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Graduate Students

Dr. Mohammad Samha

Ph.D. 2024

Postdoctoral researcher with Stephen Buchwald

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

moe.samha@gmail.com

Dr. Brittany Haas

Ph.D. 2024

​Advisor Process Chemistry SMDD

Eli Lilly and Company

b.haas2019@gmail.com

Dr. Jordan Liles

Ph.D. 2024

Postdoctoral researcher with Connor Coley

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

jliles24.jl@gmail.com​

Dr. Hanna Clements

Ph.D. 2023

Senior Computational Scientist

Corteva Agriscience

hannaclements.14@gmail.com

Dr. Ellyn Peters
 

Ph.D. 2023

Senior Data Scientist

Eli Lilly and Company
ellyn.peters@gmail.com

Dr. Adam Pancoast
 

Ph.D. 2023

Senior Scientist

Corteva Agriscience

adam.pancoastmn@gmail.com

Dr. Tianhua (Josh) Tang
 

Ph.D. 2023

Senior Scientist

Corteva Agriscience

tthchem@gmail.com 

Dr. Sleight Smith
 

Ph.D. 2022

Intellectual Property Specialist

Idaho National Laboratory

sleights96@gmail.com

Dr. Buthainah Al Rifaie
 

Ph.D. 2021

Associate III, QC

Biogen

bfalrifa@gmail.com

Dr. Samantha Grosslight 
 

Ph.D. 2021

Research Chemist

Johnson Matthey

grosslightsamantha@gmail.com

Dr. Iris Guo

Ph.D. 2021

Postdoctoral researcher with Tobias Gensch

TU Berlin

iris.jyguo95@gmail.com

Dr. Jennifer Crawford

Ph.D. 2021

Senior Scientist

Bristol Myers Squibb

jennifer.crawford2@bms.com

Jamie Allen

M.S. 2019

Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs

Scale Media

jamieallen93@gmail.com

Dr. Matthew Prater

Ph.D. 2020

Assistant Professor

Southern Utah University

mattp222@gmail.com

Dr. Sophia Robinson

Ph.D. 2020

Associate Principal Scientist, Discovery Chemistry

Merck

sophiagrobinson7@gmail.com

Dr. Celine Santiago

Ph.D. 2017

Senior Scientist

Merck

lcbsantiago@gmail.com

Dr. Harsh Patel

Ph.D. 2017

Senior Principal Scientist

Bristol-Meyers Squibb

harshhpatel@live.com

Dr. Zachary Niemeyer

Ph.D. 2017

High School Teacher

Park City High School

zniemeyer@gmail.com

Dr. Margaret Hilton

Ph.D. 2017

Senior Scientist II, Process Chemistry

AbbVie

margaret.hilton@abbvie.com

Dr. Matt McCammant

Ph.D. 2015

Associate Director

Incyte

mmccammant@incyte.com

Dr. Vaneet Saini

Ph.D. 2015

DST-Inspire Faculty

Panjab University, Chandigarh

vaneetsaini@gmail.com

Dr. Elizabeth Bess

Ph.D. 2014

Assistant Professor in Chemical Biology

University of California-Irvine

elizabeth.n.bess@gmail.com

Alison Brown

M.S. 2014

Technical Product Manager

Myriad Genetics

alison.brown89@gmail.com

Dr. Rachel Vaden

Ph.D. 2014

Associate Director

Treeline Biosciences

rachel.vaden@gmail.com

Dr. Ryan DeLuca

Ph.D. 2014

Associate Professor

University of Utah

ryanjamesdeluca@gmail.com

Dr. Kaid Harper

Ph.D. 2013

Principal Scientist

AbbVie Pharmaceuticals

kaidharper@hotmail.com

Dr. Longyan Liao

Ph.D. 2012

Senior Scientist

Dow Chemical Company

liaolongyan@gmail.com

Dr. Erik Werner

Ph.D. 2012

Senior Research Scientist 1

Gilead Sciences

wernererik@hotmail.com

Laura Steffens

M.S. 2011

PGY1 Pharmacy Resident

University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics

steffenslaura@gmail.com

Dr. Susanne Opra (Podhajsky)

