Research Team

Professor Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes

(Recent CV)

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 Daniel 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, and Baking

Stephen Hyland

B.A., Biochemistry, University of San Diego, 2018

shyland@udel.edu

Hobby: Running, Cycling, Beer

 

Rachel Putnik

B.S., Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University 2017

M.S., Education, The Pennsylvania State University, 2018

rputnik@udel.edu

Hobby: Watching TV, Running, Skiing

DeVonte Moore

B.S., Chemistry, University of La Verne 2018

jayhawk@udel.edu

Hobby: Basketball, Camping, and Jamming out on the guitar

 

Madison Anonick

B.S., Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 2020

manonick@udel.edu

Hobby: Running, Reading, Watching TV

 

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

sratna@udel.edu

Hobby: Fishing, Soccer

 

Caroline Williams

B.S., Biology, Bryant University, 2021

cwilliam@udel.edu

Hobby: Reading, Watching the Pats

 

 

 

Min Liu

B.S., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2020

minliu@udel.edu

Hobby: Traveling, Trying different food

 

Bella Carnahan

B.S., Chemistry, St. Lawrence University, 2021

brcarn@udel.edu

Hobby: Skiing, Mountain Biking

 

Miranda Roland

B.S., Chemistry, University of Puget Sound, 2022

mroland@udel.edu

Hobby: Drawing, Video Games, Baking

 

Marina Vasconcelos

B.S., Chemistry, York College of Pennsylvania, 2022

mvasconc@udel.edu

Hobby: Traveling, Reading, Playing with my dog (Princess)

 

Aastha Acharya

B.S., Microbiology, St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, 2018

M.S., Molecular Biology, South Dakota State University, 2022

acharyaa@udel.edu

Hobby: Hiking, Cooking, Traveling, Movies, Soccer, Gardening

 

Liam-Michael Sandles

Class of 2024

Majors: Biochemistry and Japanese

fouros@udel.edu

Hobby: Video games and…Studying?

 

Jeremiah Epting

Class of 2024

Major: Biochemistry / Minors: History and Applied Vocal Performance

jmepting@udel.edu

Hobby: A cappella, Basketball, Bodyguarding

 

Kaitlin Lupinacci

Class of 2025

Major: Chemistry / Minor: Art

lupinkm@udel.edu

Hobby: Art, Band, Traveling

 

Alumni

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-healthineers.com )
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, Class of 2017
Current: Ph.D. Student, Stanford University

Matthew Hurlock (mhurlock@udel.edu)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Delaware, class of 2017
Current: Ph.D. Student, Johns Hopkins University

Gabe Gregorzak (gaberielg@udel.edu)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Class of 2017

James Melnyk
Ph.D, Chemistry, University of Delaware, 2017
Current: Post Doctoral fellow, University of California San Fransisco (UCSF), San Francisco CA Kevan Shokat lab

Tyler Heiss (theiss@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, 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, Class of 2015

Doug Kenny (kennyd@udel.edu)
B.S. ChemistryUniversity of Delaware, Class of 2014
Current: Ph.D. Student, Harvard University

Annie Sanger (absanger@udel.edu)
University of Delaware, Class of 2014

Kathleen Seip (seipk@udel.edu)
B.S. Chemistry, Univeristy of Delaware, Class of 2014
Current: Thomas Jefferson Pharmacy School

Luke Oostdyk (loostdyk@udel.edu)
B.S. ChemistryUniversity of Delaware, Class of 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. ChemistryUniversity of Delaware, Class of 2013
Current:  Medical Student at Rochester University

Kathryn Hopkins (hopkinsk@udel.edu)
B.S. ChemistryUniversity of Delaware, Class of 2013
Current: Nurse in Rochester, NY.