Past Group Members

Name Former Position Time Active Current Position
Shivani Patel Undergraduate 2019-2022 Ph. D. Student, Yale University
Longbo Li Post-Doc 2020-2022
Viktor Polites Graduate Student 2017-2021 Senior Scientist, Pfizer
Mark Campbell Graduate Student 2017-2021 Senior Scientist, Janssen
Dr. Maria Jesus Cabrera-Alfonso Post Doc 2020-2021 Post Doc, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Dr. Expedite Yen-Pon Post Doc 2020-2021 Post Doc, Aix-Marseille University
Shorouk O. Badir Graduate Student 2016-2021 Senior Scientist, Merck
Dr. Lisa Marie Kammer Post Doc 2020-2021 Scientist, Proctor & Gamble
Dr. Matthias Krumb Post Doc 2020-2021 Associate Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingleheim
Dr. Alexander Lipp Post Doc 2019-2021 Process Development, Boehringer Ingleheim
Ren-Ming Hu Visiting Scholar 2019-2020 Graduate Student
Xuange Zhang Visiting Scholar 2019-2020 Graduate Student, Nankai University
Jordan Compton Graduate Student 2016-2019 Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceutical
Rebecca Wiles Graduate Student 2015-2020 Senior Scientist, GSK
Shuai Zheng Graduate Student 2015-2020 Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
Jun Yi Post Doc 2018-2019 Associate Professor, ChangShu Institute of Technology
Idham Markjian Visiting Scholar 2019-2020 Professor, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Eugénie Romero Post Doc 2018-2019 HTS-HTE Scientist, CEA
Zhengjun Wang Visiting Scholar 2018-2019 Graduate Student at Hunan University
John Milligan Post Doc 2018-2019 Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University
Lisa Kammer Post Doc 2019 Post-Doc, University of Pennsylvania
Loïc Pantaine Post Doc 2018-2019 Post-Doc at Oxford University
Youran Luo Visiting Scholar 2017-2018
Jaehoon Sim Post Doc 2017-2018 Chungnam National University
James Phelan Post Doc 2017-2018 Senior Scientist at GSK
Jennifer Matsui Graduate Student 2015-2018 MD Candidate, The Ohio State University
Christopher Kelly Post Doc 2015-2018 Senior Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Simon Lang Post Doc 2016-2018 Senior Scientist at Merck
Álvaro Gutiérrez Bonet Post Doc 2016-2018 Senior Scientist at Merck
Rauful Alam Post Doc 2016-2018 Scientist II, PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Audrey Dumoulin Post Doc 2017 Senior Scientist, Oncodesign
María Jesús Cabrera-Afonso Visiting Scholar 2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate, UPenn
Junchen Kang Visiting Scholar 2017 B.S. Student, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Xie Wang Visiting Scholar 2016-2017 Post Doc, University of Pennsylvania
Brandon Vara Post Doc 2016-2017 Senior Scientist at Merck
Xingpin “Kevin” Li Visiting Scholar 2016-2017 PhD Student, Organic Chemistry at New York University
Zhipeng “Zack” Lu Visiting Scholar 2016-2017 PhD Student, Organic Chemistry at UC Santa Barbara
Fatemeh Sherafat Visiting Scholar 2016-2017 PhD Student, Organic Chemistry at University of Tehran,
Tehran, Iran
Camille Remeur Post Doc 2016 Research Associate, Evotec
Danielle Jacobs Visiting Professor 2016 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Rider University
Borna Saeednia Visiting Scholar 2016 Ph.D. student, University of Pennsylvania
Kingson Lin Undergraduate Student 2016-2017 MD/Ph.D. Candidate at Yale
Niki Patel Post Doc 2015-2016 Senior Scientist at Merck
Matthieu Jouffroy Post Doc 2015-2016 Senior Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Rahman Karimi-Nami Visiting Scholar 2015-2016 Assistant Professor, Maragheh University
Esmat Sodagar Visiting Scholar 2015 Postdoc, University of Southern California
Komal Rizwan Visiting Scholar 2015 PhD Scholar at Gov’t College University Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Minrui Xu Visiting Scholar 2015 PhD Student at Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chemie de
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Melissa Ramirez Undergraduate 2014-2016 Graduate Student at UCLA
Allison Siegenfeld Undergraduate 2014-2016 Graduate Student at Harvard University
Idris Karakaya Post Doc 2014-2015 Research Assistant, Gebze Teknik Universitesi
Yohei Yamashita Visiting Scholar 2014-2015 Senior Researcher at Astellas Pharma, Inc.
