A Short Note to Former Members of the Hsung Group

Former Group Members

Post-Doctoral Research Associates
1. Dr. Lin-Li Wei Post-Doctoral Stay:
September 1998 to April 2001.

Ph.D, 1998
National University of Singapore
with Professor Peng-Teck Loh
 		Currently:

Selectide-Aventis
Tucson, AZ
2. Dr. Rameshkumar Chellappan Post-Doctoral Stay:
October 2000 to October 2003

Ph.D, 2000
University of Hyderabad, India
with Professor Mariappan Periasamy
 		Currently:

Hoku Scientific
Honolulu, HI
3. Dr. Xiao-Fang Yang Post-Doctoral Stay:
March 2001 to April 2002.

Ph.D, 2000
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
with Professor Xue-Long Hou
 		Currently:

Shanghai Record Pharmaceutical
Co. Ltd.
Shanghai, China
4. Dr. Juliet Hahn Post-Doctoral Stay:
August 2001 to July 2002.

Ph.D, 1991
SUNY-Stony Brook
with Professor William le Noble
 		Currently:

Faculty at
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR
5. Dr. Shengjun Luo Post-Doctoral Stay:
April 2003 to November 2003

Ph.D, 2002
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
with Professor Hongbin Zhai
 		Currently:

Unilever HPC-NA
Shanghai, China
6. Dr. Yanshi Zhang Post-Doctoral Stay:
June 2003 to May 2005.

Ph.D, 2003
Mexico State University
with Professor James Herndon
 		Currently:

General Electric
Albany, NJ
7. Dr. Ruby Lizeth
Pérez Muñoz 		Post-Doctoral Stay:
August 2003 to July 2004.

Ph.D, 1992
Instituto de Investigaciones Quimícas
with Professor Julio Delgado Martín
 		Currently:
8. Dr. Sunil Ghosh Post-Doctoral Stay:
March 2003 to July 2007.

Ph.D, 2000
Indian institute of Technology-Kharagpur
with Professor Tarun K. Sarkar
1st Postdoctoral Appointment at University of Missouri at Columbia
with Professor Michael Harmata
 		Currently:

Research Scientist
Texas A&M Medical School
9. Dr. Jossian Oppenheimer Post-Doctoral Stay:
July 2005 to June 2007.

Ph.D, 2005
The Ohio State University
with Professor Robert S. Coleman
 		Currently:

Dow Chemical
Midland, MI
10. Dr. Ruth Figeuroa Post-Doctoral Stay:
May 2006 to June 2007.

Ph.D, 2005
The Ohio State University
with Professor David J. Hart
 		Currently:

Dow Chemical
Midland, MI
11. Dr. Lingfeng You Post-Doctoral Stay:
August 2005 to May 2008.

Ph.D, 2005
Pittsburgh University
with Professor Kay M. Brummond
 		Currently:

Albany Molecular
Albany, NY
12. Dr. Zhen-lei Song Post-Doctoral Stay:
November 2005 to March 2008.

Ph.D, 2005
Lanzhou University
with Professor Yong-Qiang Tu
 		Currently:

Associate Professor at Sichuan University
Sichuan, PCR
13. Dr. Ziyad F. Al-Rashid Post-Doctoral Stay:
September 2006 to July 2008.

Ph.D, 2006
University of Minnesota
with Professor Thomas R. Hoye
 		Currently:

Graduate Students
1. Hong C. Shen
[B.S.: Peking University]
Duration: December 1997 to September 1998.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 1998.
Thesis: "Chemistry of Pyranyl Heterocycles."
 Currently:

Principal Research Scientist at
Merck, Rahway, NJ

2. Kirsten A. Granum
 [B.S.: Lawrence University]
Duration: December 1997 to September 1999.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 1999.
Thesis: "[4 + 2] Cycloaddition Strategies for Synthesis of Cardenolides."
 		Currently:

Research Associate at
Pfizer-Parke-Davis, Holland, MI
3. Luke R. Zehnder
[B.S.: University of Illiois-Urbana-Champaign]
Duration: December 1998 to December 2000.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 2000.
Thesis: "Studies Directed Toward a Total Synthesis of Arisugacin."
 Currently:

