An extensive listing of the alumni who helped make CDD a premier institute for medicinal and pharmaceutical research at the Academic Health Center of University of Minnesota.
Alumni members
Undergraduate Alumni
Van Ngyuen-Mai
Research Group: Aldrich
Nina Barnett
Research Group: Geraghty
Zach Erdman
Research Group: Geraghty
Current Position: Student, University of Minnesota
Josh Erickson
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Scientist, Rebiotix, Inc.
Jenny Marshall
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of East Finland and University of Minnesota
Mark Mulvahill
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Fulbright Scholar, Fiji
Leanne Renner
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Technical Intern, Hawkins, Inc.
Dan Schneider
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Minnesota - Duluth
Katherine Venne
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Analytical Chemist, Lutonix
Roshani Dahal
Research Group: Sham
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Minnesota
Julianne Eggum
Research Group: Sham
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Minnesota
Evelyne Houang
Research Group: Sham
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Minnesota
Kyle Konze
Research Group: Sham
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Sergey Negrashov
Research Group: Sham
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Hawaii - Manoa
Jake Stricherz
Research Group: Sham
Current Position: Pilot, US Air Force
Ryan Baumgartner
Research Group: Wang
Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Students
Danae Quirk
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University - Mankato
Xingnan Li
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Junior Researcher, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
Ding Lu
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Post Doc, University of Minnesota
Swati Moore
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota
Ye Tang
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Post Doc, University of Minnesota
Post Docs and Research Associates
Eric Bennett
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Principal Research Scientist, Pfizer
Narsihmulu Cheryala
Research Group: Vince
Mei Hua
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Retired
Srikanth Kolluru
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Christine Salomon
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Zhengqiang Wang
Research Group: Vince
Current Position: Associate Professor and Program Director (Chemistry), University of Minnesota
Yue-Lei Chen
Research Group: Vince/Wang
Current Position: Research Scientist, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
Leonardo Martinelli
Research Group: Aldrich
Anja Meissner
Research Group: Aldrich
Current Position: Post Doc, Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
João Neres
Research Group: Aldrich
Current Position: Post Doc, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Chunhua Qiao
Research Group: Aldrich
Current Position: Professor, Suzhou University, China
Ravindranhadh Somu
Research Group: Aldrich
Current Position: Scientist, Organix
Jagadeshwar Vannada
Research Group: Aldrich
Current Position: Scientist, Sai Life Sciences, India
Nicholas Labello
Research Group: Bennett
Current Position: Computational Biochemistry Consultant, University of Minnesota
Zeeshan Ali
Research Group: Chen
Current Position: Chemist, SRI International, CA
Huaquing Cui
Research Group: Chen
Current Position: Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China
Rajan Giri
Research Group: Ferguson
Current Position: Cobrek Pharmaceuticals, Chicago, IL
Padmaja Chittepu
Research Group: Ferguson
Allison Repic
Research Group: Geraghty
Current Position: Patent Engineer, Quarles and Brady LLP.
Jeana Zacharias
Research Group: Geraghty
Laurent Bonnac
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Research Associate, Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota
Liqiang Chen
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Guangyao Gao
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Acme Bioscience
Martin Kullberg
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Post Doc, Northeastern University
Magdalena Olesiak
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Post Doc, University of Colorado - Boulder
Rashmi Pathak
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Albany Molecular Research, Singapore
Riccardo Petrelli
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Camerino, Italy
Ming Qian
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Novartis
Dominik Rejman
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Jose Yu
Research Group: Pankiewicz
Jonathan Cohen
Research Group: Patterson
Current Position: Retired
Sarah Dimick-Gray
Research Group: Patterson
Current Position: Lecturer, College of St. Catherine
Ashok Philip
Research Group: Patterson
Current Position: Post Doc, St Jude’s Children Research Hospital
Dae Hwan Suk
Research Group: Patterson
Current Position: Research Professor, Yonsei University, South Korea
Ding Zhou
Research Group: Patterson
Current Position: Scientist, Pharmaresources, China
Michael Donald
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Scientist, Invitrogen
Chris Gelbmann
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Jon Henrikson, PhD
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, OK
Lori Schmidt
Research Group: Salomon
Current Position: Scientist, 3M
Hiqmet Kamberaj
Research Group: Sham
Current Position: Professor, International Balkan University, Macedonia
Venkat Sirivolu
Research Group: Wang
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist (Drug Discovery) at Jubilant Biosys, India
Visiting Scholars
Anastasia Khandazhinskaya
Research Group: Patterson
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Engelhardt Institute, Russia
Kyochi Wantanabe
Research Group: Patterson
Current Position: Retired