Mrksich Group Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Shengwang Zhou
2020
Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University
Ju-Young Kim
2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Princeton University
Liang Lin
2020
Faculty, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Yubai Zhou
2019
Research Associate, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Kevin Metcalf
2018
Senior Scientist at Merck
Nihan Yonet-Tanyeri
2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Hsin-Yu Kuo
2017
Caleb Joseph
2015
Senior Scientist at Abbott Laboratories
Kristin Beaumont
2015
Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kyle Bantz
2014
Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Rebecca Holmes (McMurray)
2014
Assistant Director of Research Operations at CCTSM/Olvera de la Cruz Group, Northwestern University
W. Paige Osberg (Hall)
2013
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Portland
Greg Hudalla
2013
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida-Gainesville
Shagufta Shabbir
2012
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Chemisty, University of Texas at Austin
Kristopher Kilian
2011
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales-Sydney
Yekui Zou
2010
Hyunsook Jung
2010
Research Agency for Defense Development, South Korea
Stephanie Boussert
2010
Instrument Manager, Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, College of Charleston
Madalina Rujoi
2009
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, DePaul University
Joohoon Kim
2009
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Kyung Hee University
Haim Tsubery
2008
Research and Development Manager, PTM Biosciences (Caesarea, Israel)
Steven Patrie
2008
John L. Roach Scholar of Biomedical Sciences & Asst. Professor of Pathology and Bioengineering, UT Southwestern
Melanie Schroeder-Patterson
2008
Senior Scientist II, AbbVie
Yao Lin
2008
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Connecticut
Violeta Marin
2008
Senior Scientist II, AbbVie
Satish Nayak
2008
Vice President, Quality & Regulatory, Kemin Industries
Seda Kizilel
2008
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koç University
Justin Piper
2006
Chemical/Biotechnology Registered Patent Attorney, Cardinal IP
Mario Lacouture
2004
Attending Dermatologist and Director of the Oncodermatology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Joshua Mauer
2004
William Murphy
2004
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joel Collier
2004
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Eunhee Jeoung
2004
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Kangnung National University
Adam Eisenberg
2004
Product Manager and Sales Specialist, Crystal Chem, Inc.
Ellen Gawalt
2003
Department Chair and Hillman Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Duquesne University
Jennifer Smith
2002
Assistant Director, Beaufort Association for the Blind and Visually Impairedy
PhD Students
Daniel Sykora
2022
Consultant, Bionest Partners
Adam J. Pluchinsky
2022
Senior Consultant, Life SciencesÂ
Blaise Kimmel
2021
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University (Wilson Group)
Elamar Hakim Moully
2021
Sarah Anderson
2021
Assistant Editor, Drug Discovery News
Che-Fan (Jeffrey) Huang
2021
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago (Moellering Group)
Ji Eun (Jennifer) Park
2020
Alison Bayly
2020
Patent Scientist, Michael Best Law
Alexei Ten
2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (Whitesides Group)
Kazi Helal
2019
Venture Capital Analyst, ARCH Venture Partners
Lindsey Pearson (Szymczak)
2019
Scientist, Research and Innovation, FONA International
Sarah Wood
2019
Test Engineer 3, Gingko Bioworks
Patrick O'Kane
2019
Scientist, SAMDI Tech
Jose-Marc Techner
2019
MD Rotations, MD/PhD Student, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Jennifer Grant
2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (Ingber Group/Wyss Institute)
Pradeep Bugga
2018
Research Fellow at the Wyss Institute, Harvard University
Maria Cabezas
2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University (Jewett Group)
Alyssa Chinen-Mendez
2016
Associate Scientist, Phillips 66
James Kornacki
2015
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Üllo
Shuheng Li
2015
Patent Examiner, Patent Examination Cooperation Jiangsu Center of the Patent Office, SIPO
Courtney Sobers
2014
Assistant Teaching Professor, Rutgers University (Newark)
Caitlyn Yeykal
2011
Scientific Director, Global Medical Affairs, Merck
Lan Ban
2011
R&D Director, Kemin Industries-Food Technologies
Xiaoli Liao
2011
Senior Scientist, Process R&D Chemistry at AbbVie
Frank Roberts
2011
Principal, Oliver Wyman
Juan-Jose Sanchez-Cortes
2011
Associate Medical Director, Apothecom: A Huntsworth Health Company
Goher Mahmud
2011
Bio-Engineer, Procter & Gamble
Rafe Petty
2010
Division President, Oak Street Health
Jing Li
2010
Principal (Bioanalytical) Scientist, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Zack Gurard-Levin
2010
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), SAMDI Tech
Jessica Eisenberg (Case)
2009
Laboratory Instructor/Coordinator in Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago
Jane James (Maduram)
2009
Physician Editor at MCG
Robert Hsieh
2006
Medical Director, Genentech
Jing Su
2006
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Northeastern Illinois University
Young-Sam Lee
2006
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Dal-Hee Min
2006
Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Lemonex Inc.