Fatima Ijaz Visiting Scholar 2014-2015 Post Doctoral Research Associate at University of the
Punjab
Ricardo Serafim Visiting Scholar 2014-2015 PostDoc, University of Tubigen
Peng Zhao Visiting Scholar 2014 PhD Engineer at Focused Photonics
Elham Etemadidavan Visiting Scholar 2014 Scientist, WuXi
Javad Amani Post Doc 2013-2017 Post Doc at Cornell University
Drew Heitz Graduate Student 2013-2016 Research Scientist, Luxottica
Mirna El-Khatib Post Doc 2013-2015 Post Doc at University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine
Mnaza Noreen Visiting Scholar 2013–2014 Postdoc, Monash University
Mona Hosseini-Sarvari Visiting Scholar 2013–2014, 2017 Professor at Shiraz University, Iran
Yasmeen Gull Visiting Scholar 2015 Assistant Professor at University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Hongfei Wu Visiting Scholar 2013-2014
Jean-Baptiste Coty Visiting Scholar 2013 R&D Scientist, SPiNOFRIN
Geraint Davies Graduate Student 2012-2017 Scientist II, Bristol-Myers Squibb
David Primer Graduate Student 2012-2017 Scientist II, Bristol-Myers Squibb
John Tellis Graduate Student 2012-2016 Senior Scientist at Genentech
Carolina Garcia Visiting Scholar 2012 Post Doctoral Research Associate
Sadia Naureen Visiting Scholar 2012 Lecturer at Gov’t Post Graduate Islamia College,
Pakistan
Sabahat Zahra Siddiqui Visiting Scholar 2012 Assistant Professor/ B. Sc. Coordinator at GC
University, Pakistan
Brittany Tschaen Graduate Student 2011–2014 Pharmacy Resident at Penn Medicine
Marc Presset Post Doc 2011–2012 Maitre de Conferences at Institut de Chimie et des
Materisux Paris-Est
Thiago Barcellos Post Doc 2011–2012 Post Doctoral Research Associate at Federal University
of Sao Carlos
Laura Iannazzo Post Doc 2011 Chargé de Recherche, Université Paris Decartes
Agnese Abate Visiting Scholar 2011 Adjunct Assistant Professor at Temple University
DaWeon Ryu Graduate Student 2010-2015 Consultant, IQVIA
Katlin Traister Graduate Student 2010-2015 Senior Chemist at Dow Chemical Company
Courtney Guenther Graduate Student 2010–2013
Kehinde Ajayi Post Doc 2010–2012 Patent Agent, Cooley LLP
Nicolas Fleury-Brégeot Post Doc 2010–2012 Research Scientist at Chimex
Floriane Beaumard Post Doc 2010–2012 Ingenieur de Recherche Laboratoire Controle et Qualité
de la Peau L’Oreal Recherche
Steven Kennedy Post Doc 2010–2012 Associate Professor at Millersville University
Jason Schmink Post Doc 2010-2012 Winemaker, Mount Hope Estate Winery
Virginie Colombel Post Doc 2010–2011 Analytical Development Manager at BASF
Steve Wisniewski Graduate Student 2009–2014 Research Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Ioana (Aron) Knopf Undergraduate 2009-2012 Product Development Manager at Poly6 Technologies
Corneliu Stanciu Post Doc 2009–2011 Senior Research Chemist, Performance Chemicals at Sasol
Silas Mckee Graduate Student 2009-2011 Consultant at Accenture
Valerie Braz Post-Doc 2009–2011 Clinical Research Manager at Cooper University Health
Care
Sabrina Touchet Visiting Scholar 2009 Maître de Conférence, Université de Lorraine
Livia Cavalcanti Graduate Student 2008–2013 Professor at the Universidade do Rio Grande do Norte
Andrea Argintaru Graduate Student 2008–2013 Senior Scientist at Axalta
Inji Shin Graduate Student 2008–2013 Senior Research Scientist/Associate Professor, Korea
Research Institute of Chemistry and Technology
Sarah Trice Graduate Student 2008-2012 Head of Commercial Development, Informatics Technology,
Millipore Sigma
Jessica Raushel Graduate Student 2008–2011 Chemistry Branch Chief at Defense Supply Center
Lauren Kennedy Undergraduate 2008-2010 CPNP at Hudson River Pediatrics
Marie-Aude Hiebel Post Doc 2008–2010 Maitre de Conférences at Institut de chimie organique et analytique (ICOA), Université d’Orléans
Po-shen Pan Post Doc 2008–2010 Associate Professor at Tamkang University
Frédéric Cadoret Post Doc 2008–2009 High School Teacher
Roberta Oliveira Visiting Scholar 2008 Adjunct Professor at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Ludivine Jean-Gérard Post Doc 2007–2009 Chargé de Recherche, CNRS at University Claude
Bernard-Lyon I
Wilma Febo-Ayala Post Doc 2007–2009 Visiting Assistant Professor at Villanova
Paul Gormisky Undergraduate 2006–2008 Principal Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Catherine Mougin Post Doc 2006–2008 Chemist at Michelin
Paulo Menezes Visiting Scholar 2006–2007 Professor at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Bryan Frieman Post Doc 2006–2007 Research Scientist II at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Pedro Oswaldo Miranda Chinea Visiting Scholar 2006 Graduate Student at Universidad de La Laguna
Fabricio Vargas Visiting Scholar 2006 Specialist Researcher at Oxiteno
Montserrat Ortega Guerra Visiting Scholar 2006 Chemist at Centro de Investigación Lilly, S.A.
