Mrksich Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Guru Neupane

2024

Research Associate, Northwestern University

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 Sciences 

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 Services 

Yan-Yeung Luk

2001

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Syracuse University 

Muhammad Yousaf

2001

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Biology at York University

Hui Li

2000

Research Associate Professor, University of Chicago

MS Students

Bryce Sakata

2024

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

Julian Robles

2023

Student, University of the Incarnate Word

Emily Milianti

2023

Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Benjamin Monroe

2023

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 Institute 

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