Graduate Students
| Ahrendt, Kateri | 2003 | Professor, Regis University |
| Backes, Bradley | 1998 | Associate Professor, UCSF; Co-founder Optikira, Metafold and Pliant Therapeutics |
| Baguley, Tyler | 2014 | Patent Agent, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
| Blum, Suzanne | 2001 | Professor, UC Irvine |
| Boerth, Jeff | 2018 | Associate Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca |
| Boojamra, Dean | 1997 | Senior Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences |
| Brak, Katrien | 2010 | Director, Chemical Development & Drug Substance Manufacturing, Cytokinetics |
| Brandes, Daniel | 2023 | Assistant Professor, Skidmore |
| Brinner, Kristin | 2004 | Senior Engineer, Achieve Internet |
| Buesking, Andrew | 2014 | Senior Director, Prelude Therapeutics |
| Bunin, Barry | 1996 | Founder, President and CEO, Collaborative Drug Discovery |
| Chandra Tjin, Caroline | 2019 | Principal Research Scientist, Vertex |
| Chen, Qi-Qi (M.S. degree) | 1995 | MD, Hematology/Oncology |
| Chen, Shuming | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Oberlin College |
| Choong, Ingrid | 1999 | Chief Business Officer, LIB Therapeutics |
| Cogan, Derek | 1999 | Vice President Chemistry, Volastra Therapeutics |
| Colby, Denise | 2008 | Gilead Sciences |
| Confair, Danielle | 2021 | Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca |
| Dongbang, Sun | 2020 | Faculty, Sogang University (Korea) |
| Dragoli, Dean | 2001 | Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry, Alumis |
| Evans, Jared | 2004 | Senior Director, Gilead Sciences |
| Gentzel, Erik (M.S. degree) | 2019 | Junior Chemst, Sika Corporation |
| Gribble, Michael | 2008 | Senior Scientist, Merck Discovery Process Chemistry |
| Herbage, Melissa | 2009 | Director of Quality Assurance, FibroGen |
| Huang, Lily | 2002 | Senior Lead Content Developer, MacMillan Learning |
| Hummel, Josh | 2017 | Director, Incyte Pharmaceuticals |
| Jamali, Haya | 2017 | University of Washington School of Medicine |
| Ji, Jason (M.S. Degree) | 2011 | Senior Software Engineer, Capital One Labs |
| Kick, Ellen | 1998 | Executive Director, Small Molecule Discovery, Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| Kimmel, Kyle | 2012 | President, Scaled Solutions Technologies |
| Kochi, Takuya | 2004 | Associate Professor, Keio University (Japan) |
| Kweon, Oh Sang (James) | 2023 | Postdoc with Craig Crews, Yale University |
| Lee, Alice | 2001 | Patent Agent, Foley & Lardner |
| Lee, Christina | 1998 | Booz-Allen and Hamilton |
| Lewis, Jared | 2007 | Professor, Indiana University |
| Leyva, Melissa | 2010 | Director and Senior Regulatory Affairs Scientist, RareMoon, Orphan Drug Regulatory Affairs |
| Liu, Kevin (Guangcheng) | 1998 | Senior Vice President Chemistry, MeiraGTx |
| Maly, Dustin | 2002 | Professor, University of Washington |
| Marenus, Linda (M.S. degree) | 1998 | Chemistry Instructor, Florida Atlantic University and Yeshiva High School |
| Marsden, Peter | 2012 | Lecturer, UC Berkeley |
| Martin, Rhia | 2012 | TDA Research |
| McMahon, Jeff | 2006 | Business Development Director, Exelixis |
| Muma, Alex (M.S. degree) | 2022 | Research Associate, Novartis |
| Otley, Kate | 2017 | Associate Director, Takeda Pharmaceuticals |
| Owens, Tim | 2002 | Senior Vice President, Head of Research, Alumis |