Ph.D. 2011

Reagent Manufacturing Document Manager

BioFire Diagnostics

susanne.opra@gmail.com

Dr. Brian Michel

Ph.D. 2011 

Associate Professor of Chemistry

University of Denver

michelb247@gmail.com

Dr. Tejas Pathak

Ph.D. 2011

Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry

Scorpion Therapeutics

tejas.pathak@novartis.com

Dr. Kaveri Balan Urkalan

Ph.D. 2010

Senior Scientist

Lilly Oncology

kaveribalan@gmail.com

Dr. Katrina H. Jensen

Ph.D. 2010

Full Professor

Black Hills State University

katrina.jensen@bhsu.edu

Dr. Jeremie Miller

Ph.D. 2009

Global Supply Chain Manager

BASF

jerrmiller@yahoo.com

Dr. Keith Gligorich

Ph.D. 2009 

Senior Vice President

Global Operations at Veracyte

keith.gligorich@hci.utah.edu

Dr. Candace Cornell Kristensson

Ph.D. 2007

Lecturer

University of Denver

candace.kristensson@du.edu

Dr. Ben Dible

Ph.D. 2006 

Patent Information and Analysis

Sanofi, New Jersey

bdible@gmail.com

Dr. Greg Mercer

Ph.D. 2006

Director, Process Chemistry

Moderna

greg.mercer@cordenpharma.com

Dr. Sridhar Rajaram

Ph.D. 2005

Faculty Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

rajaram@jncasr.ac.in

Dr. Jaime Mueller

Ph.D. 2005

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemistry Department Chair

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

jmueller@smumn.edu

Dr. David Jensen

Ph.D. 2004

Senior Director

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

djensen@nektar.com

Ryan Adler

M.S. 2004

Director of Laboratory Operations

Aliri Bioanalysis

ryan.adler@covance.com

Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Lucas Karas
 

2023-2024

Cheminformatics Scientist

Terray Therapeutics

lucaskaras@gmail.com

Dr. Melissa Hardy
 

2021-2024

Investigator, Predictive Chemistry

GSK

mahardy8@gmail.com

Dr. Andrey Varenikov
 

2021-2023

Senior Research Scientist

Jolt Energy Storage Technologies

varenikov.a@gmail.com

Dr. David Vogt
 

2020-2022

Scientific Lead

Lilly Oncology

benjadav93@gmail.com

Dr. Autumn Flynn

2020-2022

Scientific Lead, Discovery Chemistry

Lilly Oncology

autumn.flynn@gmail.com

Dr. Jordan Dotson
 

2020-2022

Principal Scientist, Small Molecule Process Chemistry

Genentech

jaydot6626@gmail.com 

Dr. Lucy van Dijk
 

2021-2022

Senior Research Scientist

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

vandijklucylaura@gmail.com

Dr. Jacob Werth
 

2019-2022

Senior Scientist, Process Chemistry

Pfizer

jacobjwerth@gmail.com

Dr. Julie Hofstra Wahlman
 

2019-2021

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

California State University, Long Beach

julie.wahlman@csulb.edu

Dr. Ryan Cammarota
 

2018–2021

Assistant Professor

Cal State Fullerton

rcammaro@gmail.com

Dr. Sean Ross
 

2017–2021

Senior Scientist I

AbbVie

sean.ross@abbvie.com

Dr. Jeremy Griffin

2018–2021

Scientific Lead

Lilly Oncology

jeremygriffin429@gmail.com

Dr. Christopher Sandford

2017–2020

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at San Antonio

christopher.sandford@utsa.edu

Dr. Jacquelyne Read

2018–2021

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at San Antonio

Jacquelyne.Read@utsa.edu

Dr. Jolene Reid

