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WOLF GROUP ALUMNI

D. Lucas Kane Ph.D. 2024 Carbon-Fluorine Bond Functionalization with Organometallic Reagents Current Position Physical Scientist Forensic Services Division, U.S. Secret Service Washington, DC	Jeffrey S. S. K. Formen Ph.D. 2024 Optical Sensing of Small Molecules Through Click-like Chemistry or Metal Coordination Current Position Senior Scientist Small Molecule R&D, AbbVie Chicago, IL
Eryn Nelson Ph.D. 2024 Insights into the Racemization and Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Organofluorines and Advances in Chiroptical Sensing Methodology Current Position Senior Scientist Merck Rahway, NJ	Bryan Figula Ph.D. 2022 Aluminum Mediated C(sp3)-H and C(sp3)-F Functionalization Current Position Senior Research Chemist J-Star Research South Plainfield, NJ
Balaraman Kaluvu Postdoc in the Wolf lab 2015-2018 Research Assistant Professor 2018-2023 Manager, Medicinal Chemistry Shared Resource Center 2018-2023 Synthetic methodology development, medicinal chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, organofluorine chemistry Current Position Senior Research Chemist J-Star Research South Plainfield, NJ	Archita Sripada Ph.D. 2022 Asymmetric C-C Bond Formation with Fluorinated Nucleophiles and Chiroptical Sensing of Chiral Biomolecules. Current Position Senior Scientist Boehringer Ingelheim Ridgefield, CT
Ciaran C. Lynch Ph.D. 2022 Advances in Asymmetric Catalysis and Sensing Current Position Senior Scientist Analytical Research and Development, Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, NJ	Samantha L. Pilicer Ph.D. 2020 Design, Synthesis, and High-throughput Applications of Small Molecule Chiroptical Probes Current Position Patent Agent Mintz Boston, MA
Yushra Thanzeel Ph.D. 2020 Accelerated Asymmetric Reaction Screening and Sensing of Biomolecules Using Small Molecular Probes Current Position Senior Scientist Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway, NJ	Zeus A. O. De los Santos Ph.D. 2019 Development of Optical Methods for Sensing of Chiral Compounds Using Organometallic Probes Current Position Chemist at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Beltsville, Maryland
Max Moskowitz Ph.D. 2018 Applications of Asymmetric Catalysis and Green Chemistry Principles Towards the Synthesis of Chiral Multifunctional Alcohols and Organofluorine Compounds Current Position Research Chemist United States Department of Defense, NY	Ransheng Ding Ph.D. 2018 Catalytic C-C Bond Construction Using Fluorine and Chlorine Containing Nucleophiles Current Position Project Manager WuXi AppTec Tianjin, China
Andrea Cook Ph.D. 2017 Copper and Zinc Catalyzed Additions of Alkynes and Ynamides to Carbonyl Electrophiles Current Position Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry George Washington University Washington, DC	Keith W. Bentley Ph.D. 2015 Design, Synthesis, and Applications of Stereodynamic Chirality Probes Current Position Director VidaVinci, Inc. Cambridge, MA
Yang Liu M.S. Chemistry, 2014. Copper Catalyzed C-C Bond Formation with Ynamides and Fluorinated Enolates Current Position Software Engineer FiscalNote Inc Washington, DC	Burcin Irfanoglu M.S. 2014 Circular Dichroism Sensing of Chiral Compounds with a meso (salen)Cobalt Complex Current Position R&D Scientist H&J Toxicology Newport Beach, CA
Peng Zhang Ph.D. 2013 Synthesis of Organofluorine Compounds and Chirality Sensing with Tropos Ligands Current Position Research Scientist Gilead Sciences Foster City, CA	Daniel Iwaniuk Ph.D. 2011 Development of Enantioselective Agents and Heme-Targeted Antimalarials Current Position Research Chemist US Army CCDC AC Wharton, NJ
Mikki Boswell Transition Metal Catalyzed C-C and C-N Bond Formation, Chirality Sensing, Atropisomers, Dynamic HPLC Current Position Grant Coordinator/Lab Manager Texas State University San Marcos, TX	Marwan Ghosn Ph.D. 2011 Functionalized 1,8-Diarylnaphthalenes: Applications in Enantioselective Sensing and Stereoselective Cycloadditions Current Position Manager BASF Houston, TX
Hanhui Xu Ph.D. 2011 Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Nitrogen Bond Formation and Asymmetric Catalysis with Bisoxazolidine Ligands Current Position Senior Chemist and Group Leader Lonza Atlanta, GA	Kimberly Yearick Spangler Ph.D. 2009 Asymmetric Catalysis and Sensing with Rigid C2-Symmetric Ligands and Development of Heme- Targeted Antimalarials Current Position Director SERDP & ESTCP, OUSD(A&S) at DoD Washington, DC
Kekeli Ekoue-Kovi Ph.D. 2008 Palladium-phosphinous Acid-catalyzed Carbon-carbon and Carbon-heteroatom Bond Formation and Synthesis of New Antimalarial Drugs Current Position R&D and Project Manager Baker Hughes Houston, TX	Rachel Lerebours Ph.D. 2008 The Use of Palladium Phosphinous Acids in Cross-Coupling Reactions Current Position Chemist at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Beltsville, Maryland
Shuanglong Liu Ph.D. 2008 Asymmetric Catalysis with a C 2 -Symmetric Bisoxazolidine and Enantioselective Sensing Using Axially Chiral Diacridylnaphthalenes Current Position Senior Radiochemist Johnson & Johnson San Diego, CA	Jayakumar K. Natarajan NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the Wolf lab 2006-2008 Antimalarial Drug Discovery, Synthesis of Chloroquine Analogues Carrying a Biotin and an Azido Tag or a Fluorescent Probe Current Position Senior Scientist Pennakem LLC Memphis, TN
Xuefeng Mei Ph.D. 2006 Enantioselective Sensing Using Axially Chiral Diacridylnaphthalenes Current Position Director, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, China	Gilbert E. Tumambac Ph.D. 2005 Synthesis, Stereodynamics, and Applications of Highly Congested Axially Chiral 1,8- Diheteroarylnaphthalenes Current Position Associate Director Takeda Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA
Brian C. Reinhardt M.S. 2004 Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Axially Chiral 1,8-Bis(3-tert-butyl-9- acridyl)naphthalene Current Position Officer Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	Lakshmi Pranatharthiharan M.S. 2003 Synthesis of a New Chiral Phase-transfer Catalysis and Dynamic Stereochemistry of Atropisomeric 1-Naphthylcarbinols and 1-(1-Naphthyl)ethylamines Current Position Process Research Division Dr. Reddy's Laboratories India

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