Alumni Group Members
Postdoctoral Alumni
Dr. Lakshmana Kinthada (LinkedIn)
2018-2020, Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD : IISER Bhopal
BSc & MSc: Andhra University
After our lab: Lakshmana works for Zamboni Chem Solution Inc. in Montreal.
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Dr. My Phan Thuy Cao (LinkedIn)
2019-2020, Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD: University of Saskatchewan (J. Muller)
MSc: Yeungnam University, South Korea
B.Eng.: Hochiminh University of Technology, Vietnam
After our lab: My works for Dalriada Drug Discovery.

Dr. Srinivas Dharavath (LinkedIn)
2017-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
BSc & MSc: Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
PhD: University of Hyderabad, India
After our lab: Srinivas began his independent academic career as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at IIT Kanpur, India.

Dr. Venkatesh Miriyala
2018-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
After our lab: Venkatesh returned to India to work in the contract synthesis industry.
Graduate Student Alumni
Paul Saliba
2018-2020, MSc (McMaster, Chemistry) "Regioselective Hydrolysis of Alkynes via Organosulfur Intermediates"
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Dr. Xiong Zhang (LinkedIn)
2014-2020, PhD (McMaster, Biochemistry) "Alumina-Directed Ortho-Allylation of Phenols"
After our lab: Xiong returned to China to work for WuXi AppTec in Tianjin.

Dr. Ebenezer Jones-Mensah (LinkedIn)
2011-2016, PhD (University of Idaho, Chemistry) "Selective Reductions Directed by Rehydrated Alumina and Thiomethylation Using Dimethylsulfoxide"
After our lab: "Jones" became a process engineer at Intel in Portland, OR.

Dr. Megha Karki (LinkedIn)
2010-2015, PhD (University of Idaho, Chemistry) "Development of Oxidation Reactions Based on Vanadium Pentoxide, Dimethylsulfoxide, and Synthetic Iron-Rich Clays"
After our lab: Megha completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Scripps, San Diego with Prof. R. Krishnamurthy. She is now a scientist at Singular Genomics in San Diego.

Hugo Araujo (LinkedIn)
2012-2014, MSc (University of Idaho, Chemistry) "Total Synthesis of Veranamine"
After our lab: Hugo studied Osteopathic Medicine at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima. He is now a physician in the Phoenix Area.
Other graduate students who made contributions to our program:
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Jalees Nasir (LinkedIn) MSc candidate (McMaster University) - 2017-2018 - After our lab: Jalees continued his graduate studies at McMaster University in computational genomics lab of Prof. Andrew McArthur.

Jessica Knight (LinkedIn) MSc candidate (University of Idaho) - 2016-2017 - After our lab: when we moved from Idaho to McMaster, Jessica transferred to Washington State University where she became a graduate student with Prof. Ming Xian.

Abdulakeem Osumah (LinkedIn) MSc candidate (University of Idaho) - 2015-2017 - After our lab: when we moved from Idaho to McMaster, Akeem continued his graduate studies at the University of Idaho in the group of Prof. Kris Waynant. In 2020 he completed his PhD and began postdoctoral studies at Scripps in San Diego.

Ram Gautam - MSc candidate (University of Idaho) - 2012-2013
Undergraduate Student Alumni
Undergraduate Research Class of 2021

Benjamin Brakel (2020 Summer) Ben completed an NSERC-funded summer fellowship in our laboratory. Working remotely due to COVID-19 restrictions, Ben contributed to a drug-discovery program with computational-docking studies.
Undergraduate Research Class of 2020

Zoe Piquette (2018-2020) Zoe completed twenty months of undergraduate research in our lab focusing on antimicrobial medicinal chemistry. In 2020 she graduated from McMaster with a BHSc (Bachelor of Health Sciences).

Arnav Khaul (2019-2020) Arnav completed his undergraduate thesis working on antimicrobial medicinal chemistry. In 2020 he graduated from McMaster with a BSc in Life Sciences.

Ramon Arora (2019-2020) Ramon's undergraduate thesis efforts yielded contributions to an anti-cancer medicinal chemistry project (a collaboration with Prof. Hassell's lab). In 2020, Ramon completed his studies at McMaster with a BSc in Chemical Biology and began graduate school in Chemistry at the University of Toronto.

Chanell Chu (2019-2020) Chanell completed her undergraduate senior thesis in our lab. She initiated our AMR diagnostic program with synthetic efforts toward new beta-lactam derivatives. After our lab Alison continued her studies in McMaster's Chemical Biology Co-Op program.

Alison Armstrong (2019-2020) Alison completed her undergraduate senior thesis in our lab. She synthesized new partial agonists EPAC1 as part of our collaborative research with Prof. Melacini's group. After our lab Alison continued her studies in McMaster's Chemical Biology Co-Op program.

Eleanor Wong (2019 Fall) Ellie was a visiting co-op student from the University of Waterloo. She synthesized cannabinoid analogues as part of our antimicrobial drug discovery program. After one semester in our lab Ellie continued her undergraduate studies at Waterloo.
Undergraduate Research Class of 2019

Amirhossein Yeganeh - 2018-2019 - then Amir completed his BSc in Chemical Biology at McMaster and began graduate studies in Chemistry at the University of Toronto in Fall of 2019.

