Former group members
Daniel Mangel
Inhong Hwang
Sajal Sen
2015 – 2021, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT
Axel Steinbrueck
2015 – 2021, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ruhr-University in Bochum
Daniel M. Knoll
2019 – 2021, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently:
Daliao Tao
2019 – 2021, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently:
Adam C. Sedgwick
2018 – 2020, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at UIUC
Chenxing Guo (国晨星)
2015 – 2020, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher at Shenzhen University
Mario Valle-Sánchez
2019 – 2020, Visiting Graduate Student from Prof. Luis Chacón- García's Group at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Harrison D. Root
2016 – 2020, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Los Alamos National Lab
Min Xue (薛敏)
2019 – 2020, Visiting Scholar from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
Michael Y. Zhao
2015 – 2020, Undergraduate Student
Currently:
Ruben Munoz
2018 – 2019, Undergraduate Student
Currently: Medical Student at UT Health San Antonio
Ju Hyun Oh
2018 – 2019, Visiting Graduate Student from Prof. Sung Kuk Kim's
Group at Gyeongsang National University
Xian-Sheng Ke (柯贤胜)
2015 – 2020, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor at Beijing Normal University
Lei Qin (秦磊)
2019.6 – 2019.12, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently:
Jung Su Park (박정수)
2018 – 2019, Visiting Scholar from Sookmyung Women’s University
Xiaodong Chi (池小东)
2015 – 2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Jingqin Chen (陈敬钦)
2018 – 2020, Visiting Scholar from Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Currently: Associate Professor at Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Suhmi Hwang (황수미)
2018 – 2019, Visiting Student from Seoul National University of
Science and Technology
Wenchao Geng (耿文超)
2018 – 2019, Visiting Graduate Student from Nankai University
Grégory D. Thiabaud
2012 – 2019, Postdoctoral Fellow and Reseach Associate
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT
Mram Alyami
2019, Visiting Graduate Student from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
James T. Brewster II
2014 – 2019, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University
Danying Huang (黄丹颖)
2017.8 – 2019.5, Undergraduate Student
Currently:
Hadiqa Zafar
2017 – 2019.5, Undergraduate Student (Graduated with Honors)
Currently: Ph.D. at MIT
Shantao Sun (孙善韬)
2017.8 – 2019.5, Undergraduate Student (Graduated with Honors)
Currently: Ph.D. at Columbia University
Liang Chen (陈亮)
2018.9 – 2019.3, Visiting Graduate Student from Prof. Hao Li's group at Zhejiang University
Qing He (何清)
2015 – 2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor at Hunan University, China
Wei Chen (陈薇)
2018.9 – 2019.3, Visiting Graduate Student from East China University of
Science and Technology (He Tian group)
Isaiah Aguilar
2016 – 2018, Undergraduate Student
Currently: Ph.D. at Yale University
Peiyu Tu (涂霈雨)
2015 – 2018, Graduate Student
Currently: N/A
Fangyuan Chen (陈方远)
2018.8 – 2019.1, Visiting Undergraduate Student from Nankai University
Heyifei Fu (富贺一飞)
2018.8 – 2019.1, Visiting Undergraduate Student from Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
Currently: Graduate Student at Dartmouth College
Kohei Ishihama (石濱 航平)
2018.6 – 2018.12, Visiting Graduate Student from Kyush University
Xiaofan Ji (吉晓帆)
2016 – 2018, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Ren-Tsung Wu
2011 – 2018, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyoto University
Mathew D. Moore
2013 – 2018, Graduate Student
Currently:
Rob Fimognari
2013 – 2018, Graduate Student
Currently: Research Scientist I at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Aaron Lammer
2012 – 2018, Graduate Student
Currently: Process Engineer at TowerJazz, San Antonio, TX
Takehiro Hirao (平尾 岳大)
2016 – 2018, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Assistant professor at Hiroshima University
Gretchen Marie Peters
2016 – 2018, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Assistant Professor at James Madison University
Lingliang Long (龙凌亮)
2016 – 2017, Visiting Scholar from Jiangsu University
Gonzalo Anguera
2016 – 2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Sales Representative - Responsable Zona Este en TA, Spain
Byung Joon Lim
2011 – 2017, Graduate Student (Co-supervised by Andrew D. Ellington)
Currently: Research Scientist at Encodia, Inc.