| Patterson, Andrew | 2008 | Associate Director, Novartis |
| Pedersen, Blaine (M.S. degree) | 2016 | PhD Educaton, Pyschometrician, HMH/NWEA |
| Peltier, Hillary | 2007 | Scientific Director, Hematogy/Oncology, AbbVie |
| Phelan, James | 2016 | Principle Investigator in Medicinal Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline |
| Plunkett, Matthew | 1996 | Chief Financial Officer, Aeiovian Biosciences |
| Potter, Tyler | 2019 | Principal Scientist, Pfizer |
| Velez (Rawls), Katherine | 2010 | Senior Brand Manager, Clorox Corporation |
| Robak, MaryAnn | 2010 | Organic Chemistry Lecturer, UC Berkeley |
| Rosa-Bauza, Yazmin | 2007 | Faculty, National Hispanic University |
| Salisbury, Cleo | 2005 | Technical Development Team Leader, Genentech |
| Schenkel, Laurie | 2005 | Senior Director Medicinal Chemistry, MOMA Therapeutics |
| Shen, Zican | 2022 | Research Scientist, Corteva |
| Souers, Andrew | 2001 | Vice President, Head of Oncology Discovery Research, AbbVie |
| Streit, Andrew | 2022 | Lab Team Leader, BASF (Germany) |
| Tan, Kian | 2004 | Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research |
| Tang, Tony | 2002 | Starting New Company |
| Thalji, Reema | 2004 | Manager and Research Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline |
| Thompson, Lorin | 1997 | Senior Director, Jnana Therapeutics |
| Tsai, Andy | 2011 | Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Treeline Biosciences |
| Virgilio, Alex | 1997 | Partner, Integral Health Asset Management |
| Walker, Morgan | 2020 | Process Development Senior Scientist, Amgen |
| Wangweerawong, Apiwat | 2016 | Director, Tessera Therapeutics |
| Weix, Daniel | 2005 | Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| Wiedemann, Sean | 2005 | Senior Principal Scientist, Abbvie |
| Wilson, Rebecca | 2007 | Scientist, US Navy |
| Wood, Warren | 2005 | Professor, University of Portland |
| Yotphan, Sirilata | 2010 | Associate Professor, Mahidol University (Thailand) |
| Zoll, Adam | 2023 | Postdoc with Brian Stoltz, Caltech |
Visiting Students
| Weingarten (Bonnekessel), Melanie | 2003 | Director, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation |
| Brouard, Maria | 2019 | MD/PhD Program (Tufts University) |
| Huber, Tatjana | 2011 | Lab Team Leader, BASF (Ludwigshafen) |
| Knecht, Tobias | 2016 | Global Market Srategy Head, E-Mobility (Germany) |
| Olsen, Jacob | 2000 | Senior Research Scientist, Sanofi (Germany) |
| Omote, Masato | 2009 | Faculty, Setsunan University (Japan) |
| Schurer, Stephan | 1996 | Professor, University of Miami |
| Storgaard, Morten | 2008 | Specialist and Project Manager, Novo Nordisk (Denmark) |
| Wakao, Masahiro | 2001 | Professor, Kagoshima University (Japan) |
Postdocs
| Arceo, Elena | 2010 | Senior Chemical Data Analyst, 3E |
| Berman, Ashley | 2009 | Patent Agent, Morrison Foerster |
| Berst, Frederic | 2003 | Director, Novartis |
| Brasse, Mikaël | 2011 | Lab Manager Automation & Robotics at Solvay |
| Chowdhury, Somenath | 2013 | Director, Opna Bio |
| Colpaert, Filip | 2013 | Department Director, Nitrogen Products & Process Development, Yara International (Netherlands) |
| Datta, Gopal | 2010 | Global Project Manager, Bayer |
| Duttwyler, Simon | 2013 | Laboratory Manager, GETEC PARK SWISS (Zurich) |
| Greiveldinger, Guy | 1998 | Head of Precision Medicine BD&L, Novartis |
