Graduate Students

Nankai University
B.S. Pharmacy, 2015
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry
Current Position: Scientist I at Biogen

Washington University in St. Louis
A.B. Chemistry, 2015
University of Illinois
PhD Chemistry, 2021

Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. Chemistry, 2014
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2020
Current Position: Post Doc, MIT

University of Notre Dame
B.S. Chemistry, 2013
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2019
Current Position: Orthopedic Surgery Resident at Indiana University

Macalester College
B.A. Chemistry, 2011
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018
Post Doc: Sarpong Lab
Current Position: Scientist at AbbVie

Moravian College
B.S. Biology, 2013
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2018
Post Doc: Roualt Lab, NIH
Current Position: Associate Director of Laboratory Affairs, Labcorp

Johns Hopkins University
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2011
M.S. Biology, 2012
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2018
MD, 2021
Current Position: GI Fellow, Riverside Community Hospital

University of Michigan
B.S. Biology, 2012
B.S. English, 2012
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2018
Current Position: Emergency Medicine Resident, University of Michigan

Grand Valley State University
B.S. Chemistry, 2013
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018
Current Position: Scientist II, Takeda

California Lutheran University
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2015
University of Illinois
M.S. Chemistry, 2018
Current Position: Intellectual Property Associate, Dechert LLP

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018
Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist ADC Chemistry, Pfizer

University of Michigan
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
B.S. Biochemistry, 2011
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2017
Post Doc: Kaeberlein Group
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati

Saint Louis University
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2017
Post Doc: Nomura Group
Current Position: Scientist II, Frontier Medicines

Kent State University
B.S. Chemistry, 2013
M.S. Chemistry, 2016
University of Illinois
Current Position: Senior Research Associate II, Gilead Sciences

Fudan University
B.S. Chemistry, 2012
University of Illinois
M.S. Biochemistry, 2016
Current Position: Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb

National University of Singapore
B.Sc., 2007
M.Sc., 2009
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2015
Post Doc: Toste (Berkeley) and Miller (Yale) Groups (joint)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University

Purdue University
B.S. Chemistry, 2008
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2014
Current Position:

Grinnell College
B.A. Chemistry, 2007
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2014
Current Position: Senior Scientist II, AbbVie

Smith College
B.A. Chemistry, 2008
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2014
Current Position:

Northeastern University
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
M.S. Chemistry, 2009
Current Position: Senior Manager, RA Device/Combination Products, AbbVie

Emmanuel College
B.S. Chemistry, 2006
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2013
Current Position: Co-Founder of Stretch Med, Inc.

Wright State University
B.S. Chemistry, 2007
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2013
Current Position: Director, Revolution Medicines Inc.

Purdue University, School of Science at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
B.S. Chemistry, 2007
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2013
Current Position: Director, Eli Lilly and Company

Smith College
B.A. History, 2007
University of Illinois
M.S. Chemistry, 2013
Current Position:

University of Utah
B.S. Chemistry 2006
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2013
Current Position:

Brigham Young University
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2012
Current Position:

Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
B.S. Chemistry and B.S. Biochemistry/Molecular Biology 2002
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2012
Doctor of Law, 2016
Current Position: Associate Attorney at Locke Lord LLC

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
B.S. Chemistry, 2006
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2012
Current Position: Senior Research Specialist, Solventum

Harvey Mudd College
B.S. Chemistry, 2006
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2011
Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist in Process Chemistry, Pfizer

The College of New Jersey
B.S. Chemistry, 2008
University of Illinois
M.S. Chemistry, 2011
Current Position: Hospitalist

UC San Diego
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2011
Current Position: Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Neomorph

Grinnell College
B.A. Chemistry, 2005
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2010
Current Position: Senior Director, Head of Chemistry, ViiV Healthcare

Kyushu University
B.S. Biology, 2018
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2023
Current Position: Postdoc, Sarkis Lab, CalTech

College of William & Mary
B.S. Chemistry, 2017
M.S. Chemistry, 2018
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2023
Current Position: Investigator, Medicinal Chemistry, GSK

Purdue University
B.S. Chemistry, 2014
B.S. Biology, 2014
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2023
Current Position: Eli Lilly

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
B.S. Biological Sciences, 2014
M.S. Applied Molecular Biology, 2016
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Biochemistry, 2022
Current Position: Postdoc, Northwestern, Rosenzweig

University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Chemistry, 2019
University of Illinois
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2024
Current Position: Post Doc at UCSF (Shokat Group)

North Central College
B.S. Chemistry, 2018
University of Illinois
Ph.D. 2024
Post Doc, 2024-2025
Current Position: Post Doc, Harvard (Jacobsen Group)
Co-founder of Chemetrian: www.chemetrian.com
Postdoctoral Researchers

Chungnam National University
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2001
Post Doc: Beak Group, 2001-2005
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2005-2010
Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist, Epigen Biosciences

Marek Majewski Group
University of Saskatchewan
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2010
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2010-2013
Current Position: Principal R&D Leader, Celanese

