Melander Lab September 2022

Front Row L-R: Ansley Nemeth, Amy Sorge, Santiana Marrujo, Ashley Crotteau, Katie Woolard

Back Row L-R: Hailey Butman, Roberta Melander, Christian Melander, Alex Weig, Haoting Li, Michael Zeiler, Annie Mattingly


Christian Melander

George & Winifred Clark Professor

B.S. Chemistry, UC Davis, 1994

Ph.D. Chemistry, Columbia University, 1998


Roberta Melander

Research Associate Professor

Editor in Chief – Chemical Biology and Drug Design 

MChem Medicinal Chemistry, UMIST, 2004

Ph.D. Biological Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 2008


Research Scientist

Annie Mattingly

B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, 2013

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2018


Postdoctoral Research Associate

Hailey Butman

B.S. Chemistry, Emmanuel College, 2016

Ph.D. Chemistry, George Washington University, 2022


Graduate Students

Sixth Year

Ansley Nemeth

B.S. Chemistry, Biology Minor, Concentration in Biochemistry, Winthrop University, 2018


Fifth Year

Santiana Marrujo

B.S. Chemistry, New Mexico Highlands University, 2019


Fourth Year

Ashley Crotteau

B.S. Biochemistry, Minor Neuroscience, Butler University, 2020


Third Year

Amy Sorge

B.A. Chemistry, Carthage College, 2021

 

Second Year

Monica Stefaniak

B.A. Biochemistry, DePauw University, 2022

Milah Young 

B.S. Biochemistry, Minor Computer Science, Hanover College, 2022

Daniel Shutter 


First Year

Sophie Gregory

B.S. Chemistry 2023, High Point University

Luke Cowart

B.S Chemistry 2023, Penn State University

Evelyn Hance

B.S. Biochemistry 2023, Washington State University


Undergraduates

Andrew Crow


Former Members

Postdoctoral Research Associates

  1. Wei Zeng, Current Position: Professor, South China University of Technology
  2. Steve McCall, Current Position: Scientist, BASF
  3. Samuel Reyes, Current Position: Research Scientist, Civentichem
  4. Daniel Whitehead, Current Position: Associate Professor, Clemson University
  5. Lingling Peng, Current Position: Scientist, Complete Genomics
  6. Andrew Yeagley, Current Position: Associate Professor, Longwood University
  7. Il Hwan An, Current Position: Scientist, Elementis Specialties
  8. Meghan Blackledge, Current Position: Associate Professor, High Point University
  9. Kyle Bartholomew, Current Position: OTT, UNC Chapel Hill
  10. Akash Basak
  11. Danica Walsh
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Ph.D. Graduate Students

  1. T. Eric Ballard, Ph.D. 2008, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Amge
  2. Virginia Burns, Ph.D. 2008, Current Position: Senior Scientific Director, Lung Cancer Matrix Lead, GSK
  3. Justin Richards, Ph.D. 2009
  4. Robert Huigens, Ph.D. 2009, Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Florida
  5. Christine Heinecke, Ph.D. 2009, Current Position: Assistant Professor, Loyola University, New Orleans
  6. Rachel Kudgus, Ph.D. 2010, Current Position: Senior Consultant, Clinical Pharmacology, Nuventra
  7. Steven Rogers, Ph.D. 2010, Current Position: Patent Agent, Baker & McKenzie LLP
  8. Cynthia Bunders, Ph.D. 2012, Current Position: Research and Development Manager, good2grow
  9. Zhaoming Su, Ph.D. 2012, Current Position: Faculty, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University
  10. Erick Lindsey, Ph.D. 2013, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Takeda
  11. Tyler Harris, Ph.D. 2013, Current Position: Scientist, Biological Dynamics Incorporated
  12. Marine Minvielle, Ph.D. 2014, Current Position: Program Manager, Baebies, Inc.
  13. Robert Furlani, Ph.D. 2015, Current Position: Patent Attorney, Cooley LLP
  14. Christopher Brackett, Ph.D. 2016, Current Position: Assistant Professor, South University
  15. Matthew Stephens, Ph.D. 2016, Current Position: Scientist, Crown Laboratories
  16. William Huggins, Ph.D. 2018, Current Position: Staff Fellow Scientist, FDA
  17. Vu Nguyen, Ph.D. 2018, Current Position: Scientist, Alcami
  18. Bradley Minrovic, Ph.D. 2019, Current Position: Scientist, Oakwood Laboratories
  19. Sara Brackett, Ph.D. 2019, Current Position: LDP Scientist, BASF
  20. William Barker, Ph.D. 2020,  Current Position: Scientist, Seqirus
  21. Veronica Hubble, Ph.D. 2020, Current Position, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stoltz Lab, California Institute of Technology
  22. Karlie Cox, Ph.D. 2021, Current Position: Carrington College, Tucson
  23. Alexander Weig, Ph.D. 2022,
  24. Katherine Woolard, Ph.D. 2023, Current Position: Chemical Safety Specialist, University of Notre Dame
  25. Haoting Li, PhD. 2023, Current Position: Scientist, WuXi, Shanghai
  26. Michael Zeiler, Ph.D. 2023, Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yoon Lab, University of Wisconsin
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M.S. Graduate Student

