People

Principal Investigators

  • Barbara Baird, Horace White Professor
  • bab13 at cornell.edu
  • CV
  • PhD in Chemistry, Cornell University
  • BA in Chemistry, Knox College

 

  • David Holowka, Sr. Scientist Emeritus
  • dah24 at cornell.edu
  • PhD in Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine
  • BSc in Chemistry, St. John Fisher College
Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Associates, and Visiting Scientists

  • Nirmalya Bag, Visiting Scientist
  • nb559 at cornell.edu
  • CV
  • PhD (Chemistry), National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • MSc (Chemistry), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
  • BSc (Chemistry), Calcutta University, India
  • Current Position:  Asst. Prof., Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur

 

  • Shirsendu Ghosh, Research Associate
  • sg924 at cornell.edu
  • CV
  • PhD, Indian Association for the Culitivation of Science
  • MSc (Chemistry), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
  • BSc (Chemistry), Jadavpur University

 

  • Alice Wagenknecht-Wiesner, Research Associate
  • aw74 at cornell.edu
  • PhD (Organic Chemistry), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
  • BA (Chemistry), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Graduate Students

  • Gil-Suk Yang
  • gy73 at cornell.edu
  • MS (Chemistry), Cornell University (2021)
  • MSc (Physical Chemistry), Chung-Ang University
  • BSc (Chemistry), Chung-Ang University

 

Undergraduates

  • Shriya Desai
  • sd752 at cornell.edu
  • Major(s):  Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Philosophy

 

  • Jada Vyphuis
  • jjv62 at cornell.edu
  • Major(s):  Human Biology, Health, and Society

 

  • Allan Lee
  • al2325 at cornell.edu
  • Major(s):  Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Biological Sciences
  • Graduated Cornell 2021, Magna Cum Laude, May 2021
  • Received the J. Emory Morris Undergraduate Research Award
  • Received the ACS Cornell Section Undergraduate Award
  • Currently:  PhD Program in Chemistry at Stanford University
Former Group Members