Juhoon Lee
2011 – 2017, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at UT Austin
Yoo-Jin Ghang
2015 – 2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Lead Chemist at the Dow Electronic Materials
Huacheng Zhang (张华承)
2014 – 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Tenure-track Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Murat Deliömeroğlu
2010 – 2016, Graduate Student
Currently: Staff Scientist at Biotium
Yerim Yeon
2010 – 2016, Graduate Student
Currently:
Zhan Zhang (张展)
2010 – 2015, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor at South-Central University for Nationalities, China
Tridib Sarma
2015 – 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Postdoctoral fellow at Sessler's satellite lab in the Shanghai University
Soojung Leem
2012 – 2015, Graduate Student
Currently: Chemist at DowDuPont
Yuanning Feng (冯元宁)
2015 Summer, Visiting Undergraduate Student from Tsinghua University
Currently: Graduate Student at Northwestern University
Dong Sub Kim
2009 – 2015, Graduate Student
Currently: MEMS process engineer, Santa Barbara, CA
Derric Borthwick
2007 – 2012, Graduate Student
Currently:
Hao Li (李昊)
2013 – 2015, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Tenure-track Professor, Zhejiang University, China
Chunju Li (李春举)
2014 – 2015, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Professor, Shanghai University
Sung Kuk Kim (김성국)
2006 – 2014, Graduate Student, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Assistant Professor, Gyeongsang National University, Korea
Min Hee Lee
2012 – 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Assistant Professor, Sookmyung Woman's University, Korea
Christina M. Davis
2010 – 2014, Graduate Student
Currently: Senior Chemist at Lancaster Laboratories, Pennsylvania
Eric S. Silver
2008 – 2014, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota
I-Ting Ho
2012 – 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently:
Ian Jones
2012 – 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Principal Chemist at Nalco Champion
Jonathan Arambula
2008 – 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin
Steffen Bähring
2013, Visiting Student; 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Assistant Professor at University of Southern Denmark
Robert Ono
2008 – 2013, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at IBM
Abdullah Aydogan
2003, 2005, 2007, 2012 – 2013, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Andrew Share
2012 – 2013, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently:
Hong Gyu Lee
2012 – 2013, Visiting Student
Currently:
Nathan Bill
2017 – 2013, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at Universidad Autonoma De Madrid
Gwang Jin Hwang
2012, Visiting Professor
Dani Lyons
2011 – 2012, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently:
Christian Preihs
2007 – 2012, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Christopher Bejger
2007 – 2012, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor, UNC Charlotte
Jiajia Cai
2005 – 2011, Graduate Student
Currently: Senior Scientist at Halliburton, Houston, TX
Vladimir Roznyatovskiy
2006 – 2011, Graduate Student
Currently: Senior Research Analyst at Lux Research
Han-Yuan Gong (龚汉元)
2008 – 2011, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor at Beijing Normal University
Jung Su Park (박정수)
2005 – 2011, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor, Sookmyung Woman's University
Amanda E. Hargrove
2004 – 2010, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor,Duke University
Elizabeth Karnas
2005 – 2010, Graduate Student
Currently: Patent Attorney
Candace Lawrence
2004 – 2010, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana
Brett Rambo
2008 – 2010, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Senior Chemist, SDS Technologies
Ha Na Kim
2009 – 2010, Visiting Scholar
Currently: N/A
Dae Sik Kim
2008 – 2010, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Samsung Electronics
Wolfgang Brenner
2008 – 2009, Visiting Student
Currently: Project Leader at Freudenberg New Technologies
Dong-Gyu Cho
2003 – 2008, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor, Inha University
Dae-Wi Yoon
2006 – 2008, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Chief Research Engineer, LG Display
Yasuhide Inokuma (猪熊 泰英)
2007, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Associate Professor, Hokkaido University
Viktor Csokai
2006 – 2007, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Senior Researcher, Cordi R&D Ltd
Viktor Maurizot
2006 – 2007, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Researcher (CNRS), University of Bordeaux, France
Marcin Stępień
2005 – 2006, 2008, Postdoctoral Researcher and Visiting Scholar
Currently: Professor, University of Wroclaw
Patrick Plitt
2005 – 2006, 2008, Postdoctoral Researcher and Visiting Scholar
Currently: Researcher Associate, University of Wroclaw
Joao Paulo Costa Tome
2004– 2006, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Auxiliary Inverstigator (PI), Department of Chemistry, Univerity of Aveiro, Portugal
Peter J. Boul
2004 – 2006, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Staff Scientist, JSC, ERC Inc.
