Research Team
Professor Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes
B.S., Chemistry, Villanova University , 2001 (Professor Eduard Casillas)
M.S., Chemistry, Princeton University, 2003 (Professor Dan Kahne)
Ph.D., Chemistry, Harvard University, 2006 (Professor Dan Kahne)
Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, 2006-2011 (Professor Erin K. O’Shea and Professor Daniel K. Podolsky)
Hobbies: Playing Basketball, Running, Baking
Madison Anonick
B.S., Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 2020
Hobby: Running, Reading, Watching TV
Noah Daniecki
B.S., Biochemistry, Rowan University, 2020
Hobby: Puzzle building, Swimming, Horticulture
Sushanta Ratna
B.Sc., Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
M.Sc., Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018
M.Sc., Biology, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, USA, 2020
Hobby: Fishing, Soccer
Caroline Williams
B.S., Biology, Bryant University, 2021
Hobby: Reading, Watching the Pats
Min Liu
B.S., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2020
Hobby: Traveling, Trying different food
Bella Carnahan
B.S., Chemistry, St. Lawrence University, 2021
Hobby: Skiing, Mountain Biking
Miranda Roland
B.S., Chemistry, University of Puget Sound, 2022
Hobby: Drawing, Video Games, Baking
Marina Vasconcelos
B.S., Chemistry, York College of Pennsylvania, 2022
Hobby: Traveling, Reading, Walking my dog (Princess)
Aastha Acharya
B.S., Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, 2018
M.S., Molecular Biology, South Dakota State University, 2022
Hobby: Hiking, Cooking, Traveling, Movies, Soccer, Gardening
Kaitlin Lupinacci
Class of 2025
Major: Chemistry / Minor: Art
Hobby: Art, Band, Traveling
Connor Kosinski
Class of 2025
Major: Biochemistry
Hobby: Video games, Reading, Watching movies, Being othered
Paige Ahlskog
Class of 2026
Major: Biochemistry
Hobby: Lacrosse, Camping, Listening to music
Alumni
DeVonte Moore (jayhawk@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2024
Current: Lab Manager
Rachel Putnik (rputnik@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2024
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MIT
Stephen Hyland (shyland@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2024
Current: Senior Scientist, IDEXX
Jeremiah Epting (jmepting@udel.edu)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2024 Current: Ph.D. Student, University of Pennsylvania
Liam-Michael Sandles (fouros@udel.edu)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2024
Ha Le (hale@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2023
Current: Senior Scientist, Merck
Geneva Crump (crumpg@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2022
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard (Richard Cummings Lab)
Ashley Brown (arb@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2022
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia University
Ophelia Ukaegbu (opuka@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2022
Current: Merck
Kimberly Wodzanowski (Kimmie) (kwodz@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2022
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UPenn (Sunny Shin Lab)
Elise Garner (elisegar@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware 2021
Current: Ph.D Student, Cornell University
Junhui Zhou (jhchou@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2021
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Amgen
Siavash Mashayekh (siavashm@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2021
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Chaitan Khosla’s Lab
Jared Ramsey (jrramsey@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware 2021
Current: Ph.D Student, The Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology
Elizabeth D’Ambrosio (edambros@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2021
Current: Investigator, ELT at GSK Cambridge
Cintia C. Santiago (cant@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 2017
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow UNLP, Argentina, Augustín Ponzinibbio’s Lab
Julianna Follmar (jfollmar@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry and B.S. Neuroscience, University of Delaware 2020
Current: Ph. D. Student, University of California, San Diego (Godula Lab)
Will Bowman (wbowman@udel.edu)
M.A. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2020
Current: Instrument Technician at Siemens Healthineers
Walter Drake (wdrake@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2019
Postdoctoral Fellow: FDA
Klare Lazor (klazor@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2019
Current: Senior Scientist at Prelude Therapeutics
Kristen DeMeester (kdemeest@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2019
Postdoctoral Fellow: Scripps Research Institute, Benjamin Cravatt lab
Jason Burch (jburch@udel.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2018
Current: Research scientist at QPS, LLC
Hai Liang (hliang@udel.edu )
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2018
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow NIH
Matt Jensen (jensenmr@udel.edu)
M.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2018
Current: Chemistry Teacher, St. Paul’s school for girls
Zachary Jones (zsjones@udel.edu)
BS Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2018
Current: MD/Ph.D Student, Vanderbilt University
Amy Schaefer ( amy.schaefer@siemens-
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2017
Current: Scientist at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Newark, DE
Yiben Wang
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 2017
Current: Assistant lecturer, University of New England, Biddeford, ME
Ching-Wen Hou (Sandy) (chou14@asu.edu)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2017
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mackenzie Lauro (Mackenzie.lauro@merck.com)
Ph.D Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2017
Current: Senior Scientist, Merck pharmaceuticals. Rahway, NJ
Hannah Wastyk (hwastyk@udel.edu)
BS Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2017
Current: Ph.D. Student, Stanford University
Matthew Hurlock (mhurlock@udel.edu)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2017
Current: Ph.D. Student, Johns Hopkins University
Gabe Gregorzak (gaberielg@udel.edu)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Delaware 2017
James Melnyk
Ph.D, Chemistry, University of Delaware 2017
Current: Senior Scientist, Merck
Tyler Heiss (theiss@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware 2016
Current: Ph.D. Student, UC Irvine
Joseph Piccotti (joesph.piccotti001@albright.edu)
Albright College, Class of 2016
Vishnu Mohanan (vmohanan@ccib.mgh.harvard.edu)
Ph.D, Biological Sciences, University of Delaware 2015
Current: Research Fellow, Broad Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Tom Rivas (ltomrivas@udel.edu)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 2015
Current: Ph.D. Student, University of Colorado at Boulder
Borja Barbero (lbbarbero@udel.edu)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 2015
Current: Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M
Lauren Genova (lgenova@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware 2015
Current: Ph.D. Student, Cornell University
Hannah Simmons (hsimmons@udel.edu)
University of Delaware 2015
Doug Kenny (kennyd@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware 2014
Current: Ph.D. Student, Harvard University
Annie Sanger (absanger@udel.edu)
University of Delaware 2014
Kathleen Seip (seipk@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, Univeristy of Delaware 2014
Current: Thomas Jefferson Pharmacy School
Luke Oostdyk (loostdyk@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware 2014
Current: Ph.D Student, University of Virginia
Lushanti De Zoysa Ariyananda (lushanti.ariyananda@gmail.com)
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Delaware 2010.
Current: Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka.
Yu Liu (yu.liu@rockhurst.edu)
Post-Doc, University of Delaware, 2011-2014
Current: Assistant Professor, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri
Mike Estephan (estephan@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware 2013
Current: Medical Student at Rochester University
Kathryn Hopkins (hopkinsk@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware 2013
Current: Nurse in Rochester, NY.