Past Group Members

Abell, Joshua  (Postdoc, 2009-2011)

Senior Scientist
Bridgestone Tire
Nashville, TN

Annis, David Allen (Ph.D., 1998)

Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.
One Broadway, 14th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
allen@allenannis.com

Ashley, Eric (Postdoc 2006-2009)

Merck Research Laboratories
Process Chemistry Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
Eric_Ashley@merck.com

Balskus, Emily (Ph.D., 2007)

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Christopher Walsh laboratory
Armenise D1 606
240 Longwood Ave 
Boston, MA 02115 
emily_balskus@hms.harvard.edu

Beck, Elizabeth (Postdoc, 2008-2010)

Pfizer Research Laboratories, Inc.
Medicinal Chemistry Division
Groton, CT 06340-5050 
elizabethbeck2@gmail.com

Belser, Thomas

Lonza Ltd, Custom Manufacturing
Process Development (PD II)
CH-3930 Visp, Switzerland
thomas.belser@lonza.com

Brånalt, Jonas (Postdoc, 1997-1998)

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals 
Lund, Sweden

Brandes, Bridget (Ph.D., 1998)

Abbott Pharmaceuticals
North Chicago, IL
bridget.d.rohde@abbott.com

Breinbauer, Rolf (Postdoc, 1998-2000)

Professor 
Institute of Organic Chemistry
Graz University of Technology 
Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz
Austria
breinbauer@tugraz.at

Boezio, Alessandro (Postdoc, 2003-2005)

Amgen Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal Chem Division
One Kendall Square, Bldg 1000
Cambridge, MA 02139
aboezio@amgen.com

Chang, Sukbok (Ph.D., 1996)

Professor
Department of Chemistry
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
371-1, Kusung-Dong, Yusung-Gu, Taejon, 305-701, Korea
sbchang@kaist.ac.kr

Chavez, David (Ph.D., 2003)

Los Alamos National Laboratory
MS C920, Los Alamos, NM 87545
dechavez@lanl.gov

Chen, Qinghao (Ph.D., 2006)

Merck Research Laboratories
Process Chemistry Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
qinghao_chen@merck.com

Chen, Yonggang (Postdoc, 2003-2005)

Schering-Plough Research Institute
1011 Morris Avenue, U-13-2025
Union, NJ 07083
yonggang.chen@spcorp.com

Chytil, Milan (Postdoc, 2000-2002)

Sepracor, Inc.
33 Locke Drive
Marlborough, MA  01752-1146
milan.chytil@sepracor.com

Delmonte, Albert (Postdoc, 1999-2001)

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Process Research and Development
P.O. Box 191
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0191
Tel: 732 227-6915
albert.delmonte@bms.com

Deng, Li (Ph.D., 1994)

Orrie Friedman Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry Department
Brandeis University, MS 015, 415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454
deng@brandeis.edu

Desrosiers, Jean-Nicolas (Postdoc, 2008-2010)

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Chemical Development, PSB 3713
900 Ridgebury Rd
Ridgefield, CT  06877-0368
nick.desrosiers@boehringer-ingelheim.com

Dossetter, Alexander (Postdoc, 1997-1999)

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
CME Department
Mereside Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4TG  England
Al.Dossetter@astrazeneca.com

Doyle, Abigail (Ph.D., 2008)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Frick Laboratory
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544 
agdoyle@princeton.edu
(646)-645-7304

Fang, Eric (Postdoc, 2006-2009)

Amgen Inc. 
Chemical Process R&D 
360 Binney St. Cambridge, MA 02142   
yfang@amgen.com

Fernández-González, Mónica 
(Postdoc, 1998-2000)

Senior Research Chemist
Specialty Chemicals Research
BASF
GVP/E - A030
67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Tel.: +49-621-60-55053
monica.fernandez-gonzalez@basf-ag.de

Filla, Sandra (Postdoc, 1994-1995)

Eli Lilly and Co.
Lilly Research Labs
Indianapolis, IN 46285
filla_sandra_a@lilly.com

Finney, Nathaniel (Postdoc, 1993-1996)

Organic Chemistry Institute, University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich CH-8057
Switzerland
finney@oci.unizh.ch

Francis, Matthew (Ph.D. 1999)

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Univeristy of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94703
francis@cchem.berkeley.edu

Fuerst, Douglas (Postdoc, 2003-2005)

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
Division of Synthetic Chemistry
709 Swedeland, Road, UW 2810
King of Prussia, PA 19406
doug.e.fuerst@gsk.com