David Sanchez-Garcia
2004 – 2006, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Professor, University of Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
Ian M. Wasser
2004 – 2006, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Attorney, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, GA
M. Kasim Sener
2004 – 2005, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dustin E. Gross
2003 – 2009, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Sam Houston State University
Natalie M. Barkey
2003 – 2007, Graduate Student
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
Mark Fountain
2002 – 2008, Graduate Student
Currently: APHL Environmental Health Fellow, Texas Dept. of State Health Services
Chemical Threat Laboratory, Austin, TX
Elisa Tomat
2002 – 2007, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor at University of Arizona, AZ
Jeong Tae Lee
2002 – 2006, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Hallym University, Korea
Evgeny Kataev
2003 – 2006, Joint graduate student
Currently: Associate Professor at Technische Universität Chemnitz
Thomas Koehler
2002 – 2004, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Sr. Scientist at Dow Microbial Control, Heritage Rohn and Haas Buchs, Switzerland
Piotr Piatek
2002 – 2004, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University, Warsaw
Salvatore Camiolo
2002 – 2003, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Researcher, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
Chang-Hee Lee (이창희)
2001, 2006 – 2007, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Korea
Group website: http://kalix.kangwon.ac.kr
Patricia Melfi (Pantos)
2001 – 2007, Graduate Student
Currently: Publishing Editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK
Stephen Dudek
2001 – 2003, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Senior Scientist at Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, CA
Guillaume Berthon
2001 – 2002, Graduate Student
Currently: Starting Jan. 2010, Team Leader of Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
Michael T. Huggins
2001 – 2002, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Associate Professor and Chair, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
Hiromitsu Maeda (前田 大光)
2001, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
G. Dan Pantos
2000 – 2005, Graduate Student
Currently: Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge University
Janan Jayawickramarajah
2000 – 2005, Graduate Student
Currently: Associate Professor, Tulane University
Won-Seob Cho
2000 – 2005, Graduate Student
Currently: Researcher in Hyosung, South Korea
Jackie Veauthier
2000 – 2004, NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow
Currently: R&D Scientist, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Greg Kirkovits
2000 – 2002, Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Senior Scientist, Cerilliant Corporation, Round Rock, TX
Alexander Bridoux
2000 – 2001, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow in Supramolecular Chemistry
Laboratory of Bruce C. Gibb, University of New Orleans, LA
Christophe Bucher
1999 – 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Senior CNRS Researcher at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Sergiy Shevchuk
1999 – 2001, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Sr. Scientist, Boehringer-Ingelheim Corp, Bedford, OH
Leah R. Eller
1998 – 2005, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
Deqiang An (安德强)
1999 – 2004, Graduate Student
Currently: Vice president of NewBio Therapeutics, Inc. (Shanghai, China)
Wyeth Callaway
1998 – 2004, Graduate Student
Currently: Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, University of San Francisco
Wataru Sato
1998 – 2000, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Mitsubishi Chemical Holding Group, Yokohama, Japan
Andrew Try
1998 – 2000, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Associate Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
James Shriver
1997 – 2003, Graduate Student, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Associate Dean of Curriculum and Faculty Development and Associate
Professor of Chemistry, Central College, Pella, IA
Daniel Seidel
1998 – 2002, Graduate Student
Currently: Professor, Department of Chemistry,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Hidekazu Miyaji (宮地 秀和)
1997 – 2001, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Associate Professor, Gifu University, Japan
Pavel Anzenbacher, Jr.
