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Current Members

 

Principal Investigator

Professor John A. Porco, Jr. - B.A., College of the Holy Cross, 1985;  Ph.D., Harvard University, 1992

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Post-Doctoral Researcher

Branko Mitasev - Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, (USA), 2007

Project Area: Synthesis of Polyprenylated Phloroglucinol Natural Products

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Lauren Rossi - Ph.D., Brown University, (USA), 2006

ProjectArea: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Flavenoid-Based Compounds

6th Year Graduate Student

Chong Han - B.S., Nankai University (PRC), 2002

Project Area: Synthesis of N-Acyl Vinylogous Urea Containing and Related Natural Products

5th Year Graduate Student

Andrew Germain - B.A., College of the Holy Cross (USA), 2003

Project Area: Synthesis of Azaphilone Natural Products

4th Year Graduate Student

Andrew Kleinke - B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz (USA), 2004

Project Area: Synthesis of Epidithiodiketopiperazine Natural Products

4th Year Graduate Student

Ji Qi - B.S., Peking University (PRC), 2004

Project Area: Synthesis of Polyprenylated Phloroglucinol Natural Products

3rd Year Graduate Student

Stephen Scully - B.S., University of Mississippi (USA), 2005

Project Area: Synthetic Studies Toward Diazobenzofluorene Natural Products

3rd Year Graduate Student

Suwei Dong - B.S., Peking University (PRC), 2005

Project Area: Complex Molecule Synthesis via Copper-Mediated Oxidation

2nd Year Graduate Student

Qiang Zhang - B.S. Sichuan University (PRC) 2002

Project Area: Synthesis of Polyprenylated Phloroglucinol Natural Products

2nd Year Graduate Student

Huan Cong - B.S. Peking University (PRC), 2006

Project Area: Synthesis of
Prenylflavonoid Diels-Alder Natural Products

1st Year Graduate Student

Yuan Xiong - B.S. Tsinghua University (PRC) 2007

Project Area: Synthesis of Sangennol Natural Products

1st Year Graduate Student

Andrew Little - B.S. DePaul University (USA), 2007

Project Area: Synthetic Studies Toward Diazobenzofluorene Natural Products

Visiting Graduate Student

Jennifer Treece - 2nd Year Ph.D. Student at University of Kansas (USA)

Project Area: Reaction Discovery with Hydroxyalkyl Azides and Iminium Ethers

Undergraduate Students

Adam Schell - B.A., Boston University, 2008

Project Area: Synthesis of Epidithiodiketopiperazine Natural Products

 

Former Members

 

Post Doctoral Researchers
Time in Group
Current Position
Prof. Nicolas Rabasso
Paris-sud XI
Dr. B. Kulkarni
Viropharma, Inc. Exton, PA
Dr. A. Jeevanandam
Pharm-Eco, Lexington, MA
CMLD Assistant Director, Boston University
Dr. Andreas Heutling
Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Manheim, Germany

 

Graduate Students
Degree (Year)
Current Position
Scott Magee
Suntory Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D.
Schering Plough Research Institute, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Chaomin Li
Ph.D.
Merck, Boston, MA
Dr. Xiang Wang
Ph.D.
post-doc in Prof. Schreiber's laboratory, The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
M.A. (2005)
Danielle Solano
M.A.
graduate student in Prof. Kurth's laboratory, Department of Chemistry, UC-Davis
Ph.D. (2006)
Epix Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA
Ph.D. (2006)
post-doc in Prof. Danishefsky's laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ph.D. (2007)
post-doc in Prof. Baran's laboratory, Scripps Research Institute, California, CA
Ph.D. (2007)
post-doc in Prof. Danishefsky's laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
Ph.D. (2007)
post-doc, Wyeth Research,
Pearl River, N.Y.
Ph.D. (2007)
Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. (2008)
post-doc in Prof. Buchwald's laboratory, Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA

 

Visiting Scholars
Time in Group
Current Position
Prof. Cynthia McGowan
Merrimack College
graduate student at Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

 

Undergraduate Students
Degree (Year)
Current Position
Cheng Ting Lin
B.A. Chemistry (2003)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2004)
pharmacy student, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University
Jamie Ryan
B.A. Chemistry (2004)
Geekita Gupta
B.A. Chemistry (2005)
Nicholas Grigoriadis
B.A. Chemistry (2005)
Olga Lehkekhman
B.A. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (2006)
Dan Schmitt
B.A. Chemistry (2006)
graduate student in Prof. Johnson's laboratory, Department of Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill
Stephanie Chichetti
B.A. Chemistry (2006)
Merck, Boston, MA
Malca Watkins
undergraduate student, University of Colorado
Dan Bruggemeyer
B.A. Chemistry (2007)
graduate student in Prof. Bertozzi's laboratory, Department of Chemistry, UC-Berkeley

 

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