Woon-Seok Yeo
2005
Professor, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kunkuk University
Shannon Dillmore
2004
Associate Director, Microbiology and Data Sciences, BD Biosciences
Youngeun Kwon
2004
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Dongguk University
Mihoko Kato
2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, Pomona College
Yuezhong Feng
2002
Shareholder, Brinks Gilson & Lione
Christian Hodneland
2001
Managing Director of Healthcare, William Blair & Company
Ben Houseman
2001
Director of Anesthesia Training Program, Envision Physicain ServicesÂ
Yan-Yeung Luk
2001
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Syracuse UniversityÂ
Muhammad Yousaf
2001
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Biology at York University
Hui Li
2000
Research Associate Professor, University of Chicago
MS Students
Juliet Roll
2021
Sofia Gonzalez Schuler
2021
PhD Student
Alex Simon
2018
Performer at Aloft Circus Arts
Natalie Fahey
2017
Associate Consultant at ZS
Anthony Bruno
2016
Medical Product Specialist, Lumere
Visiting Scholars and Lab Technicians
Xuzi (Susie) Zhao
2020
PhD Candidate at Hunan University
Tsatsral Iderzorig
2019
Scientist at Abbott
Raymond Dai
2018
PhD Student at University of Calfornia, San Francisco
Allen Yang
2017
MS Student at Cornell University
Henoke Tekeste
2017
PharmD Student, Chicago State University
Michael Scholle
2014
Chief Operating Office (COO), SAMDI Tech
John Sherrill
2014
Scientist, Cedilla Therapeutics
Matthew Culpepper
2013
Director of Analytical Chemistry and Formulation Developme at Pneuma Respiratory Inc.
Maria Donata Coghi
2013
PhD Student, The University of Milano-Bicocca
Andreea Stuparu
2013
Formulation Scientist II, Atreca
Jared Weiss
2013
Heather Eckart (Scott)
2012
Lab Manager, University of Chicago
Zana Vranic (Lukic)
2009
Manager of Market Access, IQVIA
Katinka Bahr
2009
Elisabet Prats-Alfonso
2009
Postdoctoral Researcher, CIBER BBN
Merav Tsubery
2008
Postdoctoral Researcher, Bar-Ilan University
Sunghyun Kim
2006
Kwesi Mercurius
2004
Laboratory Manager, Visby Medical
Undergraduates
Pranav Doradla
2022
Chris Fedor
2022
Medical Student, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Kenneth Zhang
2022
Paul Perkovich
2017
PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aislinn McMillan
2017
MD Student, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Megan Burton
2017
Consultant, A.T. Kearney
Shanice Taylor
2013
Engineer I, Edwards Lifesciences
Chris Grimestad
2013
Mechanical Design Engineer, Plexus Corp.
Colleen Xu
2013
Intern, Omics Data Automation
Jacob Parzen
2011
Resident Physician in Radiation Oncology, Beaumont Health
Sully Drotar
2011
Internal Medicine Specialist, Baylor Scott & White Center for Diagnostic Medicine
Niklas Thompson
2010
Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Suess Group)
Ben Diroll
2009
Assistant Scientist, Argonne National Laboratories
Bo Peng
2008
Director, IDEO
Idris Karagoz
2008
Laboratory Director, Biolab Ölçüm ve Analiz Laboratuvarı Tic. A.Ş.
Liz Santori
2007
Director of Cell Development, Ion Storage Systems
Yihui Wu
2006
Analyst, Eversept Partners
Stacey Kigar
2006
IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Matthew Merguerian
2006
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital and National Cancer InstituteÂ
Parvinder Thiara
2006
Chief Investment Officer, Athanor Capital
Jacob Basak
2005
Senior Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Michael Hackman
2004
Isaac Yonemoto
2003
President and Research Lead, indysci.org
David Boler
2002
Christopher England
2002
Xingyu (Justin) Jiang
1999
Chair Professor/Head of Biomedical Engineering Department, Southern University