Peterson Lab Alumni (former position, dates affiliated) - current position
Former Postdoctoral Fellows:
Prof. Luis Bruno-Blanch (Visiting Professor, 2003, National University of La Plata, Argentina)
Dr. Steffen Creaser (Postdoc, 2000-2002) – Research Scientist, Satori Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA.
Dr. Joseph Gargano (Postdoc, 2003-2004) – Senior Scientist, CB Research and Development, New Castle, DE
Dr. Enfei He (Postdoc, 1999) – Research and Development Manager, Albemarle Corp., Dayton, OH
Dr. Bart Heldreth (Postdoc, 2005-2006) – Technical Specialist, Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox, Washington DC
Dr. Sangarappan Sivakumar (Postdoc, 2002-2003) - Postdoctoral fellow, The University of Kansas
Former Graduate Students:
Paul Andrade (Graduate Student, 1999-2001) - Teaching Assistant, Penn State University
Dr. Sonalee Athavankar (Graduate Student, 1999-2006) - Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Fred Levine, UC San Diego
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2006, Dissertation Title: "Modulating Protein Function Through Small Molecule-Mediated Covalent and Non-Covalent Modifications"
Zach Biddle (Graduate Student 2004-2006) - Research Associate, Merck Pharmaceuticals
M.S. in Chemistry, 2006, Thesis Title: "Synthetic Cell Surface Receptors Designed for Internalization of Macromolecules"Dr. Siwarutt Boonyarattanakalin (Graduate Student, 2000-2006) - Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Peter Seeberger, ETH-Zurich
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2006, Dissertation Title: "Synthetic Mimics of Small Mammalian Cell Surface Receptors"Dr. Dan Clark (Graduate Student, 1998-2004) Assistant Professor, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2004, Dissertation Title: "Evaluation and Identification of Oncogenic Protein Tyrosine Kinases with Yeast Genetic Systems"
Rob Feltz (Graduate Student 2004-2006) - Research Associate, Schering-Plough
M.S. in Chemistry, 2006, Thesis Title: "Synthetic Ribonucleosides as Antiviral Agents and Improved Nucleoside Glycosylation Methodology"Dr. Daniel Harki (Graduate Student, 1999-2005) - Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Peter Dervan, CalTech
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2005, Dissertation Title: "Chemical Synthesis of Base-Modified Ribonucleosides as Novel Antiviral Agents"
Dr. Steve Hussey (Graduate Student, 1998-2003) – Research Scientist, Analytical Biological Services, Willmington, DE
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2003, Dissertation Title: "Synthesis and Analysis of Artificial Cell Surface Receptors and Molecular Probes"
Dr. Scott Martin (Graduate Student, 1998-2004) - Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Natasha Caplen, National Cancer Institute
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2004, Dissertation Title: "Synthesis and Evaluation of Synthetic Surface Receptors and Related Biological Probes"
Dr. Megan MacBride (Graduate Student, 1999-2005) - Senior Scientist, Taconic
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2006, Dissertation Title: "Nuclear Receptors as Drug Targets: Design and Biological Evaluation of Small
Molecule Modulators of Nuclear Receptor Action"Dr. Smita Muddana (Graduate Student, 1998-2004) - Research Scientist, Clorox
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2004, Dissertation Title: "Synthesis and Evaluation of Nuclear Hormone Receptor Ligands"
Aimee Price (Graduate Student, 1998-2001) - Research Associate, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
M.S. in Chemistry, 2001, Thesis Title: "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel 11beta-Substituted Steroidal Androgen Receptor Ligands"
Wendy Sparschu (Graduate Student, 2003-2005)
Kathleen Veety (Graduate Student, 2001-2003) - High School Teacher, Washington, DC
M.S. in Chemical Biology, 2003, Thesis Title: "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Ligands"
Former Undergraduates:Jonathan Belman (Undergraduate, 2002-2004) – MD/Ph.D. Student, Yale University
William (B.J.) Chain (Undergraduate, 2000-2001) – Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton
John Comninos (Undergraduate, 2000-2001) – Graduate Student in Chemistry, University of Illinois
Jamie Crispino (Undergraduate, 2000-2001) - Research Technician, PSU Hershey Medical Center
Josh Englert (Undergraduate, 1998-2000) – Medical Student, University of Pittsburgh
Matt Haley (Undergraduate, 2002-2004) – Graduate Student in Chemistry, UNC Chapel Hill
Mike Hay (Undergraduate 2000-2001) – Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton
Andy Hessler (Undergraduate, 2004-2005) - Quality Control Chemist, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals
Ruth Bringman (Undergraduate, 2003-2004) – Medical Student, U. Maryland
Lauren Morgans (Undergraduate 2000-2002) - Graduate Student in Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Bob Rarig (Undergraduate 2002-2003) - Graduate Student in Chemistry, University of Michigan
Emily Tamosaouskas (Undergraduate 2004-2005) - Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline
Modified : 2/21/07