1997 – 2000, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Associate Professor, Bowling Green State University
Bruno Andrioletti
1997 – 1999, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Professor of Chemistry, The University of Lyon, Lyon, France
Anne Elizabeth Vivian Gorden
1996 – 2002, Graduate Student
Currently: Associate Professor, Auburn University
Muhunthan Sathiosatham
1996 – 2000, Graduate Student
Currently: Scientist, Performance Monomers Business,
The Dow Chemical Company, Spring House, PA
Rebecca S. Zimmerman
1996 – 2002, Graduate Student
William E. (Toby) Allen
1996 – 1997, American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Fellow
Currently: Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Chemistry
East Carolina University
Yuichi Ohya (大矢 裕一)
1996 – 1997, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Materials Engineering
Kansai University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Philip A. Gale
1995 – 1997, Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor at University of Sydney, Australia
Markus Scherer
1995 – 1997, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Technology Director, Cognis
Julian Davis
1994 – 2002, Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
Chris Fowler
1994 – 1999, Graduate Student
Currently: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, High Point University, High Point, NC
Andreas Gebauer
1994 – 1997, Graduate Student
Currently: Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, California State University, Bakersfield
Darren W. Johnson
1994 – 1996, Undergraduate
Currently: Professor of Chemistry, Director of Materials Science Institute,
University of Oregon, Eugene
Adam R. Urbach
1994 – 1996, Undergraduate
Currently: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Takashi Arimura
1994 – 1995, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Senior Researcher, Nanotechnology Institute of AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
Dirk Schweitzer
1994 – 1995, Visiting Scholar
Currently: Scientist in Industry
Yoshio Hisaeda (久枝 良雄)
1993 – 1994, Visiting Professor
Currently: Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
Jerzy Lisowski
1993 – 1994, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Professor of Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, Wroclaw, Poland
Petra Sansom (Jansen)
1992 – 1997, Graduate Student
Currently: Global Alliance Director, Pharma Partnering, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ
Ruizheng Wang
1992 – 1997, Graduate Student
Currently: Sr. Research Scientist, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
Vladimir Kral
1992 – 1995, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor, Prague Technical University and Director of Chemical Development Zentiva k.s.,
Part of the Sanofi-Aventis Group (Passed away in 2019)
Stacy Springs
1991 – 1997, Graduate Student
Currently: Director, Biomanufacturing Research Program, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation, Cambridge, MA
Michael Hoehner
1991 – 1995, Graduate Student
Currently: V. P. of Technology and Quality Assurance, Dixie Chemical Co. Pasadena, TX
Mitsuhiko Shionoya (塩谷 光彦)
1991, Visiting Scholar
Curently: Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Christopher T. Brown
1990 – 1997, Graduate Student
Currently: Executive Director, Materials Discovery, Schrodinger
Kevin Shreder
1990 – 1995, Graduate Student
Currently: Director of Chemistry, ActivX Biosciences, La Jolla, CA
Bing Wang
1990 – 1994, Graduate Student
Currently: Senior Director of Chemistry, LEAD Therapeutics, Inc., San Bruno, CA / Shanghai, China
Steven Weghorn
1990 – 1994, Graduate Student
Currently: Global Marketing Strategist, Baker Hughes Incorporated
Yuji Kubo(久保 由治)
1990 – 1991, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
Kevin A. Boudreaux
1989 – 1995, Graduate Student
Currently: Chemistry Instructor, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
Hiroyuki Furuta ( 古田 弘幸)
1989 – 1992, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Currently: Professor, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Miriam E. Goldsmith (Meg)
1988 – 1991, Graduate Student
Currently: Associate Consultant Chemist – Organic, Eli Lilly and Company
Greg Hemmi
1987 – 1993, Graduate Student
Currently: VP Chemical Operations, Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, CA
Vincent L. Capuano
1987 – 1991, Graduate Student
Currently: Partner (Lawyer), Duane Morris LLP, Boston, MA
John W. Sibert
1986 – 1991, Graduate Student
Currently: Associate Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
Toshiaki Murai (村井 利昭)
1986 – 1988, Post-Doctoral Researcher (The first!)
Currently: Professor, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
Jeffrey Hugdahl
1984 – 1990, Graduate Student
Currently: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Faculty Athletics Rep.
Chair of Chemistry Department, Mercer University, Macon, GA
Darren Magda
1984 – 1990, Graduate Student
Martin Johnson
1984 – 1989, Graduate Student (The first!)
Currently: President, Trinapco, Inc.