Alumni

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

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Undergraduate Alumni

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

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
 
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

Allison Repic
Research Group: Geraghty
Current Position: Patent Engineer, Quarles and Brady LLP. 

Jeana Zacharias
Research Group: Geraghty
 
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
 
Venkat Sirivolu
Research Group: Wang
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist (Drug Discovery) at Jubilant Biosys, India

Visiting Scholars