The Fox Group Designing New Reactions for Chemical Biology
New Reactions for Biology
Applications
Synthetic Methods
Dr. Olga Dmytrenko
Collaborator
Computational Chemist
Ph.D. Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev
STUDENTS, POSTDOCS, VISITING SCHOLARS, and ALUMNI
Former Graduate StudentS (and current positions)
Chuanqi Wang, Ph.D., Swarthmore College, Teaching Lab Director
Sam Scinto, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Pfizer, Groton CT
Olivia George, Ph.D. 2022, Associate at Boston Consulting
Jessica Pigga, Ph.D. 2021, Senior Scientist at Pfizer, Groton CT
Jessica O’Brien, Ph.D. 2021, Senior Scientist at Pfizer, Boston MA
He Zhang, Ph.D. 2021, Postdoctoral Researcher at UNC
Yixin Xie, Ph.D. 2021, Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Cancer Institute, NIH
William Lambert, Ph.D. 2020, Scientist at AbbVie Inc, Chicago
Will Trout, M.S., 2022, Chemistry and Instrumentation Specialist, University of Delaware
Yinzhi Fang, Ph.D., 2018, Synthetic Chemistry Core Director, University of Delaware
Yi Li, Principal Investigator, API Process Chemistry, Incyte Pharaceuticals
Han Zhang, Ph.D. 2017, Senior Manager at TP Therapeutics
Katarina Rohlfing, M.S. 2017, Chemist at Prelude Pharma
Samantha Brannick, Ph.D. 2016, Product Manager, Solenis
Robert Panish, Ph.D. 2016, Scientist, Discovery Process Research, Janssen
Natalee Smith, Ph.D. 2015, Technical Product Manager, Covestro
Ramajeyam Selvaraj, Ph.D. 2014, Assistant Manager at Rallis India Ltd
David Boruta, Ph.D. 2013, Senior Scientist, US Navy
Michael Taylor, Ph.D. 2012, Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming
James Plampin, Ph.D. 2011, Clemson University Faculty
Matthew Hassink, Ph.D. 2011, Lead Chemist, Food and Drug Administration
Andrew DeAngelis, Ph.D. 2011, Senior Scientist, FMC
Kristy Longsdorf, Ph.D. 2011, QS Pharma, Analytical Chemist
Melissa Blackman Ceo, Ph.D. 2011, Associate Director, Global Blood Therapeutics
Laural Fisher, Ph.D. 2011, St. Mary’s University Faculty
Xie Xiaocong, Ph.D. 2010, Manager, Luan Wobam Trade Co.
Vinod Tarwade, Ph.D. 2009, Senior Scientist at DSM Nutritional Products
Mahesh Kumar Pallerla, Ph.D. 2007, Senior Principal Scientist, Arbutus Biopharma
Zhenzhen Dong, Ph.D. 2007, Associate Director at Adesis, Inc.
Ni Yan, Ph.D. 2007, Patent Counsel at Johnson Matthey
Fan Zhang, Ph.D. 2006, Chemist, Tedia Inc.
Chuck Ogbuawa, M.S. 2005
Former POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS (and current positions)
Raghu Vannam, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at Intellia Therapeutics
Yu Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Rockhurst College
Ampofo Darko, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
Maksim Royzen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, SUNY Albany
Patricia Panne, Ph.D., Chemours, Germany
Lian-an Liao, VP and Chief Scientific Officer, Sphinx Scientific Labs
Zhe Zhang, Principal Scientist II, Pantheon Pharmaceuticals
Xiaozhong Liu, Holley Welldone Technology Co. Ltd
Zhe Yang, Medicinal chemist, Cytokinetics, Inc
Visiting Scientists (and current positions)
Dennis Svatunek, Ph.D. student, TU Wien, Vienna
Prof. Stephen Habay, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Salisbury University
Prof. Magid Bayat, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
Prof. Xiaoxia Wang, Ph.D., Zhejiang Normal University, China
UNDERGRADUATES SUPERVISED
Daisy Pham (UD, 23), Xinyi Lyu (UD, 21), Anas Mahmoud (UD, 22), Andrew Kieler (UD, 22), Jasper Peralta (UD, 22), Chijindu Ogbunamiri (UD, ’23), Jenny Gloyd (UD ’22), Jeffrey Cragin (UD, ’21), Cole McElmurray (UD, ’21), Tyler Reagle (UD, ’19), Ben Pradell (UD, ’20), Claire Lipscombe (UD ’19), Andrew Currie (UD ‘18), Nikifar Lazouski (UD. ’16), Lauren Matlack (UD’ 16), Wei Dai (UD’ 16), Benjamin Prather (UD ’16), Ramya Sridharan (UD, ’14), Andrew Dover (UD, ’14), Naijing Su (UD, ‘14), John Feick (UD, ‘13), Valerie Shurtleff* (UD, ’11, Ph.D. Princeton), Greg Blasdel (UD, ’10), Ann Benavidez (UD, ’09), Doug DeSarro (UD, ‘08), Kaitlyn Kenney (UD, ‘08), Richard Karpowitz* (UD, ‘07; currently a Ph.D. student with D. Sames at Columbia), Michael Myers (UD, ‘06), Chris Schaffers (UD, ‘06), Gary DiFillipo (UD. ‘05), Michael DeMartino (UD, ‘03; Ph.D. with Phil Baran at Scripps), Stacy Rodgen (UD, ‘03 Ph.D. with Scott Schaus at Boston Univ.), Susan Ricketts (UD, ’04; research associate at Pfizer, Groton), Bryan Franck (UD, ‘04), Chris Schores (UD, ‘04), Richard McClain (UD, ‘04)
UNDERGRADUATES SUPERVISED PRIOR TO UD
Steven Kaye* (MIT, 03, Ph.D. with Jeffrey Long at Berkeley), Naomi Goldberg* (Columbia, ’98: MD-Ph.D.(Biochem) from Columbia), Daniel Lin* (Columbia, ‘98).
GROUP ALUMNI
Xinyi Lyu
PostBacCalaureate researcher, COBRE Synthesis Core
B.S, University of Delaware, 2022
COBRE Synthetic Chemistry Core
COLLABORATORS
Daisy Pham
Undergraduate Student
Sarah Janney
Undergraduate Student
Dr. Sam Scinto
Collaborator
Postdoctoral Scholar
Pfizer Global REsearch
Ph.D. University of Delaware
Miranda Roland
Graduate Student
coadvised with Catherine Grimes
B.S. Puget Sound University
