Current Trainees
Ananya Basu
Chemistry
Preceptors: Xiaoyu Zhang and Curt Horvath
Miguel Campos
Chemistry
Preceptors: Karl Scheidt and Xiaoyu Zhang
Daniel de Castro Assumpcao
Chemical Engineering
Preceptors: Danielle Tullman-Ercek and Neal Devaraj
Yara Jabbour Al Maalouf
Chemical Engineering
Preceptors: Keith Tyo and Gabe Rocklin
Ana Leal
Chemistry
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Bin Zhang
Assa Magassa
Chemistry
Preceptors: Xiaoyu Zhang and Gabe Rocklin
Jun dos Remedios
Chemistry
Preceptors: Richard Silverman and Richard Morimoto
Amy Tang
DGP
Preceptors: Deyu Fang and Xiaoyu Zhang
Alondra Sanchez
Chemistry
Preceptors: Xiaoyu Zhang and Deyu Fang
Past Trainees
Alexandra “Xandra” Barajas
Chemistry
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Evan Scott
Ben Brenner
Biomedical Engineering
Preceptors: Hao Zhang and Thomas O’Halloran
Jasper Dittmar
BME
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Bin Zhang
Zijun Gao
Chemistry
Preceptors: Sam Stupp and Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Raveena Gupta
Chemistry
Preceptors: Neil Kelleher and Erik Andersen
Dalton Huey
Biological Sciences
Preceptors: Al George and Julius Lucks
Alex Lee
Biological Sciences
Preceptors: Daniel Foltz and Neil Kelleher
Minrui Luo
Chemistry
Preceptors: Thomas Meade and Evan Scott
Cydney Martell
Biological Sciences
Preceptors: Gabriel Rocklin and Michael Jewett
Meghan Masotti
IBiS
Preceptors: Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy and Neil Kelleher
Marija Milisavlijevic
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Preceptors: Keith Tyo and Alfonso Mondragon
Anthony Pulvino
IBiS
Preceptors: Katherine Amato and Issam Ben-Sahra
Tori Seto
Chemistry
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Alexander Stegh
Bethel Shekour
Chemistry
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Karl Scheidt
Frank Tucci
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
Preceptors: Amy Rosenzweig and Yuan He
Graduates
Amanda Bayer, PhD
Baxter International, Inc.
Awarded: NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from NIGMS
Preceptors: Thomas O’Halloran and Teresa Woodruff
Rick Betori, PhD
Corteva Agriscience
Preceptors: Karl Scheidt and Stephen Kron
Michael Caldwell, PhD
Northwestern Proteomics
Preceptors: Thomas Meade and Teresa Woodruff
Emma Coughlin, PhD
Minutia, Inc.
Preceptors: Teri Odom and Thomas Meade
Israel DaSilva, PhD
Chemistry
Preceptors: Regan Thomson and Neil Kelleher
Allison Devitt, PhD
Chemistry
Preceptors: Rick Silverman and Peter Penzes
Allessandra DiCorato, PhD
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Preceptors: Derk Joester and Thomas O’Halloran
Vasin Dumrongprechachan, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Preceptors: Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy and Neil Kelleher
Timothy Feliciano, MD, PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Preceptors: Shad Thaxton
Jennifer Ferrer, PhD
Tempus Labs, Inc.
Awarded: NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from NIGMS
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Jason Wertheim
Molly Frey, PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Preceptors: Evan Scott and Thomas Meade
Bon Ikwuagwu, PhD
Preceptors: Danielle Tullman-Ercek and Thomas Meade
Ashley Ives, PhD
Chemistry
Preceptors: Neil L Kelleher and Reza Vafabakhsh
Elizabeth Johnson
Chemistry
Preceptors: Richard Silverman and William Klein
Megan Kaster, PhD
Chemistry
Preceptors: Thomas J Meade and Joshua N Leonard
Stefan Kathman, PhD
Vividion Therapeutics, Inc.
Awarded: ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship
Preceptors: Alexander Statsyuk and Amy Rosenzweig
Ada Kwong, PhD
Totus Medicines
Preceptors: Karl A Scheidt and Hidayatullah G Munshi
Eric Lee, PhD
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Preceptors: Karl Scheidt and Neil Kelleher
Ryan McClure, PhD
AbbVie, Inc.
Preceptors: Regan Thomson and Neil Kelleher
Galen Miley, PhD
AmbAgon Therapeutics
Preceptors: Richard Silverman and Neil Kelleher
Simona Morochnik, PhD
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Preceptors: Guillermo Ameer and Igal Szleifer
Elamar Hakim Moully, PhD
University of Chicago
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Chad Mirkin
Rebecca Rasmussen, PhD
IBiS
Preceptors: Thomas V O’Halloran and Julius Lucks
Luis Schachner, PhD
Genentech
Awarded: Gilliam Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Preceptors: Neil Kelleher and Yuan He
Henrique dos Santos Seckler, PhD
Alliance Pharma, Inc.
Preceptors: Neil Kelleher, John Wilkins and Shad Thaxton
Kosuke Seki, PhD
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Preceptors: Mike Jewett and Milan Mrksich
Timothy Toby, PhD
Naring Health, Inc
Awarded: ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowship
Preceptors: Neil Kelleher and Jonathan Licht
Shuya Wang, PhD
Genentech
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Bin Zhang
Gokay Yamankurt, PhD
Emerald Cloud Lab
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Richard Carthew