Research Associate at
Pfizer-Agouron, San Diego, CA
4. Ossama S. Darwish
[B.S.: University of Oregon]
Duration: November 1999 to June 2002.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 2002.
Thesis: "Toward the Synthesis of Novel Coumarins and Nitrogen Alkaloids."
 Currently:

Doctoral Program at
University of Notre Dame
with Professor Marvin Miller

5. Michael J. McLaughlin
[B.S.: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]
Duration: October 1998 to August 2002.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2002.
Thesis: "Development and Application of a Highly Stereoselective Formal [3 + 3] Cycloaddition Reaction for the synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products."
 Currently:

Principal Research Scientist at
General Electric, Albany, NY
6. Hui Xiong
[B.S.: Peking University]
Duration: November 1998 to February 2003.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2003.
Thesis: "Synthesis and Cycloaddition Reactions of Electron Deficient Allenamines."
 Currently:

Principal Research Scientist at
Astra-Zeneca Pharmaceutical LTD, DE

7. Heather M. Sklenicka
[B.S.: Drake University]
Duration: December 1998 to June 2003.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2003.
Thesis: "Stereoselective Ring Closure of 1-Azatrienes and Synthesis of Pumiliotoxins."
 Currently:

Instructor of Chemistry at
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, MN
8. Page W. Johnson

[B.S.: University of Minnesota]
Duration: October 2002 to July 2003.

 Currently:

Secondary Education
9. Jason A. Mulder
 [B.S.: Calvin College]
Duration: December 1997 to October 2003.

Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry, 2003.
Thesis: "I. Synthesis of Chiral Ynamides. II. Reactions Involving Chiral Ynamides."
 		Currently:

Principal Research Scientist at
Boehringer-Ingelheim, CT
10. Craig A. Zificsak
[B.S.: University of Wisconsin-Steven Point]
Duration: June 1998 to September 2002.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2004.
Thesis: "Synthesis of Indoloquinolizidine Alkaloids."
 Currently:

Research Principal Scientist at
Cephalon, PA

11. Jiashi Wang
[B.S.: Peking University]
Duration: October 1999 to April 2004.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2004.
Thesis: "I. Synthetic Applications of Formal [3 + 3] Cycloaddition. II. Synthetic Studies Toward Fusidilactone C."
 Currently:

Post-doctoral Fellow at
Harvard University
with Professor Yoshito Kishi

12. Heather A. Coverdale
[B.S.: Hope College]
Duration: July 2001 to May 2004.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 2004.
Thesis: "Applications and Investigations of [3 +3] Cycloadditions in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products."
 Currently:

ACS-Writing

13. Brian W. Slafer

[B.S.: University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign]
Duration: October 2002 to December 2004.

 Currently:

Ph.D. Candidate at
University of California-Irvine
with Professor Scott D. Rychnovsky

14. Jessica A. Nielson

[B.S.: Humbolt State]
Duration: December 2003 to December 2004.

 Currently:

Ph.D. Candidate at
University of Minnesota
with Professor Craig Forsyth

15. Craig R. Berry
[B.S.: University of Minnesota-Duluth]
Duration: November 1999 to March 2005.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2004.
Thesis: "Cycloaddition Reactions of Allenamides."
 Currently:

Research Principal Scientist at
Aveso, MN
16. Kevin P. Cole
[B.S.: University of Minnesota]
Duration: September 2000 to April 2005.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2005.
Thesis: "Applications of Formal Oxa-[3 + 3] Cycloaddition to Natural Product Synthesis."
 Currently:

Post-doctoral Fellow at
Scripps Research Institutes
with Professor K. C. Nicolaou

17. Mike R. Tracey
[B.S.: Denison University]
Duration: September 2000 to June 2005.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2005.
Thesis: "Synthesis and Reactions of Ynamides and Allenamides."
 Currently:

Post-doctoral Fellow at
Stanford University
with Professor Barry Trost

18. Glen C. Gullickson

[B.S.: University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair]
Duration: January 2005 to December 2005.