  • Kirsten Bryant, PhD 2013 (Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, UNC Chapel Hill)
  • Nat Calloway, PhD 2010 (Assoc. Dir., Healthcare, Edison Group)
  • Andrew Chang, MS 2014 (Genzyme)
  • Cyrus Chang, PhD 1994 (Merck KGaA)
  • Ethan Chiang, PhD 2009 (Sr. Program Officer, PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute))
  • Lily Chylek, PhD 2016 (Science Writer, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
  • Roy Cohen, Postdoc  (Research Assistant Professor, Cornell NYS Vet College)
  • Roselynn Cordero, PhD 2018 (Sr. Product Development Chemist, 3M)
  • Kate Corwith, MS 2012 (High School teacher in Alaska)
  • Raibatak Das, PhD 2005 (Sr. Scientist, Applied BioMath)
  • Thomas Davis, MS 1986 ()
  • Jon Erickson, PhD 1988 (deceased)
  • Katherine Estes, PhD 1988 (Research Coordinator, U. Nebraska Medical Ctr.)
  • Kenneth Field, PhD 1997 (Professor of Biology, Bucknell U.)
  • Einar Fridriksson, PhD 1999 (Partner and European Patent Lawyer, Arnason Faktor)
  • Janet Funk, MS 1982 (MD; Professor of Medicine, U. Arizona)
  • Deepti Gadi, PhD 2012 (Staff Scientist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
  • Arianna Gagnon, MS 2019 (North Star Academy, Lincoln Park Middle School)
  • Katy Georgiadis, Postdoc 1994-97 (Assoc. Dir., X-Chem Pharmaceuticals)
  • Arun Gidwani, PhD 2012 ()
  • Julie Gosse, PhD 2005 (Assoc. Prof., Biochemistry, U. Maine)
  • Chunmei Guo, PhD 1996 (deceased)
  • Adam Hammond, Postdoc 2001-06 (Curriculum Dir., Biophysics Sciences Program, U. Chicago)
  • Stephanie Hammond, PhD 2008 (Sr. Staff Scientist, Ashland Inc.)
  • Xuemei Han, PhD 2007 (Assoc. Dir., Tanvex Biopharma, USA)
  • Nancie Harris, PhD 1998 ()
  • Behnam Hashemi, PhD 1994 (Managing Partner, SALUS Partners SA)
  • Patricia Kane, PhD 1987 (Professor & Chair, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical U.)
  • Christopher Kelly, Postdoc 2009-13 (Assoc. Prof., Wayne State University)
  • Marek Korzeniowski Scientist (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
  • Gary Labrecque, PhD 1989 ()
  • Jinmin Lee, PhD 2011 (Sr. Scientist, Cabaletta Bio)
  • MaryAnne Liotta (Armstrong), PhD 1992 (Partner, Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch)
  • Natalina Marano, Postdoc (Assoc. Prof. & Co-Chair, Chemistry, St. Lawrence U.)
  • Anant Kumar Menon, PhD 1986 (Professor, Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical)
  • Kari Midthun, PhD 2012 (Asst. Lab. Dir., United States Drug Testing Laboratories)
  • Steven Mirsky, MS 1985 (Science Writer, Scientific American)
  • Eshan Mitra, PhD 2017 (Software Engineer, Google)
  • Jordan Mohr, PhD 2019 (Interdisciplinary Science Learning Labs Preceptor, U. Delaware)
  • Laura Monfalcone (Ferguson), PhD 1989 (Staff Scientist, Connaught Labs)
  • Jeffrey Myers, PhD 1990 (Patent Attorney, Pfizer)
  • Rose Mary Naal Postdoc 1999-2001(Prof., Pharmaceutical Sciences, U. Sao Paulo)
  • Vikram Narasimhan, PhD 1990 (Managing Partner, Red Maple Capital)
  • Jodi Paar, PhD 2000 (deceased)
  • Lynda Pierini, PhD 1996 (Assoc. Prof., Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical)
  • Richard Posner, PhD 1990 (Prof., Northern Arizona U.)
  • Paul Pyenta, PhD 2000 (Prof., Chemistry/Biochemistry, McMurry U.)
  • Meraj Ramezani, PhD 2020 (Research Scientist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)
  • Prabuddha Sengupta, PhD 2007 (Interdisciplinary Scientist, FDA)
  • Erin Sheets, Postdoc 1997-2002 (Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, U. Minnesota, Duluth)
  • Sarah Shelby, PhD 2015 (Postdoc, U. Michigan)
  • Dwaipayan Sil, PhD 2007 (Eng. TD Manager, Intel Corporation)
  • Amit Singhai, PhD 2012 (Assoc., Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP)
  • James Slattery, PhD 1995 (Assoc. VP for Research Operations, U. Oregon)
  • Norah Smith, PhD 2012 (Research Assoc., Cornell NYS Vet College)
  • Mamta Srivastava (Plant Cell Imaging Ctr., BTI, Cornell)
  • Kala Subramanian, PhD 1995 (Chief of Staff, Ichnos Sciences)
  • Musti Swamy VS 2002-03 (Sr. Prof., Chemistry, U. Hyderabad)
  • Chikako Torigoe (US Food and Drug Administration)
  • Alexis Torres, PhD 2010 (Downstream Dev. Sci., Sanofi Genzyme)
  • Lavanya Vasudevan, PhD 2008 (Asst. Prof., Dept. Family Medicine and Community Health, Global Health Institute, Duke U.)
  • Sarah Veatch Postdoc (Prof., Biophysics, U. Michigan)
  • Devin Wakefield, PhD 2016 (Sr. Assoc. Scientist, Bioassay Tech., Amgen)
  • Marla Weetall, PhD 1992 (Vice Pres., Pharmacology at PTC Therapeutics)
  • Marcus Wilkes, PhD 2016 (Engagement Manager, Insight Strategy Advisors )
  • Joshua Wilson, Postdoc 2009-13 (Sr. Scientist, Glycobia)
  • Min Wu, PhD 2006 (Assoc. Prof., School of Medicine, Yale U.)
  • Keli Xu, PhD 1997 ()
  • Boyu Yin, MS 2020 (PhD program, Dept. Chemistry, U. Pennsylvania)
  • Ryan Young, PhD 2004 (Stadtman Investigator, National Cancer Institute)
  • Yi Zheng, PhD 1991 (Prof., Dept. Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Ctr.)
  • Peter Zhou, PhD 1996 (Scientist, PTI Technologies)