2017–2020

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

University of British Columbia

jolenereid43@gmail.com

Dr. Ana Bahamonde

2017–2020

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

UC Riverside

bahamonde.ana@gmail.com

Dr. Tobias Gensch

2017–2020

Professor of Chemistry

TU Berlin

tobgensch@gmail.com

Dr. Qianjia Yuan

2017–2019

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

yuanqianjia@gmail.com

Dr. Jianbo Liu

2017–2019

Professor of Chemistry

Queens College

jianboliun@gmail.com

Dr. Nicholas Race

2015–2018

Senior Scientist

Gilead Pharmaceuticals

nicholasjrace@gmail.com

Dr. Manuel Orlandi

2016–2017

Assistant Professor

University of Padova

manuel.orlandi87@gmail.com

Dr. Jonathan Ruchti

2016–2017

Process chemist

Dottikon ES AG

jrg336@gmail.com

Dr. Chun Zhang

2014–2017

Professor for Organic Chemistry

Tianjin University

chunzhang.pku@gmail.com

Dr. Zhi-Min Chen

2015–2017

Associate Professor

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

chenzhimin221@sjtu.edu.cn

Dr. Toni Metsänen

2016–2017

Senior Scientist

Borealis

toni.metsanen@orionpharma.com

Dr. Yury Minko

2014–2016

Research and Development Chemist

OPKO Health, Inc. | FineTech Pharmaceutical, Ltd. 

yury.minko@gmail.com

Dr. Eiji Yamamoto

2015–2016

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Kyushu University

aqueouscat@gmail.com

Dr. Cristiane Schwalm

2014–2016

Professor

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

cristiane.storck@gmail.com

Dr. David Scheidler

2015–2016

Senior Scientist II, AbbVie

Worcester, MA

david.schiedler@gmail.com

Dr. Takashi Shigeta

2015–2016

Research Associate, Food and Nutritional Sciences

University of Shizuoka: Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

suika7355@gmail.com

Dr. Anat Milo

2012–2015

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

anatmilo@bgu.ac.il

Dr. Lei Kou

2012–2015

Lecturer

Shanghaitech University

koulei@shanghaitech.edu.cn

Dr. Tiansheng Mei

2012–2014

Professor, SIOC

Shanghai, China

mei7900@sioc.ac.cn

Dr. Benjamin Stokes

2011–2014

Assistant Professor

Santa Clara University

benjamin.j.stokes@gmail.com

Dr. Ranjan Jana

2010–2012

Senior Scientist, Department of Chemistry

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology

rjana@iicb.res.in

Dr. Brian J. Anderson

2008–2009

Professor of Chemistry

Keene State College

banderson1@keene.edu

Dr. Sarah Cummings

2006–2007

Director of Advancements in Teaching Excellence, Teaching Professor

University of Nevada, Reno

sac@unr.edu

Dr. Yang Zhang

2006–2007

Senior Director of Medicinal Department,

WuXi AppTec Ltd. Shanghai, China

zhang_yang@wuxiapptec.com

Dr. Amy Balija

2005–2006

Lecturer

Loyola University Chicago

balija@fordham.edu

Dr. Jae-Young Lee

2003–2004

Researcher, Department of Chemistry

Kangwon National University, Korea

leejy90@hotmail.com

Dr. Sunil Mandal

2002–2003

Assistant General Manager and Head of EHS

Bicon-Bristol-Myers

mandalsunilkumar@yahoo.com

Undergraduate Researchers

Emmanuel Odogwu
 

Reid Cope
 

2023

REU (REMAT)

reidbcope@gmail.com

Sam Powell
 

Katie Shapland
 

2024

REU (CCAS)

