Group Member: 2012-2017
B.S., 2012, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D., 2017, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Post-doctoral fellow, Aprahamian group, Dartmouth
Post-doctoral fellow, Hoye group, University of Minnesota
Ryan Van Hoveln
Group Member: 2010-2015
B.S., 2010, Bradley University
Ph.D., 2015, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Assistant Professor, Indiana State University
Logan Vine
Email:
lvine
Group Member: 2017-2022
B.S. Willamette University
Ph.D., 2022, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Med. Chem. at Cogent Biosciences!!
Robert Ward
Email:
rmward2
Group Member: 2017-2022
B.S. University of Alberta
M.S. University of Toronto
Ph.D., 2022, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cale Weatherly
Group Member: 2010-2015
B.S., 2009, Williams College
Ph.D., 2015, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Post-doc., Smith group, Pennsylvania, 2017
Senior Scientist at Abzena
Emily Zerull Schroeder
Email:
ezerull
Group Member: 2018-2024
B.S. Calvin University
Ph.D., 2024, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discovery Chemistry at Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
MASTER'S PROGRAM ALUMNI
Luke Boralsky
Group Member: 2009-2012
M.S., 2012, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rigel Pharmaceuticals
Nate Connell
Group Member: 2010-2012
B.S., 2010, St. Norbert College
M.S., 2012, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. student at UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Rachel Dao
Group Member: 2009-2011
B.S., 2009, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
M.S., 2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Investigator in Crop Protection, DuPont
Associate Investigator at FMC Corporation
Nicholas Dolan
Group Member: 2012-2015
M.S., 2015, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. student, Francis group, UC-Berkeley
James Jirak
Group Member: 2013-2015
M.S., 2015, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Millipore Corporation
Ethan Licht
Email:
eklicht
Group Member: 2019-2020
B.S. 2019, St. Cloud State University
M.S., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dagmara Marston
Group Member: 2009-2011
B.S., 2009, University of Oregon
M.S., 2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research assistant at Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC)
Amirah Mat Lani
Group Member: 2017-2018
B.S., 2016, University of Wisconsin – Madison
M.S., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sara Moyer
Group Member: 2010-2012
M.S., 2012, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Villanova School of Law
Caitlin Utt
Group Member: 2017-2018
B.S., 2015, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Formulation Scientist at Blueprint Medicines
Soren Zappia
Email:
zappia
Address:
Group Member: 2019-2022
B.S., 2020, University of Wisconsin – Madison
M.S., 2022, University of Wisconsin-Madison
FORMER POSTDOCTORAL / VISITING RESEARCHERS
Isaac Choi
Position title: Ph.D.
Email:
isaac.choi
Group Member: 2021-2022
B.Sc., 2015, Kwangwoon University
M.Sc., 2017, Seoul National University
Ph.D., 2021, Georg August University of Göttingen
Assistant Professor at Chungbuk National University
ORCID ID
Dr. John Hershberger
Group Member: 2010-2012
B.S., Missouri University of Science and Technology
Ph.D., University of Kansas Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Arkansas State University – Jonesboro
Corey Jones
Position title: Ph.D.
Email:
cljones24
Group Member: 2019-2021
B.S., 2013, University of Tennessee Martin
Ph.D., 2018, Michigan State University
Post-doctoral Researcher, 2021, University of Wisconsin Madison
Applied Synthesis Technology Group at Pfizer
Wentan Liu
Position title: Ph.D.
Email:
wliu393
Group Member: 2021-2022
B.S., 2012, Jilin University
Ph.D., 2018, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Postdoc., 2021, Southern University of Science and Technology
Medena Noikham
Email:
noikham
Group Member: 2019-2020
B.S., Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Jon Paretsky
Group Member: 2015-2016
B.S., 2009, Ripon College
Ph.D., 2015, University of California, Irvine
Research Scientist at Georgia-Pacific LLC
Kyeongdeok Seo
Position title: Ph.D.
Email:
kseo22
Joined in: 2022
B.S., 2015 in Chemistry at Pohang University of Science and Technology
Ph.D., 2021 in Chemistry at Pohang University of Science and Technology
Dr. Vitaliy Timokhin
Group Member: 2010-2011
Ph.D., Lviv Polytechnic Institute
Research Associate, UW-Madison
Dr. Maik Tretbar
Group Member: 2013-2015
Ph.D., 2012, University of Hamburg
Sr. Bioorganic Chemist at Immunic Therapeutics
Dr. Zhibin Xu
Group Member: 2013-2014
Ph.D., 2003, Peking Union Medical College, Medicinal Chemistry
Assistant Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology
FORMER VISITING STUDENTS
Federico Barbieri
Email:
fbarbieri
Group Member: 2023-2024
Ph.D. Student at University of Pavia, Italy
B.S. University of Pavia, Italy
Giuliana Pavaneli
Email:
Pavaneli
Group Member: 2022-2023
PhD. Student at Federal University of Paraná
B.S. Federal University of Paraná
FORMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
Chase Bruggeman
Group Member: 2015-2016
B.S., 2016, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Technologist II – Beverage & Sweet Flavors at Kerry Ingredients
Emily Dzurka
Group Member: 2016-2017
B.S., 2017, Saginaw Valley State University
Ph.D. student at Michigan State University
Amory Griffin
Email:
afgriffin
Group Member: 2022-2024
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship with Erin Stache, Princeton University
Weiyang Guan
Group Member: 2017-2019
B.S., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. student at Cornell University-Song Lin’s group
William Guy
Group Member: 2017-2018
B.S., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S., 2019, University of Chicago
Laboratory Assistant at Burke Research Group
Margeaux Hagemann
Group Member: 2016-2017
B.S., 2017, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Scientist at PPD
Devin Ketelboeter
Group Member: 2018-2019
B.S., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. student at the University of Florida-Aponick Group
Bethany Koerner
Group Member: 2015-2016
B.S., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Food Safety and Quality Chemist · Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Eleanor Landwehr
Email:
landwehr2
Group Member: 2017-2020
B.S., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. student, at Shenvi lab, Scripps
Alan Meis
Group Member: 2009-2011
B.S., 2012, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., 2017, UT-Austin (Martin group)
Senior Chemist at Corteva Agriscience
Luke Oxtoby
Group Member: 2016-2018
B.S., 2018, University of Wisconsin-Madison
NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Engel group, Scripps
Patrick Pentek
Group Member: 2007-2010
B.S., 2010, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pharm.D. Concordia College
Pharmacist at Walmart
Abbey Ragan
Email:
aragan
Group Member: 2019-2020
B.S., 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
William Raskopf
Email:
raskopf
Group Member: 2018-2021
B.S., 2021, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eric Touney
Group Member: 2014-2016
B.S., 2016, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. student at the University of California Irvine-Pronin group
Andrea Unzue
Group Member: 2009-2010
B.S., 2010, University of the Basque Country
Ph.D., 2015, University of Zurich (Nevado group)
Merck