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Department of Chemistry College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Group members

Current Group Members

Jarrad Pazda

5th Year Graduate Student. B.Sc. from University of Florida

Research: Engineering NADPH dehydrogenases for chemical synthesis

Email: jarradpazda@chem.ufl.edu

Zak Pasternak

3rd Year Graduate Student. B.Sc. from University of Tennessee, M.Sc. from University of Memphis

Research: Developing approaches for the enzymatic synthesis of chiral 1,2-amino alcohols

Email: pasternak.z@chem.ufl.edu

Past Group Members

Postdoctorals

 

  • Filip Boratynski Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Science.
  • Santosh Kumar Padhi January 2006 – August 2007. Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2005, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Current Location: University of Minnesota.
  • Hillary Lathrop August 2013 – August 2014. Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, 2013, University of Florida. Current location: ADC management, Texas.
  • Marko Mihovilovic January – July 1998; Schrodinger Fellow of the FWF. Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 1998, Vienna University of Technology. Current Location: Vienna University of Technology.
  • Bart Neff September 1997 – June 1998. Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 1997, Texas Tech University. Current Location: Dow.
  • Bradford Sullivan Ph.D., Chemical Biotechnologie 2009, Brock University.
  • Jun Zhu April 1996 – January 1998. Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 1995, University of New Brunswick. Current Location: Codexis.

Graduate Students

 

  • Sarah F. Beaudoin Ph.D., Chemistry 2017. Current Location: Integrated DNA Technologies.
  • Despina J. Bougioukou Ph.D., Chemistry 2006; postdoctoral fellow 2007. Current Location: DuPont.
  • Hyunjun Choe Ph.D., Chemistry 2020.
  • W. Colin Conerly Ph.D., Chemistry 2012. Current Location: BioTork.
  • Dimitri Dascier Ph.D., Chemistry 2011. Current Location: University of New Mexico.
  • Brent D. Feske Ph.D., Chemistry 2005. Current Location: Armstrong Atlantic State University.
  • Heather Hillebrenner Ph.D., Chemistry 2006. Current Location: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
  • Iwona A. Kaluzna Ph.D., Chemistry 2004. 2003 Ruegamer Fellow. Current Location: DSM.
  • Ahram Kim (Autumn Worthington) Ph.D., Chemistry 2022. Current Location: Indiana University
  • Brian G. Kyte Ph.D., Chemistry 2003. Current Location: Humboldt State University.
  • Leslie Lehman M.S., Chemistry 2001.
  • Carlos A. Martinez Ph.D., Chemistry 2000. Current Location: Pfizer.
  • Noah Morgan M.S, Chemistry 2022.
  • Louis M. M. Mouterde Ph.D., Chemistry 2017, Current Location: AgroParisTech.
  • Thinh Nguyen Ph.D., Chemistry 2021.
  • Parag Parekh M.S., Chemistry 2005.
  • Jillian Perry Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering 2009. Current Location: University of North Carolina.
  • Aris A. Polyzos Ph.D., Chemistry 2003. Current Location: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
  • Yuri Pompeu Ph.D., Chemistry 2013. Current Location: Harvard Medical school.
  • Robert Powell Ph.D., Chemistry 2016. Current Location: Intel, Portland.
  • Sonia Rodriguez Ph.D., Chemistry 2000. Current Location: Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • Kieth W. Reed M.S., Chemistry 1996. Current Location: U.S. Army, retired.
  • Erica A. Simmons Ph.D., Chemistry 2017.
  • Neil Stowe Ph.D., Chemistry 2008. 2007 Proctor & Gamble Award winner. Current Location: Alere.
  • Magdalena Swiderska Ph.D., Chemistry 2007. Current Location: University of Berne.
  • Collin Thomas M.S., Chemistry (teaching) 1996.
  • Jennifer A. Tonzello Ph.D., Chemistry 2000. Current Location: Research Corporation.
  • Rukshana Uddin Ph.D., Chemistry 2024.
  • Kavitha Vedha-Peters Ph.D., Chemistry 2002.
  • Adam Z. Walton M.S., Chemistry 2002; Ph.D., Chemistry 2012. Current Location: U.S. Army
  • Richard Watkins Ph.D., Chemistry 2022
  • Di Zhou M.S., Chemistry 2012

Undergraduate Students

 

  • Adam Bennett B.S., Chemistry, 2004. 2003 U.F. University Scholar.
  • Catherine Charron B.S., Chemistry, 2001. 2000 U.F. University Scholar.
  • Jason Evangelista B.S. with Honors, Chemistry, 1996. 1995 NSF REU Participant.
  • Cristina Iturrey B.S., Neuroscience, 2017
  • Shannon Johnson B.S., Chemistry, 2009.
  • Kristen Kathman B.S., Chemistry, 1998.
  • Elise Manning B.S. with Honors, Chemistry, 1998. 1997 NSF REU Participant.
  • James Melotek Junior Honors Medical Program. Beckman Scholar.
  • Megan Mrstik B.S., Microbiology, 1997.
  • Athena Patterson-Orazem B.S., Chemistry, 2014.
  • Tricia Pockey B.S., Chemistry, 1999.
  • Adam Rothman B.S., Chemistry, 2010. 2008 HHMI Science for Life Scholar. 2009 University Scholar.
  • Kersten T. Schroeder B.S., Microbiology, 1999.
  • Aileen Sewell B.S., Chemistry, 2003.
  • Melissae Stuart B.S., Chemistry, 2005.
  • Olivia Toudjarov

Visitors

 

  • Amy Andrew West Virginia Wesleyan University. 2000 NSF REU Participant.
  • Celine Bailly Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6. Summer 2014.
  • Mariana Bonilla Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo. 2001 NSF REU Participant.
  • Sylvie Boualavong Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg. 2005 NSF REU Participant.
  • Dr. Didier Buisson Universite Rene Descartes – Paris 5. Summer 2004.
  • Remi Cazelles Université Paul Sabatier of Toulouse. 2009 NSF REU participant.
  • Gang Chen University of New Brunswick. Summer 1997.
  • Kristen Fuller Muskingum College. 2009 NSF REU participant.
  • Sylvain Gau Université Paul Sabatier of Toulouse. 2008 NSF REU participant.
  • Sylvestre Gug Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg. 2004 NSF REU Participant.
  • Malgorzata Habrych Adam Mickiewicz University. 2001 NSF REU Participant.
  • Sabine Leveque Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6. 2012 NSF REU Student.
  • Erin Hanlin University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. 2005 NSF REU Participant.
  • Professor Mary Anne Sousa Lima Universidade Federal do Ceara.
  • Professor Tomoko Matsuda Tokyo Institute of Technology. Summer 2002.
  • Khari Ollivierre Ocala Vanguard High School. 2011 UF Student Science Training Program Participant.
  • Alonso Rodriguez Universidad del Valle. 1999 NSF REU Participant.
  • Sara Santangelo Politecnico di Milano. 2015.
  • Carolina Santiago Universidade de Sao Paulo. 2011 NSF REU Participant.
  • Professor José Nunes da Silva Jr. Universidade Federal do Ceara.
  • Jessica Smith Clarion University. 2001 NSF REU Participant.
  • Simon Strompen Hamburg University of Technology.
  • Professor Morris Waugh Morehouse College (deceased). 2002 NSF-supported faculty visit.
  • Weerawut (Tick) Wittayanan Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg. 2003 NSF REU Participant.
  • Catherine Zingle Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg. 2006 NSF-France REU participant.