kshapland@smith.edu

Reece Goh
 

2023

Undergraduate

University of Utah

Nathan Friede
 

2021

Graduate Student

California Institute of Technology

Grace Baumgartner
 

2022

Undergraduate

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

gmbaumgartner@wpi.edu

Eli Jones
 

2022-2023

Graduate Student

Princeton

elijah.jones@siu.edu

Anna Bell
 

2021-2022

Undergraduate

University of Utah

abell@egi.utah.edu

Challis Connally
 

2021-2022

Undergraduate

University of Utah

challisconnally@gmail.com

Selma Kadic
 

2021

Undergraduate

University of Utah

selma.kadic0204@gmail.com

Morgan Merriman
 

2021-2022

Graduate Student

UNC Chapel Hill

mtmerri@g.clemson.edu

Shelby Galinat
 

2020–2022

Graduate Student 

Colorado School of Mines

shelbygalinat@gmail.com

Tyler Ball
 

2019–2022

Graduate Student in the Brett Fors Group

Cornell University

tyler.ball0611@gmail.com

Samantha Kraus
 

2019–2021

Graduate Student in the Richmond Sarpong Group

UC Berkeley

1999samanthak@gmail.com

Lydia Fries
 

2019–2021

Graduate Student in the Robert Knowles Group

Princeton University

frieslydia8@gmail.com

Sage Mack
 

2019

Clinical Operator

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

harpersmack@gmail.com

Sam Spencer

2018 

Undergraduate

University of Utah

u0940709@utah.edu

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Kayla Blickensderfer

2018

Undergraduate

University of Utah

kayblickensderfer@gmail.com

Sara Augustine

2017

Graduate Student

UC Irvine

sara.aug14@gmail.com

Morgan Rivera

2016–2017

Undergraduate

University of Utah

morgancrivera@yahoo.com

Jennifer Ashby

2016

Undergraduate

University of Utah

ashby.jen1@gmail.com

Melina Bachtar

2016

Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacy

University of Utah

m.bachtar@gmail.com

MacKenzie Ferron

2016

Laboratory Technician

Xenon Pharmaceuticals

mack579@comcast.net

Richard Kurth

2016

Student at TU Braunschweig

Braunschweig, Germany

florens.kurth@online.de

Mark O'Dair

2013-2015

Graduate Student

UC Berkeley

Jenni Frosch

2014-2015

Student at TU Braunschweig

Braunschweig, Germany

j.frosch@tu-braunschweig.de

Elizabeth Greenhalgh

2014

Graduate Student

University of Wisconsin-Madison

ebgreenhalgh@gmail.com

Amanda Bischoff

2012–2016

Graduate Student

UC Berkeley

amandajbischoff@gmail.com

Christina Hughes Smith

2012–2015

KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate, Massachusetts

csmith@kippma.org

Aline de Andrade Mendes

Daniel Tindall

2013

Student at TU Braunschweig

Braunschweig, Germany

d.tindall@tu-bs.de

Alex Burckle

2011–2013

Graduate Student in the Noah Burns Group

Stanford University

aburckle@stanford.edu

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Jenny Edwards

2011–2012

MD Candidate 2018 Ohio State College of Medicine

jennifer.edwards@osumc.edu

Andrea Winkler

2009–2010

Student at TU Braunschweig

Braunschweig, Germany

andrewa.aw.winkler@gmail.com

Katie Schaefer

2009–2011

Graduate Student in the Suzanne Walker Group

Harvard University

kaitlinschaefer@fas.harvard.edu

Jessica McCombs

2009–2011

Graduate Student in the Jeremiah Johnson Group

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

jmccombs@mit.edu

Drew Camelio

2008

Graduate Student in the Siegel Group

University of Texas at Austin

camelio@utexas.edu

Carol Bills

2008

Undergraduate 

University of Utah

c.a.bills@utah.edu

Karisa Snow

2008

Undergraduate 

University of Utah

u0468336@utah.edu

Dennis Poth

2007

Student at TU Braunschweig

Braunschweig, Germany

dennispoth@web.de

Sebastian Herbrich

2006

Student at TU Braunschweig

Braunschweig, Germany

s.herbrich@tu-braunschweig.de

Laura Cotter

2006

Graudate Student in Pharmacy

University of Georgia

lmcotter@uga.edu

Kara Stowers

2005–2006

Postdoctoral Fellow with Cynthia Friend, Harvard University

kstowers@fas.harvard.edu

Matthew Weinstock

2005

Graduate Student, Biochemistry Dept. 

University of Utah​

matthew.weinstock@biochem.utah.edu

Cornelia Pfaffenroth

2004

M.S. Student at TU Braunschweig

Braunschweig, Germany

Steve Hamilton

2003–2004

Medical Student at the Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

hamilton.steven@mayo.edu

Amy Heaton

2003–2004

Graduate Student in the Armentrout Group

University of Utah

heaton@chem.utah.edu

Chris Goller

2003–2004

T.D. Williamson

goller@gmail.com

Megan Sturdy

2003–2004

Graduate Student in the Medicinal Chemistry Dept. 

University of Illinois at Chicago

msturd2@uic.edu

Justin Litchfield

2002–2003

Founder of Pokertainment

justin@pokertainmentusa.com

Rajan Pragani

2002

Research Associate

NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics

rajan.pragani@nih.hhs.gov

Abril Estrada

2001

R&D/Product Development

The Clorox Company

Candice Park

2000–2001

M.D. Residency Program

Arizona

Jacob Pugsley

2000–2001

M.D.

Dennis Hobuss

2000

Research Associate in the Höner Group

Braunschweig University of Technology

dhobuss@tu-bs.de

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