Alumni — The van der Donk Lab

Alumni

Emily Desormeaux

Former Graduate Student
Research Scientist at QPS
Deb Berthold

Former Research Associate
Retired
Haoqian “Lainey” Liang

Former Graduate Student
Senior Scientist at Roche
Sara Eslami

Former Graduate Student
Research Scientist at Just-Evotec Biologics
Tung Le

Former Graduate Student
Postdoc with Alanna Schepartz at UC Berkeley
Isaiah Lopez

Former Undergraduate Student
Graduate student in the Chemical Biology Program at Harvard University
Raymond Sarksian

Former Graduate Student
Process Development Senior Scientist at Amgen
Richard Ayikpoe

Former Postdoc
Senior Research Scientist in Merck Biocatalysis Group
Anna Conley

Former Graduate Student
Watson Fellowship, Carleton College
Autumn Frerk

Former Graduate Student
Assistant Scientist at MicroMGx
Hyunji Lee

Former Postdoc
Assistant Professor at College of Pharmacy at Kyungsung University, Korea
Constantin Giurgiu

Former Postdoc
Research Scientist I at Evozyne
Page Daniels

Former Graduate Student
Scientist at Primrose Bio
Max Simon

Former Graduate Student
Synthetic Biology Scientist at LanzaTech
Chunyu “Layla” Wu

Former Graduate Student
Senior Scientist at Merck
Shi Liu

Former Postdoc
Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore
Daisuke Fujinami

Former Postdoc
Assistant Professor at University of Shizuoka
Imran Rahman

Former Graduate Student
Scientist II at Seawolf Therapeutics
Martin McLaughlin

Former Graduate Student
Postdoc with Michael Fischbach at Stanford University
David Krist

Former Postdoc
Medical Student at Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Chi Ting

Former Postdoc
Assistant Professor Of Chemistry at Brandeis University
Ian Bothwell

Former Postdoc
Senior Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Chang He

Former Graduate Student
Scientist II at Kumquat Biosciences Inc.
Subhanip Biswas

Former Graduate Student
Scientist II at Slingshot Biosciences
Silvia Bobeica

Former Graduate Student
Researcher at RemeGen Biosciences
Julian Hegemann

Former Postdoc
Junior Group Leader at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)
Jeella Acedo

Former Postdoc
Assistant Professor at Mount Royal University
Graeme Howe

Former Postdoc
Assistant Professor at Queen's University
Kuan-Yu “Nick” Lai

Former Graduate Student
Senior Scientist at Regeneron
Linna An

Former Graduate Student
Postdoctoral Researcher in the David Baker Lab
Mark Walker

Former Postdoc
Assistant Professor at The University of New Mexico
Debapriya "Priya" Dutta

Former Postdoc
Staff Scientist at Carle Foundation Hospital
Nidhi Kakkar

Former Graduate Student
Senior Data Scientist at Intel
Emily Ulrich

Former Graduate Student
Technical Editor at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Zhengan Zhang

Former Graduate Student
Assistant Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, China
Kwo-Kwang “Abraham” Wang

Former Graduate Student
Scientist at Bullseye Bio
Kenton Hetrick

Former Graduate Student
Nonclinical Writer at Beam Therapeutics
Marc Ryan Gancayco

Former Graduate Student
RN in Med-Surg/Covid unit at Stanford Healthcare
Michael Funk

Former Postdoc
Senior Editor at Science Magazine
Lindsay Repka

Former Postdoc
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Middlebury College
Liujie Huo

Former Postdoc
Professor at Shandong University, China
Xiling Zhao

Former Graduate Student
Works at LanzaTech, IL
Zedu Huang

Former Postdoc
Associate Professor at Fudan University
Gabrielle Thibodeaux

Former Postdoc
High School Math and Science Teacher
Chris Thibodeaux

Former Postdoc
Associate Professor at McGill University
Manuel A. Ortega

Former Graduate Student
Scientist at Beam Therapeutics
Chantal Garcia De Gonzalo

Former Graduate Student
Senior Scientist Analytics at Amyris
Subha Mukherjee

Former Graduate Student
Scientific Director at Eli Lilly
Yi Yu

Former Graduate Student
Senior Director at Nvelop Therapeutics
Xiao Yang

Former Graduate Student
Principal Scientist at Epic Bio
Weixin Tang

Former Graduate Student
Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago
Min Zeng

Former Graduate Student
Data Scientist at Meta
Jiangtao Gao

Former Postdoc
Professor at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Qi Zhang

Former Postdoc
Professor At Fudan University
Rebecca Splain

Former Postdoc
Investigator at GlaxoSmithKline
Spencer Peck

Former Graduate Student
Senior Principal Scientist at Pfizer
Ayse Okesli-Armlovich

Former Graduate Student
Senior Scientist at Gilead Sciences
Huan Wang

Former postdoc
Professor at Nanjing University
Despina Bougioukou

Former Postdoc
Senior Scientist at Ingredion
Noah Bindman

Former Graduate Student
Principal Scientist at Seattle Genetics
Yanxiang "Nancy" Shi

