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
- Wei Zeng, Current Position: Professor, South China University of Technology
- Steve McCall, Current Position: Scientist, BASF
- Samuel Reyes, Current Position: Research Scientist, Civentichem
- Daniel Whitehead, Current Position: Associate Professor, Clemson University
- Lingling Peng, Current Position: Scientist, Complete Genomics
- Andrew Yeagley, Current Position: Associate Professor, Longwood University
- Il Hwan An, Current Position: Scientist, Elementis Specialties
- Meghan Blackledge, Current Position: Associate Professor, High Point University
- Kyle Bartholomew, Current Position: OTT, UNC Chapel Hill
- Akash Basak
- Danica Walsh
Ph.D. Graduate Students
- T. Eric Ballard, Ph.D. 2008, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Amge
- Virginia Burns, Ph.D. 2008, Current Position: Senior Scientific Director, Lung Cancer Matrix Lead, GSK
- Justin Richards, Ph.D. 2009
- Robert Huigens, Ph.D. 2009, Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Florida
- Christine Heinecke, Ph.D. 2009, Current Position: Assistant Professor, Loyola University, New Orleans
- Rachel Kudgus, Ph.D. 2010, Current Position: Senior Consultant, Clinical Pharmacology, Nuventra
- Steven Rogers, Ph.D. 2010, Current Position: Patent Agent, Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Cynthia Bunders, Ph.D. 2012, Current Position: Research and Development Manager, good2grow
- Zhaoming Su, Ph.D. 2012, Current Position: Faculty, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University
- Erick Lindsey, Ph.D. 2013, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Takeda
- Tyler Harris, Ph.D. 2013, Current Position: Scientist, Biological Dynamics Incorporated
- Marine Minvielle, Ph.D. 2014, Current Position: Program Manager, Baebies, Inc.
- Robert Furlani, Ph.D. 2015, Current Position: Patent Attorney, Cooley LLP
- Christopher Brackett, Ph.D. 2016, Current Position: Assistant Professor, South University
- Matthew Stephens, Ph.D. 2016, Current Position: Scientist, Crown Laboratories
- William Huggins, Ph.D. 2018, Current Position: Staff Fellow Scientist, FDA
- Vu Nguyen, Ph.D. 2018, Current Position: Scientist, Alcami
- Bradley Minrovic, Ph.D. 2019, Current Position: Scientist, Oakwood Laboratories
- Sara Brackett, Ph.D. 2019, Current Position: LDP Scientist, BASF
- William Barker, Ph.D. 2020, Current Position: Scientist, Seqirus
- Veronica Hubble, Ph.D. 2020, Current Position, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stoltz Lab, California Institute of Technology
- Karlie Cox, Ph.D. 2021, Current Position: Carrington College, Tucson
- Alexander Weig, Ph.D. 2022,
- Katherine Woolard, Ph.D. 2023, Current Position: Chemical Safety Specialist, University of Notre Dame
- Haoting Li, PhD. 2023, Current Position: Scientist, WuXi, Shanghai
- Michael Zeiler, Ph.D. 2023, Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yoon Lab, University of Wisconsin
M.S. Graduate Student
- Anne Basso, M.S. 2008
- Catherine Reed, M.S. 2010, Current Position: Real Estate
- Constance Bond, M.S. 2013, Current Position: High School Chemistry Teacher, Naaman Forest High School, Garland, Texas
- Rui Su, M.S. 2014
- Monica Spritzky, M.S. 2022, Current Position: Instructor Lander University, Greenwood, SC
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