Sheryl Nguyen BSc (McMaster) 2018-2019, then: Sheryl continued undergraduate studies at McMaster

Victoria Coles BSc (McMaster) 2018-2019, then: Victoria became a graduate student in biochemistry at McMaster in the lab of Prof. Lori Burrows.
Undergraduate Research Class of 2018

Patrick Pieprzak BSc (McMaster) 2017-2018, then: continued his undergraduate studies at McMaster

Kevin Zhou - BSc (McMaster) - 2018 fall, then: continued his undergraduate studies at McMaster

James Kazimowicz BSc (Waterloo) - 2018 summer, then: MBDC Program, McMaster; now sales & marketing at Johnson & Johnson
Undergraduate Research Class of 2017

Alyssa Ertel - BSc (Idaho) - 2015-2017, then: Alyssa became a graduate student at Princeton University in the lab of Prof. Abby Doyle.

Jackson Deobald - BSc (Idaho) - 2014-2017, then: Jackson became a graduate student at Princeton University in the lab of Prof. Robert Knowles.

Jeff Scott - BSc (Idaho) - 2015-2017, then: Jeff pursued graduate studies at the University of Idaho.

Weston Durland - BSc (Idaho) - 2015-2017

James Petersen - MD (WAMMI) - 2016-2017, then: James continued his medical studies at the University of Washington.
Undergraduate Research Class of 2016

Jacob Dalton - BSc (Idaho) 2014-2016, then: Graduate Student, UC Davis (Annaliese Franz)

Addie Turner BSc (Idaho) 2016

Jiahong Li - BSc (LCSC) 2016 summer

Dylan Ren BSc (ND) 2016 summer
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Kael Stelck BSc (Idaho) 2016 summer

Roy Henson - BSc (BYUI) 2016 fall

Nicole Rueb BSc (Idaho) 2016 fall​
Undergraduate Research Class of 2015

Sarah Lusk (2014-2015) BSc, Univeristy of Idaho; Graduate Student, University of Pittsburgh

Conner Farley BSc (Idaho) 2012-2015, then: Graduate Student, Purdue University (Kristopher Uyeda)

Hailey Knox BSc (Idaho) 2013-2015, then: Graduate Student, U Illinois U-C (Jeff Chen)​

Kyle Clark BSc (Idaho) 2013-2015, then: Graduate Student, UC Santa Barbara (Javier Read de Alaniz)

Joe Schmalz BSc (Idaho) 2013-2015, then: Graduate Student, U Idaho (Chem. Eng, with Gautam Kumar)

Alexis Peters BSc (LCSC) 2015 summer

Jacob Wimpenny BSc (LCSC) 2015 summer

Judah Stelck BSc (Idaho) 2015 summer
Undergraduate Research Class of 2014

Stephen Holmbo BSc (Idaho) 2012-2014, then: PhD UC Irvine (Sergei Pronin); Scientist at Gilead, Los Angeles

Jeff Crawford BSc (BYUI) 2014 summer

William Gibbs BSc (BYUI) 2014 spring

Brady Rinaldi BSc (Idaho) 2014 spring
Undergraduate Research Class of 2013

Eric Hall BSc (Idaho) 2012-2013, then: MS U Idaho (Patrick Hrdlicka); Instructor, North Idaho College
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Lelsie Nickerson BSc (Idaho) 2012-2013, then: PhD UC Davis (Jared Shaw)

Sarah Vukelich BSc (Idaho) 2011-2013, then: Chemist, Idaho Bioscience;

Christopher Hatch BSc (BYUI) 2013 summer, then: Staff scientist, Actavis (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Ryan Gole BSc (Idaho) 2012 fall
Undergraduate Research Class of 2012

Nicholas Weires (2010-2012) Nick completed his BSc at the University of Idaho. He then finished a PhD at UCLA with Prof. Niel Garg where he did great chemistry, and a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Irvine with Prof. Larry Overman with more great chemistry (Google Scholar Profile). Nick is a Medicinal Chemist at Amgen in Thousand Oaks CA. (LinkedIn)

Brian Vo (2010-2012) BSc (Idaho) 2010-2012

Mason Workman (2011-2012) BSc (Idaho)

Jason Laflemme (2012 Summer) BSc (BYUI)

Jared Boster (2012 Spring)
Jarrod completed an INBRE-funded visiting internship in our lab. He then completed his undergraduate studies at BYU-Idaho. He presently works as a chemist in Utah. (LinkedIn)
Undergraduate Research Class of 2011

Caleb Hopwood (2010-2011)
Caleb finished his BSc at University of Idaho and then an MD at University of Washington. He is presently working as a physician in Idaho.

Judd Durrant (2011 Fall)
Judd was an INBRE-funded visiting intern from BYU-Idaho. After our lab, Judd finished his undergraduate studies at BYUI followed by pharmacy school. He is a pharmacist in Idaho. (LinkedIn)
