Alumni

• Dr. Surya Adhikari (postdoctoral scholar, 2017-2019). Position following IU: Scientist at Singular Genomics, San Diego, CA.

• Michael Adix III (biology major, 2005). Position following ISU: Medical school with a research focus at U. Iowa starting fall 2005.

• Jacquelyn Arnold (chemistry major, 2016). Position following IU: Chemist at Flavor Focus (Addison, IL).

• Randy Benedict (Ph.D. 2013). Position following ISU/IU:  Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Münster (Germany).

• Sayantan Bhaduri (Ph.D. 2015). Position following ISU/IU:  Scientist at NUBAD, LLC (Greenville, SC).

• Brian Bower (chemistry major, 2003). Position following ISU: Technical writer in Des Moines, IA.

• Steve Brokman (Ph.D. 2009). Position following ISU:  Organic lab instructor at Grand View College, Des Moines, IA, then Chemist in Research and Development Group at Siegwerk USA, in Des Moines.

• Gülden Camci-Ünal (Ph.D. 2009). Position following ISU:  Postdoctoral scholar at Harvard/MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA.

• Dr. Beatrice Collet (April 2006-September 2008). Position following ISU: Cofounder and Principal Scientist, LuCella Biosciences, Inc. in Ames, IA.

• Dr. Yonghai Chai (July 2006-December 2008). Position following ISU: Professor, Xi’an, China.

• Dr. Guosong Chen (August 2006-December 2008). Position following ISU: Department of Macromolecular Sciences, Fudan University, China.

• Bethany Christopher (M.S. 2021).

• David Coberly (chemistry major, 2011).

• Berenice Cruz Soriano (summer research experience, May-August 2013).

• Ashley DeYong (Ph.D. 2022). Position following IU: Postdoctoral Scholar at Harvard University.

• Daniel Ducharme (chemical and biological engineering major, BioMaP REU student, 2011).

• Swapnil Eaga (chemical engineering major). Transferred to UC-Berkeley Fall 2003.

• Heather Edwards (Ph.D. 2012). Position following ISU: lecturer, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA then a tenure-track position at Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE

• Ellen Fisher (chemistry major, 2005). Position following ISU: Graduate school in chemistry at University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign starting fall 2005.

• Hannah Fuller (food science and chemistry major, 2010-2012).

• Manibarsha Goswami (Ph.D. 2014). Position following ISU:  Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

• Joy Jackson (Ph.D. 2013). Position following ISU/IU: Assistant professor, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

• Firoz Jaipuri (Ph.D. 2006). Position following ISU:  Postdoctoral scholar at Broad Institute of Harvard/MIT, Cambridge, MA.

• M. Francisca Jofre (M.S. 2003). Position following ISU: Lecturer in general chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University.

• Gayle Johnson (chemistry major, 2007). Position following ISU: Graduate school in public health at University of Minnesota.

• Daniel Kabotso(Ph.D. 2017). Position following IU: Lecturer, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana.

• Mallory Kern (Ph.D. 2022). Position following IU: Lecturer, Purdue University.

• Victoria Kohout (Ph.D. 2019). Position following IU: Postdoctoral scholar at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

• Amanda Knutson (chemistry major, 2005). Position following ISU: Graduate school in chemistry at Northwestern starting fall 2005.

• Kwang-Seuk Ko (Ph.D. 2006). Position following ISU: Postdoctoral scholar at University of California, San Diego, CA.

• Michelle Kozmik (chemical engineering major, August 2004-May 2006). Coadvised with Prof. Peter Reilly, Department of Chemical Engineering.

• Jerrid Kruse (summer research experience, June-August 2002).

• Dr. Ravi Kumar H. Veeraiah (February 2016-January 2021). Position following ISU: Scientist at GVK Bio, Hyderabad/Bangalore, India.

• Matt Liang (M.S. 2020). Position immediately following IU:   Analytical chemist, Cambrex, Research Triangle Park, NC.

• Lin Liu (Ph.D. 2012). Position immediately following ISU:   Postdoctoral scholar at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Athens, GA.

• Xin Liu (2008-2011).

• Stephen MacDonell (biochemistry and philosophy major, 2004).

• Dr. Sreeman Kumar Mamidyala (June 2004-November 2005). Position following ISU: researcher at Wayne State University School of Pharmacy.