 Currently:
19. Jacob J. Swidorski
[B.S.: Alma College]
Duration: November 2003 to Febuary 2006.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 2006.
Thesis: "An Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Cylindricine C via A Formal Aza-[3 + 3] Cycloaddition Strategy. "
 Currently:

Research Associate at
Bristol-Myer Squibb, Wallingford, CT

20. Matthew E. Petersen
[B.S.: University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair]
Duration: October 2002 to May 2006.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 2006.
Thesis: "I. Synthesis and Reactions of Ynamides. II. Syntheses of Dihydrofurans from Gamma Substituted Chiral Allenamides."
 Currently:

Instructor of Chemistry at
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, MN
21. Aleksey V. Kurdyumov
[B.S.: Hamline University]
Duration: October 2002 to May 2006.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2006.
Thesis: "Applications of the Formal Oxa-[3 + 3] Cycloaddition to Natural Product Synthesis."
 Currently:

Principal Research Scientist at
LTK Pharmaceuticals, St. Paul, MN

22. Jia Liu
[B.S.: Peking University]
Duration: November 2001 to April 2006.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2006.
Thesis: "I. Total Synthesis of (+)-Cylindricines C-E and (-)-Lepadiformine. II. Synthetic Studies Toward Spirastrellolide A."
 Currently:

Principal Research Scientist at
Eisai Pharmaceutical Institute, Cambridge, MA

23. Kimberly C. M. Kurtz
[B.S.: Ohio Northern University]
Duration: November 2001 to May 2006.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2006.
Thesis: "Synthesis and Reactions of Ynamides."
 Currently:

Principal Research Scientist at
3M, St. Paul, MN

24. Lichun Shen
[B.S.: Peking University]
Duration: November 2001 to May 2006.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2006.
Thesis: "Stereospecific N-Allenylations of Amides and Radical Cyclizations of Allenamides."
 Currently:

Principal Research Scientist at
Novartis, East Hanover, NJ

25. Jian Huang
[B.S.: University of Science and Technology of China]
Duration: October 2001 to May 2006.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2005.
Thesis: "Asymmetric [4 + 3] Cycloadditions via Epoxidation of Allenamides."
 Currently:

Post-doctoral Fellow at
Harvard University
with Professor Yoshito Kishi

26. Aleksey I. Gerasyuto
[B.S./M.S.: Higher Chem. College of Russian Acad. Sci.]
Duration: July 1999 to May 2007.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2007.
Thesis: "Development of Intramolecular Aza-[3 + 3] Annulation Reaction and Its Application in Natural Product Synthesis."
 Currently:

PTC Therapeutics, South Plainfield, NJ
27. Nadiya Sydorenko
[B.S.: Kiev Polytech Inst., Ukraine;M.S.: UM-Duluth]
Duration: September 2002 to May 2007.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2007.
Thesis: "Development of Aza-[3 + 3] Annulation Strategy Toward Syntheses of Highly Functionalized Piperidines and Related Natural Products."
Currently:

PTC Therapeutics, South Plainfirld, NJ.
28. Xuejun Zhang
[B.S.: University of Science and Technology, China]
Duration: October 2002 to May 2007.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2007.
Thesis: "I. Synthesis and Reactions of Ynamides. II. 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Ynamides."
 Currently:

Post-doctoral Fellow at
The Scripps Research Institute
with Professor Albert Eschenmoser

29. Whitney L. Johnson
[B.S.: Manchester College]
Duration: June 2006 to August 2008.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 2008.
Thesis:
Currently:

Epic System
Madison, WI

30. Quincy A. Long
[B.S.: University of Minnesota]
Duration: November 2006 to August 2008.

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 2008.
Thesis:
Currently:
31. Jennifer Antoline
[B.S.: Alma College, '03]
Duration: October 2003 to May 2008.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2008.
Thesis: "Nitrogen-Stabilized Oxyallyl Cation [4+3] Cycloadditions Employing Allenamides"
 Currently:

Air Products
Allentown, PA

32. Changhong Ko
[B.S.: Hanyang University, Korea, '02]
[M.S.: Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 04]
Duration: October 2004 to May 2008.

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2008.
Thesis: "Stereochemical Control Through an Unusual Hydrogen-Bonding in the N-Glycosidation with Amides"
 Currently:

Cheil Industries, Samsung
Euiwang City, Gyunggi-do, Korea


Undergraduate Students
 Richard P

1.         Stefan A. Debbins               [Chem. '98]:                     09/97-06/98 [UMN UROP Fellow].                       

Post Grad.:                       B.S. Associate at H. B. Fuller.