Belgin Canturk Graduate Student 2005–2010 Senior Scientist at Corteva
Deidre Sandrock Graduate Student 2005–2010 Research Chemist at Milliken & Company
Angela Pugliese Undergraduate 2005–2007 Ophthamologist at Stong Memorial Hospital
Adam Brown Undergraduate 2005–2007 Principal Scientist, Process Research, Pfizer
Tiziano Fumagalli Visiting Scholar 2005–2006 Project Leader, Manager of HPAPI and Cytotoxics Lab
Jungyeob Ham Post Doc 2005–2006 Senior Research Scientist at Korean Institute of Science and Technology
Sharon Neufeldt Visiting Scholar 2005 Assistant Professor, Montana State University
Yasuo Yokoyama Visiting Scholar 2005 Professor at Sophia University
Noel Ellis Graduate Student 2004–2009 High School Teacher
Magnus Besev Post Doc 2004–2006 Medicinal Chemist at Alkermes
Miguel Angel de Blas Graduate Student 2004–2006 Global Marketing Manager at AstraZeneca
Ruth Figueroa Post Doc 2004–2006 Senior Chemist at Dow Chemical Company
Sonja Krane Post Doct 2004–2006 Managing Editor for JACS
Andrea Myers Kerrigan Graduate Student 2004–2006 Review Chemist at the FDA
Nicole Landzberg Grossman Undergraduate 2004–2005 Physician at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Dave Seapy Visiting Scholar 2004–2005 Retired
Aida Flores Visiting Scholar 2004 Postdoctoral Research Associate at Instituto Quimical
Organica, C.S.I.C.
David Cooper Graduate Student 2003–2008 Review Chemist at the FDA
Elizabeth Mocadlo Jurica Graduate Student 2003–2008 Research Investigator II at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Burchelle Blackman Post Doc 2003–2005 Chemist at the NIH
Luciana Felix Visiting Scholar 2003–2005 Head of Hazardous Communications for the Americas, EMD Millipore
Hikaru Hasegawa Post Doc 2003–2004 Research Chemist at IT-Related Chemicals Research
Laboratory
Dan Petrillo Graduate Student 2002–2007 Senior Scientist I Novatia, LLC
Florian Dehmel Post Doc 2002–2004 Senior Patent Counsel, Global Patents & Trademarks at Grunenthal
Benjamin Hoag Visiting Scholar 2002–2003 Glyptal, Inc.