• Guor Marial (chemistry major, 2011). Position following ISU: training in Arizona for the 2012 Olympics.

• Keevan Marion (Ph.D. 2019). Position immediately following IU:   Postdoctoral scholar at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

• Dr. Chinmoy Mukherjee (March 2011-July 2013). Position following ISU/IU: Senior scientist/project manager at GVK Biosciences, Hyderabad, India

• Sahana Nagappayya (Ph.D. 2012). Position following ISU: senior chemist at Nalco in Texas.

• Gabe Nagy (Ph.D. 2017). Position following IU: Postdoctoral scholar at Pacific Northwest National Labs.

• Gabriele Nieves (M.S. 2018). Position following IU: Pfizer.

• Dr. Ifeanyi Okafor (postdoctoral scholar, 2018). Position following IU: Scientist at Intel, Chandler, AZ.

• Prof. Panuwat Padungros, Sabbatical leave from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand), July 2019.

• Gisun Park (Ph.D. 2009). Position following ISU:  Postdoctoral scholar at Columbia University, New York City, NY.

• Tianyuan Peng (Ph.D. 2018). Position following IU:  Postdoctoral scholar at MIT, Cambridge, MA.

• Alyssa Pirinelli (Ph.D. 2017). Position following IU:  Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Morris.

• Pablo Penalver (visiting scholar, August-November 2007).

• Dr. Mizanur Rahman (August 2003-November 2006; associate scientist through October 2007). Position following ISU: researcher at Food and Drug Administration.

• Jennifer Rees (chemistry major, 2004). Position following ISU: Graduate school in medicinal chemistry at U. Iowa starting fall 2004.

• Rajarshi Roychoudhury (Ph.D. 2014). Position following ISU/IU:  Postdoctoral scholar at Indiana University.

• Meredith Rudich (chemistry major, 2021). Position following IU:  Graduate student at The Ohio State University.

• Dr. Regis Saliba (June 2015-June 2018). Position following IU: Research Scientist, PharmaCytics, Oss, Netherlands.

• Kimberly Schwarz (chemistry major, 2002). Position following ISU: Graduate school in chemistry at UC-San Diego starting summer 2002.

• Margaret Schouten (chemistry major with biology minor, 2008). Position following ISU: Research scientist, University of Iowa.

• Nathan Schulz (chemistry and German major, 2008). Position following ISU: Research scientist, University of Iowa.

• Kevin Schwarz (chemistry major, 2011-2012). Position following ISU: Graduate school in chemistry at Indiana University in Bloomington starting fall 2013.

• Adam Shroyer (chemistry major, 2010). Position following ISU: Scientist, Hach Company in Ames, IA.

• Dr. Michael Slade (August 2011-July 2012, joint with Prof. Craig Ogilvie through the HHMI program). Position following ISU: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Evansville, IN

• Eun-Ho Song (Ph.D. 2009). Position following ISU:   Postdoctoral scholar at University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

• Joel Stockman (chemical engineering major, 2001).

• Jennifer Streff (chemistry major, 2010). Position following ISU: Graduate school in chemistry at Texas A&M University.

• Shannon Tan (chemistry major, 2011-2012).

• Shu-Lun Tang (Ph.D. 2012). Position following ISU:  Postdoctoral scholar at University of California, Berkeley, CA.

• Nishad Thambanchandrika (Ph.D. 2015). Position following ISU/IU:  Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky.

• Sinele Tsabedze (Ph.D. 2013). Position following ISU: Chemistry teacher in International Baccalaureate (IB) program at Rancho Solano Preparatory School, Scottsdale, AZ.

• Dusty Villhauer (chemistry major, 2005). Position following ISU: Pharmacy program at the University of Iowa starting fall 2005.

• Zachary Wooke (Ph.D. 2019). Position immediately following IU:   Analytical chemist, Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC, Madison, WI.

• Yang Yu (M.S. 2004). Position immediately following ISU: Medicinal chemist at ImClone, Brooklyn, NY.

• Alexandra Zakharova (summer research experience, June-August 2006).

• Corbin Zea (Ph.D. 2005). Position following ISU: Assistant Professor at Grand View College, Des Moines, IA.

• Yannan Zhao (Ph.D. 2011, joint with Drs. Lin and Trewyn). Position immediately following ISU: Postdoctoral scholar, Scripps Research Institute, LaJolla, CA.