                                 Minneapolis, MN.     Not Currently.  

Contact:                            stefandebbins@yahoo.com

2.         Glenn C. Merkel                  [Chem. E '97]:                    09/97-12/97.   

Post Grad.:                       B.S. Associate: The International Paper Co.

                               Portland, ME

Contact:

3.         Shane J. Degen                    [Chem. '99]:                     09/97-06/99 [Pfizer/Lando/NSF Fellow].

Post Grad.:                       Medical School: UMN.

Contact:                            dege0026@tc.umn.edu

4.         David S. Mathias                 [Chem. '99]:                        10/97-06/99 [UMN UROP Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                       Graduate School: Iowa State.  M.S. in 2001.

                                               Currently: Law School.

Contact:                            math0150@hotmail.com

5.         Amy Neeno-Eckwall         [Biomed.]:                        10/97-12/97.

6.         Jennifer Hinton                  [Pharmacy]:                      10/97-01/98.

7.         Mimi Tran                           [Chem. '00]:                     11/97-09/99 [UMN UROP Fellow].

8.         Michelle Kim                       [Pharmacy. '98]:               12/97-03/98.   

Post Grad.:                       Graduate School-UMN School of  Pharmacy.

Contact:

9.         Geoffrey M. Golding         [Chem. '00]:                     01/98-06/00 [CBS/UROP/Lando/NSF Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                       Graduate School: University of Pennsylvania.

Contact:                            ggolding@sas.upenn.edu

10.       Erik W. Johnson                  [Chem/Chem-E '00]:        01/98-09/99 [UMN UROP Fellow].

Post Grad.:                       B.S. Associate: Schroeder Dairy,

Minneapolis, MN.

Contact:                            erikj@schroedermilk.com

11.       Kristen L. Mueller               [Biochem. '00]:                01/98-12/98 [CBS Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                       B.S. Associate: Boehringer-Ingelheim.

                              Ridegfield, CT.     Not Currently.

Contact:               

12.       Regina A. Shih                  [Biochem. '01]:                01/98-06/98 [CBS Neuroscience Fellow].

Post Grad.:                      Graduate School: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.  Baltimore, MD.

Contact:                            rshih@jhsph.edu

13.       Christopher J. Douglas      [Chem. '99]:                     01/98-06/99 [Upjohn/Lando/NSF Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                       Graduate School: U. of California- Irvine. 

Contact:                            douglasc@uci.edu

14.       Francis Park                        [Biochem. '98]:                 03/98-06/98.

15.       Allison Faber                       [Chem. '99]:                     03/98-06/98.

16.       Kimberly Morgan              [Chem. '98]:                        03/98-06/98.   

Post Grad.:                          B.S. Associate: General Mills. Minneapolis, MN.

Contact:               

17.       Christopher D. Morgan        [Chem./Chem. E '01]:         03/98-09/99.   

Post Grad.:                          B.S. Associate: Eco Lab.  Minneapolis, MN.

Contact:

18.       Sravanthi Dakoji                  [Augsburg College]:            08/98-10/98.

19.       Lisa M. Seurer                    [Chem. '00]:                        08/98-03/99 [Lando/NSF Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                          B.S. Associate: Minnesota Crime Lab.

                                 Minneapolis, MN.

Contact:

20.       Thomas W. Pierson           [Chem. '02]:                        09/98-12/98.

21.       Stacy L. Shipienis              [Chem./Chem. E '00]:         03/99-08/99.

22.       Kristen Upson                     [Chem. '00]:                        03/99-06/99.

23.       Sarah Worrell-Mularoni    [Chem. E '01]:                       03/99-03/00 [Lando/NSF Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                          B.S. Associate: 3M

Contact:

24.       Aziah Yahya                        [Chem. E '01]:                    03/99-06/99.

25.       Nancy T. Nkansah              [Florida A& M '01]:            06/99-09/99 [Lando/NSF Fellow].

Post Grad.:            

Contact:                               nnkansah@hotmail.com

26.       Tung Nguyen                       [Chem. '00]:                        06/99-09/99.

27.       Quang Tan                          [St. Olaf College '01]:         06/99-09/99 [McNair Fellow].

28.       Benjamin Stockwell           [Chem. '00]:                        09/99-05/00.

29.       Jason W. Dahl                     [Chem. '00]:                        09/99-05/00 [UMN UROP Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                          Graduate School: Michigan State University.