  1. Anne Basso, M.S. 2008
  2. Catherine Reed, M.S. 2010, Current Position: Real Estate
  3. Constance Bond, M.S. 2013, Current Position: High School Chemistry Teacher, Naaman Forest High School, Garland, Texas
  4. Rui Su, M.S. 2014
  5. Monica Spritzky, M.S. 2022, Current Position: Instructor  Lander University, Greenwood, SC
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April 2021

Front Row L-R: Santiana Murrajo, Monica Spritzky, Ashley Crotteau, Katie Woolard, Ansley Nemeth, Danica Walsh, Alex, Weig, Michael Zeiler, Gina Connors

Back Row L-R: Haoting Li, Akash Basak, Christian Melander, Roberta Melander, Morgan Carpenter, Annie Mattingly, Orry Marciano, Patrick O’Connor

 

 

September 2020

Front Row L-R: Santiana Murrajo, Morgan Carpenter, Annie Mattingly,

Second Row L-R: Gina Connors, Katie Woolard, Karlie Cox, Danica, Walsh, Alex, Weig,

Third Row L-R: Michael Zeiler, Ansley Nemeth, Christian Melander, Orry Marciano,

Back Row L-R: Akash Basak, Roberta Melander, Haoting Li, Patrick O’Connor, 

 

February 2020

Back row L-R: Ansley Nemeth, Roberta Melander, Veronica Hubble, Santiana Marrujo, Karlie Cox, Katie Woolard

Front row L-R: Michael Zeiler, Ashley Sullivan, Patrick O’Connor, Alex Weig, Christian Melander, Annie Mattingly, Morgan Carpenter, Akash Basak, Haoting Li

2019

Back row L-R: Michael Zeiler, Annie Mattingly, Roberta Melander, Christian Melander, Akash Basak, Haoting Li

Front row L-R: Karlie Cox, Katie Woolard, Sara Brackett, Veronica Hubble, Ansley Nemeth, Samantha Barlock, Alex, Weig, Will Barker


2018

Back row L-R: Will Huggins, Will Barker, Veronica Hubble, Brittany Hubbard, Roberta Melander, Karlie Cox, Sara Brackett, Katie Woolard,

Front row L-R: Akash Basak, Matthew Peszko, Nick Hahn, Christian Melander, Alex Weig, Vu Nguyen, Kyle Bartholomew, Brad Minrovic


2016

Back row L-R: Matthew Peszko, Dax Chapman, Will Huggins, Roberta Melander, Christian Melander, Vu Nguyen, Brad Minrovic, Will Barker,

Front row L-R: Veronica Hubble, Sara Brackett, Catie Nguyen, Karlie Cox, Sarah Harrill


2015

Back row L-R: Roberta Melander, Sara Brackett, Vu Nguyen, Matt Stephens

Front row L-R: Brad Minrovic, Chris Brackett, Christian Melander, Will Huggins


2014

Back row L-R: Meghan Blackledge, Matt Stephens, Roberta Melander, Marine Minvielle

Front row L-R: Vu Nguyen, Christian Melander, Chris Brackett, Rob Furlani


2013

Back row L-R: Rui Su, Tyler Harris, Meghan Blackledge, Marine Minvielle

Front row L-R: Roberta Melander, Christian Melander, Chris Brackett, Rob Furlani


2012

Back row L-R: Marine Minvielle, Andrew Yeagley, Tyler Harris, Cynthia Bunders, Chris Brackett, Il Hwan An, Conni Bond

Front row L-R: Erick Lindsey, Rui Su, Meghan Blackledge, Christian Melander, Roberta Melander, Rob Furlani, Zhaoming Su


2011

Back row L-R: Zhaoming Su, Erick Lindsey, Christian Melander, Dan Whitehead, Rob Furlani, Andrew Yeagley, Tyler Harris

Front row L-R: Marine Minvielle, Roberta Melander, Lingling Peng, Cynthia Bunders, Conni Bond


2010

Back row L-R: Steven Rogers, Cathy Reed, Roberta Melander, Lingling Peng, Tyler Harris

Front row L-R: Sam Reyes, Dan Whitehead, Christian Melander, Cynthia Bunders, Erick Lindsey, Zhaoming Su


2009

Back row L-R: Christian Melander, Sam Reyes, Cynthia Bunders, Erick Lindsey, Roberta Melander, Dan Whitehead, Zhaoming Su

Front row L-R: Chris Heinecke, Cathy Reed, Steven Rogers, Michael Simon


2008

Back row L-R: Zhaoming Su, Cynthia Bunders, Justin Richards, Christian Melander, Erick Lindsey

Front row L-R: Steve McCall, Cathy Reed, Chris Heinecke, Steven Rogers, Rachel Kudgus, Sam Reyes, Rob Huigens


2007

Back row L-R: Justin Richards, Eric Ballard, Christian Melander

Front row L-R: Steven Rogers, Anne Basso, Rob Huigens, Chris Heinecke, Rachel Kudgus, Virginia Burns


2006

Back row L-R: Eric Ballard, Justin Richards, Christian Melander, Virginia Burns, Wei Zeng

Front row L-R: Rob Huigens, Hae Huh, Anne Basso, Steven Rogers, Chris Heinecke, Rachel Stroman, Rachel Kudgus