| Halskov, Kim | 2017 | Senior Scientist, Novo Nordisk (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| Haque, Tasir | 1999 | Director Medicinal Chemistry, CHDI Management, Inc |
| Hesp, Kevin | 2012 | Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Treeline Biosciences |
| Hoang, Gia | 2019 | Principal Investigator, Incyte Pharmaceuticals |
| Ischay, Michael | 2012 | Senior Research Scientist II/Associate Director, Gilead Sciences |
| Jain, Rishi | 2004 | Head, Discovery Sciences, Novartis |
| Jung, Hyung Hoon | 2012 | Postdoc, University of Arizona |
| Kallander, Lara | 2000 | Founder, Thriving Through Adversity Coching, Adjunct Simmons University |
| Kamber, David | 2018 | Senior Scientist, Quantum-Si |
| Kazerouni, Amaan | 2021 | Research Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| Khan, Hasan | 2015 | Principal Research Scientist, AbbVie |
| Kim, Jin Mi | 2000 | Executive Director, Research Strategy, Operations and Project Management at Seagen |
| Kim, Kyungjin | 1997 | President and CEO, ST Pharm, South Korea |
| Leonetti, Francesco | 2000 | Professor, University of Bari, Italy |
| Lian, Yajing | 2014 | Principal Scientist, Pfizer |
| Maity, Soham | 2019 | Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca |
| Mesganaw, Tehetena | 2015 | Projects Leader, Norac Pharma |
| Nichols, Jason | 2010 | Director of Science and Engineering, Pani Energy |
| O’Malley, Steven | 2005 | Chemistry Faculty, Stuyvesant High School |
| Phillips, Eric | 2012 | Director, Merck |
| Rech, Jason | 2007 | Director of Vahlteich Medicinal Chemistry Group, University of Michigan |
| Rosenquist, Asa | 1999 | Director of Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry, Medivir AB |
| Roth, Howard | 2016 | Senior Scientist, Amgen |
| Scamp, Ryan | 2019 | Senior Scientist, Genentech |
| Soellner, Matt | 2008 | Faculty, University of Michigan |
| Steck, Peter | 2003 | Boston Consulting Group, Germany |
| Stringer, Joseph | 2014 | Principal, Needham & Company |
| Szewczyk, Jason | 2001 | Merck |
| Tassone, Joseph | 2023 | Senior Research Investigator, Incyte |
| Tauchert, Michael | 2011 | Researcher, RWTH Aachen (Germany) |
| Tran, Gaël | 2017 | Faculty,Chargé de recherche CNRS, University of Lyon (France) |
| Trincado, Monica | 2008 | Ober-Assistent, ETH |
| Volkman, Jerome | 2011 | Associate Professor, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, University of Toulouse (France) |
| Wang, Xueqing | 2002 | Senior Director, Head of Oncology, AbbVie Bay Area |
| Watzke, Anja | 2006 | Sanofi-Aventis (Germany) |
| Weaver, Jimmie | 2012 | Professor, Oklahoma State University |
| Weinstein, Adam | 2017 | Senior Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences |
| Witten, Michael | 2018 | Senior Research Investigator, Incyte Pharmaceuticals |
| Woodard, Benjamin | 2002 | Array Biopharma |
| Xu, Chaofan | 2022 | Scientist I, Medicinal Chemistry, Biogen |
| Xu, Haichao | 2013 | Professor, Xiamen University (China) |
| Xu, Ruo | 1997 | Vice President of Chemistry, Kintor Pharma |
Visiting Scholars
| Chino, Masao | 2001 | Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation, Japan |
| Fuchi, Nobuhiro | 2009 | Asahi Kasei Corporation |
| Harada, Hitoshi | 2008 | Eisai Pharmaceuticals, Japan |
| Habashita, Hiromu | 1999 | Executive Director, Discovery & Research, Ono Pharmaceuticals, Osaka, Japan |
