People
Current Group Members
- Craig T Martin – Professor of Chemistry; Member Molecular & Cellular Biology Program
- Kithmie MalagodaPathiranage – postdoctoral, Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Massachusetts (2022)
- Amin Abek – Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry
- Ruptanu Banerjee – Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry
- Purnima Mala – postdoctoral, Ph.D. IISER Bhopal, India (2022)
- Jamuna Vaishnav – postdoctoral, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (2020)
- Priyanka Kaushik – postdoctoral, Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2020)
- Berkant Yetiskin – postdoctoral, Ph.D., Istanbul Technical University (2021)
- Diwakaran Rathinam Palaniswamy – Ph.D. candidate, Chemical Engineering, UMass
- Josh Paine – B.S. major in Chemistry (2023)
- Jacqueline Racine – B.S. major in Biochemistry (2023)
- Chris Famulari – B.S. major in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (2022)
Alumni
Mouse-over names below to see what people are up to!!Amelia CochranGraduate Student, University of Michigan. BS Chemistry; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2021
Julia McBrideResearcher, Harvard Medical School. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2021
Elvan CavacScientist II – mRNA Upstream Process Development – Tessera Therapeutics. PhD Chemistry, 2020
Ameila Cochran, B.S. Chemistry; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Hnrs), 2021
Will JohnsonGraduate Student in Microbiology, Tufts University. BS Biology, 2020
Yasaman GholamalipourPostdoctoral, University of Massachusetts Medical School. PhD Chemistry, 2019
Kyle KoczeraGraduate Student in Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University. BS Chemistry (Honors), 2019
Kira ChandranMedical Student, Georgetown School of Medicine. BS Biology (Honors), 2019
Cooper Wharton. BS Chemistry (Honors), 2018
Adrian RadelNursing Assistant at South Shore Health System, Weymouth, MA. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2018
Alexandra SaulenasDevelopment Associate at New Israel Fund (previously: U.S. Fulbright Fellow to the Czech Republic). BS Biology (Honors), 2017
Ziv CohenStudent in MD/PhD program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2016
Spencer MooreSenior Analyst I, Method Validation at bluebird bio. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2016
Anna Heiler. Exch Exchange Student, 2015
Aruni Karunanayake MBacteriologist, Institute for Applied Life Sciences Clinical Testing Center, Univ of Mass Amherst. ResA Research Associate, 2014
Carlos Sanchez-CorreaMedical student at Ponce School of Medicine. PBac Post-Bac, 2014
Jacob WaldmanBioinformatics Engineer at CRISPR Therapeutics. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2013
Rahul Gantyala. BS Microbiology, 2013
Luis RamirezSenior Scientist at CATALOG (earlier: Scientist II at GreenLight Biosciences, Inc postdoc with Carlos Bustamante, UC Berkeley). PhD Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2013
Satamita SamantaLecturer at State University of New York College at Buffalo (earlier: Postdoc UC San Diego). PhD Chemistry, 2012
Christina ChisholmReceived Ph.D. in Chemistry at UMass Amherst, in Prof Min Chen’s lab. PREP PREP, 2011
Katarina AndersonMedical student at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. BS Biology (Honors), 2011
Ankit VahiaExecutive Strategy Director, Pharma/Health and Wellness at Grey Group (earlier: postdoc at Dana Farber, Harvard Medical). PhD Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2011
Cameron ButovaGraduate student in Molecular & Cellular Biology at UMass Amherst, working with Scott Garman. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2010
Olga Miranova. PDA Postdoc, 2009
Xiaoqing Liu. PhD Chemistry, 2009
Zhiming MoMedical Device Engineer, Philips. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2009
Bruno KaramRoss University School of Veterinary Medicine; Large animal internal medicine resident at the Univ of California, Davis. BS Biology, 2009
Erin SutherlandQuality Control Manager, BioAgilytix (previously: Quality Control Manager, Cambridge Biomedical, Inc). BS Chemistry, 2009
Shiv RedhuInterim Head of Quality at Unum Therapeutics (previously: CMC Sr. Manager CAR-T Science and Technology at Celgene). MS Chemistry, 2008