Fu, Jiping (Postdoc, 2003-2005)

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Department of Infectious Diseases 
4560 Horton Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
jiping.fu@novartis.com

Furukawa,Yoshiro (Postdoc, 1992-1994)

Daiso Company, Research Laboratories
Hyogo, Japan
yfurukawa@maia.eonet.ne.jp

Gademann, Karl (Postdoc, 2000-2001)

Professor 
Department of Chemistry
University of Basel
St. Johanns-Ring 19
CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 
karl.gademann@unibas.ch

Gandelman, Mark (Postdoc, 2003-2005)

Senior Lecturer
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Dept of Chemistry
Haifa 32000, Israel
chmark@tx.technion.ac.il

Gould, Alexandra (Postdoc, 1995-1997)

Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company
75 Sidney St.
Cambridge, MA
gould@mpi.com

Goodman, Steven (Postdoc, 2000-2002)

Glaxo Smith-Kline Pharmaceuticals
Process Chemistry
709 Swedeland Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
(610) 917-6925
sgoodmen@yahoo.com

Grachan, Melissa (Ph.D., 2007)

grachan@post.harvard.edu

Hansen, Karl (Ph.D. 1998)

Scientific Director
Chemical Process R&D
Amgen Inc.
One Kendall Square, Bldg. 1000
Cambridge, MA 02139
karl@amgen.com

Hazelwood, Andrew (Postdoc, 2002-2003)

GlaxoSmithKline 
Medicines Research Centre
Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Herts
SG1 2NY UK
andrew.j.hazelwood@gsk.com

Hinterding, Klaus (Postdoc, 1998-1999)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Basel, Switzerland
klaus.hinterding@pharma.novartis.com

Hong, Jason (Ph.D., 2001)

Healthcare Analyst, Fundamental Strategies
Goldman Sachs
212 902 7856
jason.hong@gs.com

Huang, Hongbing (Postdoc, 2004-2007)

Amgen, Inc., Medicinal Chemistry Division
One Kendall Square, Bldg. 1000
Cambridge, MA 02139
hongbing@amgen.com

Hyde, Alan (Postdoc, 2009-2011)

Sr. Research Chemist
Merck Research Laboratories
Process Chemistry Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
ahyde49@gmail.com

Ishida, Toyohisa (Postdoc, 1992-1994)

Basic Research Lab
Asahi Denka Kogyo K. K.
8-4-1, Higashi-Ogu, Arakawa
Tokyo 116, Japan

Jamison, Timothy (Postdoc, 1997-1999)

Professor
MIT, Dept. of Chemistry, 18-407
Cambridge, MA 02139
tfj@MIT.EDU

Jarvo, Elizabeth (Postdoc, 2002-2005)

Assistant Professor
University of California, Irvine
Department of Chemistry
2046D Reines Hall
Irvine, CA 92697
erjarvo@uci.edu

Ji, Nan (Postdoc, 2006-2008)

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
100 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
nan.ji@novartis.com

Joly, Guy (Ph.D., 1999-2004)

3M Corporate Research Materials Laboratory
Organic, Polymer, and Modeling Group
3M Center, Building 201-02-N-22
St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
gdjoly@mmm.com

Kakiuchi, Fumitoshi (Postdoc, 1995-1997)

Professor
Departement of Chemistry
Faculty of Science and Technology
Keio University
3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama
Kanagawa 223-8522, JAPAN
kakiuchi@chem.keio.ac.jp

Karl, Joern (Postdoc, 1995-1996)

BASF
Loewenfeldstr. 15
46244 Bottrop, Germany
011 49 2045 83221
joern.karl@basf-ag.de

Keith, John (Postdoc, 1999-2001)

Principal Scientist
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, L.L.C.
3210 Merryfield Row, San Diego, CA92121
jkeith@its.jnj.com

Kim, Sang Kyun (PhD, 2005)

Senior Researcher
Research Institute of Chemical and Electronic Materials
CHEIL INDUSTRIES INC.
332-2, Gocheon-Dong, Uiwang-Si,
Gyeonggi-Do, Korea 437-711
Office: +82-31-428-3349/ FAX: +82-31-428-3550
sangkyun2.kim@samsung.com

Klausen, Rebekka (Ph. D., 2010)

Postdoctoral Fellow
Colin Nuckolls Lab, Dept of Chemistry
Columbia University
NYC, NY 10027

Kuribayashi, Takeshi (Postdoc, 2001-2003)

Senior Research Scientist
Daiichi Sankyo Co.
Tokyo, Japan
kuribayashi.takeshi.w7@daiichisankyo.co.jp