Peter Blakskjær Visiting Scholar 2002 Research Scientist at Vipergen ApS
Barbara Czako Graduate Student 2001-2006 Institute Research Scientist at Anderson Cancer Center
Erin Sommers Graduate Student 2001-2006 Associate at Finnigan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Timothy Snowden Post Doc 2001-2003 Associate Professor at University of Alabama
Kirsten Zeitler Post Doc
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2001-2003 Professor at University of Leipzig
Carmem Bernardi Post Doc 2001-2002 Director of Chemistry at ISCA Technologies
Bryson Katona Undergraduate 2001-2002 Instructor at University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Gastroenterology Fellow
Helio Stefani Visiting Scholar 2001-2002 Full Professor at Universidade de Sao Paulo
Jose Luis Mendez-Andino Post Doc 2001-2002 Vice President Research and Development, Owens Corning
Maria Ribagorda Post Doc, Visiting Scholar 2001–2002 & 2015 Associate Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Boyoung Kim Undergraduate 2001 Medicinal Chemist II at Dicema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Takashi Takada Visiting Scholar 2001 Research chemist at Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
Marta Rodríguez Rivero Visiting Scholar 2001 Patent Attorney at ABG patentes
Elizabeth Pollina Cormier Graduate Student 2000–2005 Review Chemist at the FDA
Kelly George Graduate Student 2000–2005 Open Innovation Leader, Clorox
Jason Burke Graduate Student 2000–2004 Senior Scientist II, Abbvie
Chang-Soo Yun Post Doc 2000–2002 Senior Scientist at Korea Research Institute of Chemical
Technology
Keith Spencer Post Doc 2000–2001 Director, Academic Liason at GlaxoSmithKline
Anne Courtney Radcliff Post Doc 2000–2001 Director, Global Project Management, AstraZeneca
Tania Cassol Visiting Scholar 2000–2001 Professor at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Parana
Francisco Beltrão
Jaume Balsells-Padros Post Doc 2000–2001 Global Head, Discovery Process Research, Janssen
Christopher Bibeau Graduate Student 2000–2002 Instructor at Radford University
Isabel Storch de Gracia Visiting Scholar 2000 Spanish & World Language Teacher at WSFCS
Jan Antoinette C. Romero Adams Graduate Student 1999–2004 Senior Scientist at Pfizer
David St. Jean, Jr. Graduate Student 1999–2004 Vice President, Scorpion Therapeutics
Shawn Pack Graduate Student 1999–2003 Research Fellow, Stemline Therapeutics
Giles Brown Post Doc 1999–2001 Vice President, Head of Medicinal Chemistry, OMass
Technologies
Yvan LeHuérou Post Doc 1999–2000 Wine Connoisseur at B-Town Wine and Spirits
Michael Quirmbach Post Doc 1999–2000 CEO & President, Corden Pharma
Gerhard Hohenfeld Post Doc 1999–2000 Senior Project Manager, Technical Investments, Bachem
Takatoshi Ito Visiting Scholar 1999–2000 Research Staff at Osaka Municipal Technical Research
Institute
Christoph Köllner Post Doc 1999–2000 Senior Process Manager at Novartis Pharma Schweizerhalle
AG
Dirk Pfeiffer Post Doc 1999–2000 Senior Manager at IBM
Luiz F. da Silva, Jr. Post Doc 1999–2000 Deceased
Katja Herrmann Post Doc 1999
Fouzia Machrouhi Visiting Scholar, Post Doc 1998, & 2001–2003 Quality Assurance, Merck KGA
Robert Rzasa Post Doc 1998–2000
Julia Haas Graduate Student 1997–2002 Senior Research Investigator, Pfizer Boulder R&D
Magnus Rönn Post Doc 1997–1999 Independent Consultant, Sorbus Consulting
Bernard Bessiéres Post Doc 1997–1998 Maitre de Conference at Université Joseph Fourier
Monika Schmitt Post Doc 1997–1998 Head of Test Compound Sourcing at Bayer CropScience GmbH
Masakazu Sono Post Doc 1997–1998 Professor at Tokushima Bunri University
Keith Minor Post Doc 1997–1998 Chemicals Professional at Texas Research Institute
Dominique Albouy Post Doc 1997 Head of Manufacturing Engineering & Informations Systems
at Airbus
Markus Keitsch Visiting Scholar 1997
Morgane Ollivault-Shiflett Graduate Student 1996–1999
Scott Jeffrey Post Doc 1996–1998 Senior Principal Scientist at Seattle Genetics
Chad Wolfe Graduate Student 1996–1998 Research Scientist at Eli Lilly
Martin Hiersemann Post Doc 1996–1997 Associate Professor at Universität Dortmund
Bruce Young Post Doc 1996–1997 Medical Writer at ETSI
Enrique Aguilar Huergo Post Doc 1996 Professor Titular at Universidad de Oviedo
Betina Biolatto Visiting Scholar, Post Doc 1996, & 2001–2003 Senior Research Scientist II at Albany Molecular
Research, Inc
Eric Dowdy Graduate Student 1995-1999 Director of Process Research at Gilead Sciences
