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Jiabao Zhang — Jiabao Zhang Nankai University B.S. Pharmacy, 2015 jzhan169@illinois.edu

Claire Simons — Claire Simons Washington University in St. Louis A.B. Chemistry, 2015 clsimon2@illinois.edu Roger Adams Fellowship Enta Fellowship

Rajeev Chorghade — Rajeev Chorghade Carnegie Mellon University B.S. Chemistry (Honors), 2014 chorgha2@illinois.edu Virginia Bartow Scholar Hannum Fellowship R.C. Fuson Travel Award

Andrea Palazzolo
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

HMSH — Hannah Haley
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

Anna SantaMaria
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

Jenn Hou
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

KAD — Katrina Diaz
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

JonL — Jonathan Lehmann
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

AS (2) — Anthony Sotelo
California Lutheran University
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2015
M.S. Chemistry, 2018
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
asotelo2@illinois.edu

Adam Hill
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

ASG_2 — Tony Grillo
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

Alex Cioffi
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

MJS — Michael Schmidt
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

LBWH — Lingbowei Hu
Fudan University
B.S. Chemistry, 2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Biochemistry, 2016
lhu9@illinois.edu

Junqi Li
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

sad — Stephen Davis
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

Brice_Uno — Brice Uno
Grinnell College
B.A. Chemistry (Honors), 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2014
buno2@uiuc.edu

seiko — Seiko Fujii
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

Greg_Morehouse — Greg Morehouse
Northeastern University
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
M.S. Chemistry, 2009
Summa Cum Laude
morehou2@illinois.edu

Pulin_Wang — Pulin Wang
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

Steve_Ballmer — Steve Ballmer
Wright State University
B.S. Chemistry, 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2013
ballmer2@uiuc.edu

Eric_Woerly — Eric Woerly
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

ekd — Erin Davis
Smith College
B.A. History, 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Chemistry, 2013
davis110@illinois.edu
2008 Fulbright Scholar

Brandon_Wilcock — Brandon Wilcock
University of Utah
B.S. Chemistry 2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2013
wilcock2@uiuc.edu

Tom_Anderson — Tom Anderson
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

David_Knapp — David Knapp
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

Ian_Dailey — Ian Dailey
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

Kaitlyn_Gray — Kaitlyn Gray
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

jak — Jenna Klubnick
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

dsp — Dan Palacios
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

Eric_Gillis — Eric Gillis
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

Stella Ekaputri — Stella Ekaputri Kyushu University B.S. Biology, 2018 Current Position: CalTech (Postdoc, Sarkis Lab)

Nicholas Angello — College of William & Mary M.S. Chemistry, 2018 B.S. Chemistry, 2017 DoD NDSEG Fellow Virginia Bartow Scholar Hannum Fellowship Current Position: GSK

Andrew Blake

Andrew Blake

blake6@illinois.edu
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
M.S. Applied Molecular Biology, 2016
B.S. Biological Sciences, 2014

Suk_Joong_Lee — Suk Joong Lee
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

Arjun2 — Nagarjuna Palyam
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

JRS — Justin Struble
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2009
University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Bode Group
Monsanto, 2014-present
strublej@illinois.edu

Souvik Rakshit
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

ITC — Ian Crouch
B.S. Microbiology, 2006
University of Oklahoma
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2013
UT San Antonio
Doug Frantz Group
icrouch@illinois.edu

Balu — Penagaluri Balasubramanyam
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

Anuj Khandelwal
B.Sc. Chemistry (H), 2006
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, 2008
University of Delhi
Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, 2016
University of Kansas
Brian Blagg Group

MT_small — Melanie Trobe
B.Sci Chemistry, 2010
M.Sci Chemistry, 2011
PhD Chemistry, 2015
Graz University of Technology
Rolf Breinbauer Group
Erwin-Schrodinger Fellowship
mtrobe@illinois.edu

University of Bristol
M.Sc. Chemistry
PhD, Organic Chemistry, 2016 (Varinder Aggarwal)
Illinni 4000 Fellow of the Damon
Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Current Position: St. Jude — Daniel Blair University of Bristol M.Sc. Chemistry PhD, Organic Chemistry, 2016 (Varinder Aggarwal) Illinni 4000 Fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Current Position: St. Jude

Su Yan — Su Yan Sichuan University B.S. Chemistry, 2013 Stony Brook University PhD, Chemistry, 2018 (Iwao Ojima)

Ganesh pic — Ganesh Burhade IIT-Kanpur B.Sc. Chemistry, 2006 M.Sc. Chemistry, 2008 PhD, Synthesis, 2017 SERB Indo-Us Fellowship Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University, 2018 Rice University, 2019

Yogesh G. Shelke — Yogesh Shelke IIT-Bombay B.Sc. Chemistryr, 2009 M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, 2011 PhD, Organic Chemistry, 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University, 2018-2020

Former Undergraduate Students

Asa Melhado — Asa Melhado
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
amelhado@berkeley.edu
Currently pursuing Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley with Dean Toste

dms — Dave Siebert
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
dsieber2@uiuc.edu
Currently pursuing M.D. at University of Chicago

Linda_Johnson — Linda Johnson
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

glb — Gretchen Bromann
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, Spanish Minor, 2010
bromann2@uiuc.edu
Chancellor's Honors Scholar
James Honors Scholar

alan — Alan Cherney
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2010
cherney2@uiuc.edu
Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Caltech

Nashrah Maryum
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2011
nmaryu2@uiuc.edu

Stephanie_Chang — Stephanie Chang
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
chang53@illinois.edu
James Scholar

grd — Graham Dick
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

SeanOhara — Sean O'Hara
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2013
ohara4@illinois.edu
James Scholar

MattClark — Mathew Clark
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Biochemistry, 2013
mjclark5@illinois.edu

Zixin_Chen — Zixin (Laura) Chen
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2013
chen224@illinois.edu
Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Stanford University

JKT — Jim Tucker
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

BES — Brooke Schuster
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

DCS — Dillon Svoboda
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

Robert Pipal
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

SAT — Sarah Tucker
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

Christopher Nardone
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

ER_small — Eliot Rapoport
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

James Fan — James Fan
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

Jack Feldner
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2022

Samantha Newman (Sami)
B.S. Interdisciplinary Health, 2022

Vikram Mubayi
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2022
Donald B. Keyes Scholarship

Tejashri (Teju) Venkatesh
B.S. Chemistry, 2020
James Scholar

Sriya Chitti
B.S. Chemistry, 2021

RP2 — Riya Patel
B.S. Chemistry, 2020
James Scholar

AK2 — Aidan Kelly
B.S. Biochemistry, 2020

David Kostyra
B.S. Biochemistry, 2021

RC2 — Peng-Jui (Ruby) Chen
B.S. Chemistry, 2021

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