Medicinal Chemistry Alumni

Junaid Afridi

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2006

First employment: Dentistry Program, New York University

Mostafa Ahmed

Advisor: Kellogg and Safo

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2014

First employment: Scientist, Atomwise

Mona Al Khairi

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2024

First employment: Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University

Mohammed H. AL Mughram

Advisor: Safo and Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2022

First employment: Assistant Professor, King Khalid University

Alhumaidi Alabbas

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2018

First employment: Assistant Professor, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

Mohammed AlAwadh

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2024

First employment: Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University

Ahmed Alghamdi

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2024

First employment: Instructor, King Khalid University

Rana Alhashimi

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2022

First employment: Assistant Professor, King Abdul University

Anfal Alhjadani

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2021

First employment: Assistant Professor, King Abdul University

Katie E. Alix

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2009

First employment: Senior Associate Scientist, Pfizer

Genevieve Sirles Alley

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2012

First employment: Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Dina Alramadhani

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2022

First employment: Research Scientist, Thermo Fisher

Osama I. Alwassil

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2015

First employment: College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

Malaika Argade

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2018

First employment: NIH

Boice, Ashley

Advisor: Zhang

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2018

First employment: Postdoc, Baylor University

May H. Abdel Aziz

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2013

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah

Hallie Blevins

Advisor: Zhang

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2022

Rio Boothello

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2014

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, McGuire VA Medical Center

Derek Cashman

Advisor: Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2003

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Louisville

Claudio Catalano

Advisor: Guo and Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2021

First employment: Staff Scientist, NanoImaging Services

Deliang Chen

Advisor: Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2004

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch

John Chittum

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2022

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute

Jeremy Chojnacki

Advisor: Zhang

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2014

First employment: Postdoc, Centre for Biological Signalling Studies

Chenxiao Da

Advisor: Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2013

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Bijoy Desai

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2009

First employment: Ph.D. Student, University of Illinois

Tanvi Deshpande

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2013

First employment: Principal Research Scientist, Vertex

Akua Donkor

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2023

First employment: Postdoctoral Associate, VCU

Sasha Fraser

Advisor: Zhang

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2012

First employment: Ph.D. student, Tufts University

Suprija Gaitonde

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2016

First employment: Virginia Commonwealth University

Amit Gandhi

Advisor: Safo

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2009

First employment: Research Scientist and Faculty, Harvard Medical School

Ronak Gandhi

Advisor: Zhang

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2011

First employment: Ph.D. student, UIC Chicago

Jakob Green

Advisor: Zhang

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2021

First employment: Postdoc, VCU School of Medicine

Gunnar Gunnarsson

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2003

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health

Prithvi Hemanth

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2021

First employment: PPD Laboratory

Noah Herrington

Advisor: Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2022

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mt. Sinai Medical College

Samuel Holmes

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2023

First employment: Postdoc, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Rosalie Hoyle

Advisor: Li

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2024

First employment: FDA Fellow, Avalere

Kavita Iyer

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2017

First employment: Virginia Commonwealth University

Charles Jones

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2024

J. Timothy King

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Pharm.D./Ph.D.

Class of: 2011

First employment: Pharmacist, Roanoke Hospital

Nicole Luzi King

Advisor: Ellis

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2019

First employment: Process Design Scientist, Fujirebio US

Chandravel Krishnasamy

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2009

First employment: Pharmacist, Rite Aid

Akul Mehta

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2014

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Shrenik Mehta

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2011

First employment: Scientist, Genentech

Daniel Mongeluzi

Advisor: Cen

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2021

First employment: Scientist, Frontage Lab

Shravan Morla

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2019

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps

Pallavi Nistala

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2018

First employment: Becton Dickinson (B&D)

Connor O'Hara

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2023

First employment: Senior Research Associate, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD)

Ahmed Obaidullah

Advisor: Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2017

First employment: Lecturer, King Saud University

Hardik Parikh

Advisor: Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2013

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, VCU Genomics Center

Pooja Ponnusamy

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2013

First employment: R&D Scientist, Alere Toxicology Service

Arjun Raghuraman

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2008

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Texas A & M University

Mohammed Rahman

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2006

First employment: Research Scientist, Lyotropic Technologies

Jeremy Roquin

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2022

First employment: Porta Sophia

John Saathoff

Advisor: Zhang

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2016

First employment: Postdoc, Medicines for All

Aurijit Sarkar

Advisor: Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2010

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Dundee

Preetpal Singh Sidhu

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2011

First employment: Research Scientist, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery

Celsey Stahlman

Advisor: Zhang

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2023

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Research

Jay N. Thakkar

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2011

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado

Meghan Thompson

Advisor: Desai

Degree program: Pharm.D./Ph.D.

Class of: 2015

First employment: Assistant Professor, South University

Ashutosh Tripath

Advisor: Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2009

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Jaqueline Gross West

Advisor: Ellis

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2022

Jessica N. Worsham

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2008

First employment: Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Shawquia E. Young

Advisor: Dukat

Degree program: M.S.

Class of: 2005

First employment: Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Saheem Zaidi

Advisor: Y. Zhang and Kellogg

Degree program: Ph.D.

Class of: 2014

First employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California