Carlos del Pozo Losada Post Doc 1995-1997 Professor Titular at Universidade de Valencia, Spain
Cristina Alonso-Alija Graduate Student 1995-1997 VP, Head Global Regulatory Affairs at Bayer HealthCare
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Christopher Corrette Graduate Student 1994-1999 Quality Control Manager at Array BioPharma
Peter Stengel Post Doc 1994-1996 Director of Chemical Development at Peloton Therapeutics
Jörn Winterfeld Post Doc 1994-1995 Director at Wacker Chemie
Christopher McWilliams Post Doc 1994-1995 Director, Synthesis Research and Development at Pfizer
Paul Eastwood Post Doc 1994-1995 Research Fellow at Almirall Prodesfarma
Esther Rosenthal Visiting Scholar 1994-1995 Privatdozenten und -dozentinnen at Technische
Universität Berlin
Peter Höcht Post Doc 1994-1995 Head of Supply Chain Management
Member of Executive Board at CABB AG
Lauren Gilchrist Monovich Graduate Student 1993–1998 Director at Novartis
Elizabeth Knight Graduate Student 1993–1998
John Carey Graduate Student 1993–1995 Research Fellow, Pharmaceuticals Research & Development
at Indivior UK Limited
Janet Ralbovsky Post Doc 1993–1995 Licensing Associate at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
John Wolfe Undergraduate 1993–1994 Professor at University of Michigan
Cheryl Lichti Post Doc 1993 Mass spectrometrist, Washington University
Young Chan Myoung Post Doc 1993 Organic Chemistry Division at National Institute of
Technology & Quality
Christina Harris Graduate Student 1992–1998 Professor at Weimar College
Paul Nichols Graduate Student 1992–1997 Director Innovation Management, Evonik Corporation
Bill Retsch Graduate Student 1992–1997 Associate Director Industrial Coating & Packaging R&D at
PPG Industries
Sagar Shakya Graduate Student 1992–1995 Senior Scientist II, Exelixis
Chris Siedem Post Doc 1992–1994 Founder & President of Perfect College Match, LLC
Steve Swallow Post Doc 1992–1994 Associate Director at AstraZeneca
Ruben Tommasi Post Doc 1992–1993 Chief Scientific Officer at Entasis Therapeutics
Dana Zummach (Burke) Graduate Student 1992
Manfred Julius Post Doc 1991–1992 European Trade Mark and Design Attorney at BASF
Jeffrey Byers Visiting Scholar 1991 Professor at Middlebury College
Ana Estévez-Braun Visiting Scholar 1991 Titular de Universidad, Universidad de la Lagune
Kevin Bobbitt Post Doc 1990–1993 Senior Manager at Momentive Performance Materials
Christopher Murray Post Doc 1990–1991 Senior Vice President, Blueprint
Kim Cameron Graduate Student 1989–1993 Retired (Pfizer)
John Hoberg Post Doc 1989–1992 Associate Professor at University of Wyoming
Elizabeth Burkhardt Post Doc 1989–1990 Retired, Callery LLC
Gerald Haaima Post Doc 1989–1990 Head, Business Development at Queensland Institute of
Medical Research
Hans-Jurgen Geyer Post Doc 1989–1990
Peter Weinig Post Doc 1989–1990 Research Scientists at Bayer Pharma AG
Jeffrey A. McKie Graduate Student 1988-1994 Retired
Brian LeBlanc Post Doc 1988-1990 Financial planner at Welch Financial Planning
Joseph Haar, Jr. Graduate Student 1987-1992 Distinguished Scientist, Corden Pharma Colorado
David Gschneidner Post Doc 1987–1990 Director of Chemistry at Emisphere Technologies
James T. Link Undergraduate 1987–1990 Physician, Diagnostic Radiology at MD Anderson Cancer
Center
Jerome Daanen Graduate Student 1987–1989 Associate Chemist at Abbvie
Konrad Mautner Post Doc 1987–1988 Research Chemist
Hanchul Song Post Doc 1987–1988 Deceased
Pierre-Jean Thorel Post Doc 1987–1988 Retired
David Firth Post Doc 1987 Business Development & Marketing Manager
Explosion & Process Safety at Chilworth Technology
Bruce LaBelle Post Doc 1986–1987 Chief, Environmental Chemistry Laboratory at California
Environmental Protection Agency
Lori Harring Bernard Graduate Student 1986–1991 Century 21 Realtor
Caryn Kenny (Prudente) Graduate Student 1985–1989 Professor at University of Southern Maine
Steven Andrews Graduate Student 1984–1989 Vice President of Discovery Chemistry, LOXO Oncology
Heather Mattson-Arnaiz Undergraduate 1984–1986 Accelrys
Gregory Hahn Post Doc 1984–1985 Retired, Inchem Corporation
David Shubert Graduate Student 1983–1987 Professor and Dean at Newman University
Paul Zinke Graduate Student 1982–1987 Instructor at Baylor University
Vijaya Sampath Post Doc 1982–1983 Assistant Professor (retired) at Colorado State
University
Jeffrey Etter Graduate Student 1982–1987 Senior Director, Pharmaceutical Development at Clovis
Oncology
Jill Steinhour Undergraduate Student 1981-1984 Director, Industry Strategy at Adobe Systems