Former Members

Graduate Students

Ahrendt, Kateri 2003 Associate 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 Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca
Boojamra, Dean 1997 Senior Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences
Brak, Katrien 2010 Director, Head of Process Chemistry, Denali Therapeutics
Brandes, Daniel 2023 Postdoc with Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan
Brinner, Kristin 2004 Senior Engineer, Achieve Internet
Buesking, Andrew 2014 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 Sales Manager Products & Manufacturing, Solvias
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 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 and Distinguished Research Fellow, AbbVie
Streit, Andrew 2022 Research Scientist, BASF (Germany)
Tan, Kian 2004 Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Tang, Tony 2002 Director, Pfizer
Thalji, Reema 2004 Manager and Research Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline
Thompson, Lorin 1997 Senior Vice President, Radial 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, Cerevel Therapeutics
Wilson, Rebecca 2007 Scientist, US Navy
Wood, Warren 2005 Associate 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 Battery specialist, Henkel (Ruhr region)
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 Mana​ger 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 Chemical Biology & Therapeutics, 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 Senior Scientist II, 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 Scientist II, Carmot Therapeutics
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 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, Senior Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences
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, Senior Director of Program Leadership, Odyssey Therapeutics
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
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