| Imamura, Shinichi | 2009 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd |
| Inagaki, Hiroaki | 2006 | Daichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Japan |
| Koh, Jung Sung | 1996 | Lucky Pharmaceuticals, Korea |
| Matsushima, Yuuji | 2011 | Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Japan |
| Moon, Young-Choon | 1998 | Vice President, PTC Therapeutics, Inc |
| Mukade, Tsutomu | 2003 | Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Nakagawa, Hiroshi | 2008 | Dainippon Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals, Japan |
| Takeuchi, Jun | 2007 | Ono Pharmaceuticals, Japan |
| Tsuruoka, Hiroyuki | 2005 | Daichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Japan |
| Wakayama, Masakazu | 2009 | Daichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Japan |
| Woolard, Frank | 1998 | Principal Scientist, Amyris Biotechnologies |
| Yato, Michihisa | 2005 | Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. |
Undergraduates
| An, Chihui | 2008 | PhD, Principal Scienstist Process Chemistry, Merck |
| Ankar, Naomi | 2001 | MD, Associate Professor, UCSF School of Medicine |
| Bacauanu, Vlad | 2016 | PhD, Senior Scientist, Discovery Chemistry, Merck |
| Bahmanyar, Shirin | 2001 | PhD, Faculty, Yale University |
| Barrett, Kimberly | 2009 | PhD, Director, Revolution Medicines |
| Bauza, Yazmin Rosa | 2002 | PhD, Faculty, National Hispanic University |
| Borg, George | 2000 | PhD, Consultant, Nimbus Discovery, LLC |
| Burdett, Matt | 1999 | MBA, Portfolio Manager, Thornburg Investment Management |
| Burow, Kristina | 1996 | MBA, Managing Director, Arch Venture Partners |
| Cai, Irene | 2013 | PhD, Senior Research Chemist, ExxonMobil |
| Chan, Amy | 2019 | Graduate student, Princeton University |
| Chee, Raymen | 2002 | MS (Chem Eng), Fuels Manager East Asia ExxonMobil |
| Gehling, Victor | 2001 | PhD, Executive Director, Kura Oncology |
| Fernandez, Juan | 1997 | PhD, Professor of Chemistry, Mt San Antonio College |
| Franklin, Mary | 2007 | Graduate Student, Columbia University |
| Kung, Daniel | 1993 | PhD, Senior Pirncipal Scientist, Pfizer |
| Kwack, Heemun | 1995 | MD, UCSF |
| Lee, Melissa | 2012 | PhD, Senior Scientist, Pfizer |
| Liu, Jessica | 2023 | Yale Undergraduate, Reserach in Theroetical Chemistry (Tianyu Zhu) |
| Lopez, Jose | 2018 | High School Science Teacher |
| Lu, Colin | 2014 | BS/MS, Quantitative Researcher, Tower Research Capital |
| McLaughlin, Casey | 2015 | Columbia University Medical Center |
| Moore, Frederick | 1996 | PhD, Managing Partner PotentSci LLC, Director MESA Program, City College of San Francisco |
| O’Brian, John | 1999 | BP |
| Patel, Evan | 2015 | Northwestern Medical School |
| Phillips, John | 1994 | PhD, Materia, Catalyst R&D |
| Shamsavari, Shaheen | 2005 | MBA, Xandex Inc. |
| Shi, Yi Li | 2005 | PhD, Catalyst Group Leader, Honeywell UOP |
| Song, Eddy | 1994 | Gilead Sciences |
| Tanuwidjaja, Jessica | 2007 | PhD, Research Chemist, Chevron |
| Thomas, Stephen | 2009 | PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, ValenzaBio |
| Volkman, Steve | 2001 | Staff, Electrical Engineering and CS Dept, UC Berkeley |
| Williams, Sarah | 2018 | Graduate School, UCSF |
| Wu, Jessica | 2006 | PhD, Director University of California Cancer Consortium |