Selase EnuamehScientist II, Cell Line Development & Engineering at REGENXBIO Inc.. PhD Chemistry, 2008
Shiv RedhuInterim Head of Quality at Unum Therapeutics (previously: CMC Sr. Manager CAR-T Science and Technology at Celgene). MS Chemistry, 2008
Gang HanAssociate Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School (previously: postdoctoral, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. PhD Chemistry, 2007
Christine OslowskiInstructor and Science Communications Expert (previously: PhD in Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School). BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2007
Peng GongPrincipal Investigator at Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. PhD Chemistry, 2006
Rosemary TuringanVice President, Forensic Biology at ANDE. PhD Chemistry, 2006
Yi ZhouSenior Scientist at Genzyme, a Sanofi company. PhD Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2006
Shannon ReillyAssistant Professor at University of California, San Diego (previously: Ph.D., Harvard University School of Public Health; postdoctoral, University of Michigan). BS Chemistry (Honors), 2005
Stefanie Stadnicki. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2005
Emily Berg. SPUR REU, 2004
Deanna NavaroliSenior Scientist II at AbbVie (previouly: Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School). MS Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2004
Alex Yazhbin. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2004
Christoper Partovifrom UMass: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.. BS Chemistry; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2004
Elena LevinResearch Scientist II at Beryllium (previously: PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison; Postdoctoral Columbia University; Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine). BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2003
Carolyn Robinson. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2003
Flobert Tanga. MS Chemistry, 2002
Carlos LopezManager Method Development and Validations at Grifols Biologicals LLC (previously: PhD, UCLA; Postdoc, UCLA). SPUR REU, 2002
Karen Ball. Exch Exchange Student, 2002
Cuihua LiuPrincipal Scientist, Team Leader, Momenta Pharmaceuticals. PDA Postdoc, 2001
Iaroslav Kuzmine. PhD Chemistry, 2001
Mike FreemanAssistant Professor at University of Minnesota – Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics (previously: PhD, Johns Hopkins University; Postdoctoral ETH Zurich). BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2001
Johanna Friedle. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Honors), 2001
Ray MonizPrincipal Scientist, Translational Immunology at Cue Biopharma (previously: PhD, UCLA; Postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber; Senior Scientist, Merck; Senior Scientist, Cellular Immuno-Oncology at Codiak BioSciences). MS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2000
Hai Zhong. MS Chemistry, 1997
Henry SpenoScience Teacher at Cromwell Board Of Education (previously: postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School). PhD Molecular & Cellular Biology, 1996
Ben WestonPediatrics and Infectious Diseases at St.Vincent Health (previously: MD, Univ of Utah). PBac Post-Bac, 1996
Tong Li. Other Chemistry, 1995
Charlie SchickClient Engagement Lead, Owl Cyber Defense (previously: postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School; Senior Manager, Social Media Communications, Nokia, Finland; Senior Manager, New Media, Boston Children’s Hospital; Senior Director, Healthcare, Atigeo; Principal and Founder, 777labs, LLC. PhD Molecular & Cellular Biology, 1995
Maribeth MaslakRegional Medical Scientific Director, Merck. PhD Chemistry, 1995
Reza TaheriMD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Resident and Fellow in Radiology, University of Washington; Director of Neuroradiology, George Washington University. BS Chemistry (Honors), 1994
Hoi Ho. BS Chemistry (Honors), 1993
Angelika (Schwolow) BuhndorfConsultant, B. Braun Group; QM Consultant bei BBraun Pharma Melsungen AG. BS Chemistry, 1992
Derek Sieburth. BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 1990
Martha Jaworski. MS Molecular & Cellular Biology, 1990