University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Bode Group
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2009
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2009-2014
Current Position: Principal Research Scientist, Bayer Crop Science

Post Doc: Dalibor Sames Group, 2010-2013
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2013-2014
Current Position: Process Development Manager, BASF

University of Texas at San Antonio
Doug Frantz Group
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2013
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2013-2017
Current Position: Senior Scientist, J-Star Research

Biswanath Das FRSC Group
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2012
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2016-2017
Current Position: Manager, Inventys Research Company

University of Kansas
Brian Blagg Group
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2016
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2016-2017

Graz University of Technology
Rolf Breinbauer Group
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2015
Erwin-Schrodinger Fellowship
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2016-2019
Current Position: Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Technische Universitat Graz

University of Bristol Aggarwal Group
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2016
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2016-2022
Current Position: Assistant Member at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Stony Brook University
Ojima Group
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2018-2022
Current Position: Scientist II, FogPharma

IIT-Kanpur
Ph.D. Synthesis, 2017
Post Doc: Burke Group
Current Position:

IIT-Bombay
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2018
Post Doc: Rice University, 2018-2020
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2020-2022
Current Position: Scientist II, Medicinal Chemistry, Novo Nordisk

Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Ding Group
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2020
Post Doc: Kuangbiao Liao Group, 2020-2022
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2023-2024
Current Position:

Indian Institute of Technology
Debabrata Maiti Group
Ph.D. Catalysis and Methodology
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2018-2023
Research Scientist: Burke Group, 2023-2024
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky School of Pharmacy

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Ph.D Chemistry, 2022
Post Doc: Burke Group, 2022-2024
Current Position: Center for Transformation of Chemistry

University of Bologna
M.S. Medicinal Chemistry, 2013
University of Oxford
DPhil Organic Chemistry, 2017
Jeremy Robertson Group
University of Basel
Postdoc: Tiefenbacher Group, 2018-2019
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship
University of Illinois
Postdoc: Burke Group, 2019-2021
Current Position: Novartis University of Basel Excellence for Life Sciences Fellow, University of Basel
Undergraduate Students

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2005

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
M.D. 2013
Current Position: Director, University of Washington Sports Medicine fellowship; Team physician, Seattle Seahawks and UW Huskies; Associate professor, UW Department of Family Medicine

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
University of Oxford
D.Phil, 2016
Washington University at St. Louis
MD, 2017

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2010

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2010
Caltech
Reisman Group
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2015
Current Position: Associate Director at Sanofi

University of Illinois
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2011
University of Illinois at Chicago
PharmD, 2015
Current Position: Senior Medical Science Liaison - Oncology

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
University of Illinois at Chicago
PharmD, 2015
Current Position: Infectious Diseasses & Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2010
B.S. Engineering Physics, 2010
Stanford University
Kanan Group
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2017
Post Doc: EPFL, 2017-2020
Current Position: Founder at Lygg

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2013
Current Position: Production Engineer, BASF

University of Illinois
B.S. Biochemistry, 2013

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2013
Stanford University
Rao Group
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2019

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2012
Harvard University
Shair Lab
Ph.D. Chemistry

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, B.S. Integrative Biology, 2014
University of Chicago
Tay Grou
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2021
Current Position: Biotech Equity Research Associate,

University of Illinois
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2016
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
MD, 2021
Current Position: Resident, Yale School of Medicine

University of Illinois
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2016
Princeton University
MacMillan Group
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2021
Current Position: Senior Scientist - Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer

University of Illinois
B.S. Molecular and Cell Biology, 2016
Harvard University
Haigis Lab
Ph.D. 2022

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2017
Harvard University
Elledge Group
PhD in progress

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2018
University of Illinois College of Medicine
MD, 2022
Current Position: Internal Medicine Resident, Montefiore Health System

University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2018
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
MD, 2022
Current Position: Internal Medicine Resident, UChicago

University of Illinois
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2022
UC Berkely
Ph.D. in progress
Matt Francis Group

University of Illinois
B.S. Interdisciplinary Health, 2022

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2022
UC Santa Barbara
O'Malley Lab
PhD in progress

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2020
Current Position: Predoctoral Research Fellow - Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2021
Goldwater Scholarship
Stanford University
NSF GRF
Fischbach Group
Ph.D. in progress

University of Illinois
B.S. Biochemistry, 2020

University of Illinois
B.S. Biochemistry, 2021
UMass Chan Medical School
MD/PhD in progress

University of Illinois
B.S. Chemistry, 2021
CalTech
Stoltz Group
PhD in progress

University of Illinois
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, B.A. Economics, 2024

University of Illinois
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology
B.S. Intradisciplinary Psychology, 2024
Current Position: NIH Post Baccalaureate Research Assistant

University of Illinois
B.S. Biochemistry, 2024

Southern Utah University
B.S. Biology, B.S. Chemistry, 2025
Burke Lab Snyder Scholar, 2024

B.S. Physics, B.S. Chemistry, 2025