Contact:                               dahljaso@msu.edu

30.       Emily McLaughlin              [Ohio Northern '01]:           06/00-08/00 [Lando/NSF Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                          Graduate School: University of Pennsylvania.

Contact:                               mclaughlin_e@hotmail.com

31.       Tyler Grebe                         [Chem. '02]:                        06/00-01/02 [UMN UROP Fellow].

Post Grad.:                          B.S. Associate: Albany Molecular Research.

                                 Albany, NY.

Contact:                               Tyler.Grebe@albmolecular.com

32.       Indah Puspita                       [Chem. '01]:                       09/00-12/00.

33.       Jessica A. Johnson                [Chem. '03]:                        01/01-02/01.

34.       Michael O. Frederick      [Chem. '03]:                     02/01-06/03 [Heisig/Pfizer/Lando/NSF Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                       Graduate School: Scripps Research Insitute. 

Contact:                            frede@scripps.edu

35.       Janice M. Loy                     [U. of Hawaii '02]:              06/01-08/01 [Lando/NSF Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                          Graduate School: U. of California- Irvine. 

Contact:                               jloy@uci.edu

36.       Robert H. Lambeth            [Chem '03]:                     05/02-06/03 [UROP Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:                  Graduate School: U. of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. 

Contact:                              

37.       Eymi L. Vera                     [Chem '03]:                    06/02-02/04 [Heisig Fellow]. 

Post Grad.:

Contact:                              

38.        Kirsten Ihlen                       [Wis. Lutheran '03]:            06/02-08/02 [Lando/NSF Fellow].

Post Grad.:            

Contact:                               Kirsten_Ihlen@wlc.edu

39.       Claudio Gilardi                    [Hamline U. ‘02]:                 06/02-09/02.

40.       Nikolay Voskoboev            [B.S. HCC RAS]:                  06/02-09/03

Post Grad.:                    Graduate School: U. of Minnesota. 

Contact:                            voskoboev@chem.umn.edu 

41.       Kevin K.-H. Tung            [Chem. '05]:                  05/03-05/05 [Heisig/Pfizer/UROP Fellow].

42.       Elena Sizova                     [B.S. HCC RAS]:                    06/03-09/03 [Lando/NSF Fellow]

Post Grad.:                    Graduate School: U. of Minnesota. 

Contact:                            sizova@chem.umn.edu 

43.       Scott D. Peters                 [Chem. '05]:                  09/03-05/05 [UROP Fellow].

44.       Shika Ado                        [Pre-Med '05]:                  01/04-05/04.

45.       Allison Davis                 [Wartburgh College '05]:               06/04-09/04 [Lando/NSF Fellow].

46.       Irina X. Sagamanova     [B.S. HCC RAS]:            06/05-09/05

47.       Nan Lin                 [B.S. Harvard University]:          06/05-09/05

48.       Jennifer M. Kuyava      [B.S. U. of Minnesota]:            05/05-09/05

49.       Becky J. Dellaria      [B.S. U. of Minnesota]:            09/05-

50.       Renhe Liu           [B.S. with Professor John Riener: Tianjin University '06]:              12/05-05/07

51.       Pei-Yuan Yao           [B.S. with Professor Kang Zhao: Tianjin University]:              12/05-07/08

52.       Tim Dingee           [B.S. Chem '08, U. of Wisconsin-Madison]:              11/06-12/06

53.       Aaron A. Bedermann           [B.S. Chem '09, U. of Wisconsin-Madison]:              09/07-05/09

Post Grad.:                    Graduate School  

54.       Byum-Soek Koh           [B.S. SOP '08, U. of Wisconsin-Madison]:              09/07-12/07

Post Grad.:                       Graduate School: University of Michigan. 

55.       Andrew Movrich           [B.S. Chem '08, U. of Wisconsin-Madison]:              10/07-12/07

Post Grad.:                       Research Associate at Aldrich. 

56.       Tim Rohrer           [B.S. Chem '09, U. of Wisconsin-Madison]:              03/08-05/08