Former Graduate Student
Group leader at Syngenta Crop Protection
John Hung

Former Graduate Student
Director, Biology and Head of Enzymology at Amyris
Neha Garg

Former Graduate Student
Associate Professor at Georgia Tech
Patrick Knerr

Former Graduate Student
Director of Metabolic Translational Research and Peptide Innovation, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Ran Zhang

Former Postdoc
Consultant, MNP LLP
Tong Hee Koh

Former Graduate Student
Hanmi Pharmaceutical
Heather Cooke

Former Postdoc
Principal Scientist at Biogen
Seung-Young Kim

Former Postdoc
Professor at Sun Moon University, Korea
Svetlana Borisova

Former Postdoc
Principal Scientist at Amyris
Lindsey Johnstone Shea

Former Graduate Student
Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University
Trent Oman

Former Graduate Student
Senior Advisor at Eli Lilly and Company
Juan E. Velasquez

Former Graduate Student
Principal Scientist at Merck
Ian Gut

Former Graduate Student
Principal Investigator at Battelle National Biodefense Institute/NBACC
Michael Kuemin

Former Postdoc
Bachem
Jin Hee Lee

Former Graduate Student
Senior Research Scientist at PPD
John Whitteck

Former Graduate Student
Principal Formulation Scientist at NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc.
Kevin Clark

Former Graduate Student
Senior Patent Counsel, Group Leader at Roche
Yuki Goto

Former Postdoc
Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo
Nicholas Llewellyn

Former Postdoc
Lecturer at University of Georgia
Remco Merkx

Former Postdoc
Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)
Lisa Cooper Powers

Former Graduate Student
Head, Home Care Enzyme Development at BASF
Leigh Anne Furgerson Ihnken

Former Graduate Student
Investigator, API Chemistry & Analysis at GlaxoSmithKline
Bo Li

Former Graduate Student
Associate Professor at UNC
Robert Cicchillo

Former Postdoc
SVP R&D, Oerth Bio, Durham, NC
Young Ok You

Former Graduate Student
Scientist I - Analytical Sciences at MacroGenics, Inc.
Matthew Levengood

Former Graduate Student
Director, Technology Discovery Research at Seagen
Gregory Patton

Former Graduate Student
Amplification Development Group Leader at New England Biolabs
Cyril Jacquot

Former Graduate Student
Associate Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics at The George Washington University
Emily Fogle

Former Postdoc
Professor at California Public University
Amanda McClerren

Former Postdoc
CIO and Head of Digital Transformation & IT | Member of the Executive Leadership Team at Bayer Crop Science
Gongyong Li

Former Postdoc
General Manager at Shanghai R&D Center Zhejiang Tianyu Pharmaceutical Co.
Abdul Gabisi Jr

Former Graduate Student
Clinical Pharmacist II at Harris Health System
Christopher Kerwood

Former Graduate Student
Director of Operational Excellence at Batory Foods Inc
Michelle Ni Paine

Former Postdoc
W.R. Grace
Xingang Zhang

Former Postdoc
Professor at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Heather Relyea

Former Graduate Student
Dow Biocides
Ryan Woodyer

Former Graduate Student
Head of Product Development -VP at Curie Co.
Danica Galonic Fujimori

Former Graduate Student
Professor, UCSF Cell. & Mol. Pharmacology
Christopher McGinley

Former Graduate Student
Associate Director - R&D at Becton Dickinsonon
Moushumi Paul

Former Graduate Student
Scientific Review Officer at National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Champak Chatterjee

Former Graduate Student
Professor of Chemistry at University of Washington
Russell P . Pesavento

Former Graduate Student
UIC Assistant Professor / Associate Dentist at Dr. Ginger Christian & Associates
Joshua Wheatley

Former Graduate Student
Research Associate at Children's Mercy Kansas City
Wesley Swanson

Former Graduate Student
Director, Bioprocess Development at Pfizer.
Yantao Zhu Hughes

Former Graduate Student
Director of Strategy & Growth at Ascend Performance Materials
Lili Xie

Former Graduate Student
Senior Principal Scientist at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Kevin M. McCauley

Former Graduate Student
Director of Advanced Technology - Advanced Materials at STERIS
Matt D. Gieselman

Former Graduate Student
Technology Director, Industrial Products
Hao Zhou

Former Graduate Student
Lundbeck Pharma
Jennifer M. Vrtis

Former Graduate Student
Formerly Abbie, passed away 2020.
Nicole M. Okeley

Former Graduate Student
Seattle Genetics
Sheng Peng

Former Postdoc
Dupont
Justin Shey

Former Graduate Student
Lead Chemist at US Department of Homeland Security
Rashna Balsara

Former Postdoc
Research Associate Professor at University of Notre Dame
Erin Criswell

Former Graduate Student
E Ink Corp