Kwong, Hoi-Lun (Postdoc, 1993-1994)

Associate Professor
Dept. of Biology and Chemistry
City Polytechnic of Hong Kong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
011 852 2788 7304 
BHHOIK@cityu.edu.hk

Lalonde, Mathieu (Ph. D., 2009)

CCB Science Safety Officer
Harvard University 
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 
12 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA 02138
lalonde@fas.harvard.edu

Larrow, Jay (Ph. D., 1997)

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
USCA, 250 Mass Ave 1C-294
250 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: +1 6178714008
jay.larrow@novartis.com
jay.larrow@amgen.com

Lawrence, Brian (Ph.D., 2004)

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Morehouse College
108B Merrill Hall
830 Westview Drive SW
Atlanta, GA 30314 
blawrenc@morehouse.edu

Lebel, Hélène (Postdoc, 1997-1999)

Professor of Chemistry
University of Montréal, Dept. of Chemistry
Montréal, Québec, Canada
helene.lebel@umontreal.ca

Lee, NamHo (Postdoc, 1991-1993)

Professor 
Dept. of Chemistry
Cheju National University
Ara-1, Cheju 690-756, Korea
namho@cheju.cheju.ac.kr

Lee, Yunmi (Postdoc, 2010-2012)

Postdoctoral Fellow
Prof. Emily Balskus’ Laboratory
Harvard University, Dept of Chemistry
12 Oxford St, Cambridge MA 02138
yunmilee@fas.harvard.edu

Leighton, James (Postdoc, 1994-1996)

Professor of Chemistry
Columbia University
Dept. of Chemistry
New York, NY 10027
leighton@chem.columbia.edu

Lerchner, Andreas (Postdoc, 2003-2004)

Lab Head, Global Discovery Chemistry 
Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research 
Werk Klybeck, 4002 Basel
Switzerland
andreas.lerchner@novartis.com

Li, Zhen (Ph.D., 1997)

Merck Research Laboratories
Process Chemistry Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
zhen.li@spcorp.com

Liu, Ping (Postdoc, 2000-2002)

Merck Research Labortatories
Medicinal Chemistry Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
ping_liu2@merck.com

Rebecca Loy (Ph.D., 2009)

Postdoctoral Fellow 
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry
930 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055
rnloy@umich.edu

Mazet, Clément (Postdoc, 2006-2007)

Assistant Professor
Département de Chimie Organique
Université de Genève
Quai Ernest Ansermet 30
Switzerland
Clement.Mazet@chiorg.unige.ch

Martinez, Luis (Ph.D., 1997)

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
University of Texas, El Paso
El Paso, TX  79968
luisem@utep.edu

McGowen, Meredeth (Ph.D., 2010)

Postdoctoral Fellow
Stephen Buchwald Lab
MIT, Cambridge, MA  02138
mcgowanm@mit.edu

Mergott, Dustin (Postdoc, 2004-2006)

Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, IN 46285
mergottdu@lilly.com

Mita, Tsuyoshi (Postdoc, 2007-2009)

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hokkaido University
Nishi 6, Kita 12, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
http://gouka.pharm.hokudai.ac.jp/FSC/english/page/top_page_e.htm

Movassaghi, Mohammad 
(Postdoc, 2001-2003)

Associate Professor
MIT, Dept of Chemistry, 18-292
Cambridge, MA 02139
movassag@mit.edu

Muci, Alex (Undergrad, 1990-1991)

Medicinal Chemist
Cytokinetics, Inc.
280 E. Grand Avenue
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 624-3271 (office)

Muri, Dieter(Postdoc, 2005-2006)

F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd
Technical Sciences, Basel
Kilolaboratory, Bldg 90/620D
CH-4070 Basel
dieter.muri@roche.com

Myers, Jason (Postdoc, 1997-1999)

Eli Lilly & Co.
Lilly Corporate Center
Drop Code 0548
Indianapolis, IN 46285
Myers_Jason_K@Lilly.com

Nakamura, Masaharu
     (Visiting Professor, 1999-2000)

Professor
International Research Center for Elements Science
Organic Main Group Chemistry
Institute for Chemical Research
Kyoto University
masaharu@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Nolin, Kristine

Assistant Professor
University of Richmond
C-310 Gottwald Center for the Sciences
28 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
knolin@richmond.edu

Nielsen, Lars P.C.(Ph.D., 2006)

Director of Marketing
United Health Group
17511 Creek Ridge Pass
Minnetonka, MN 55345 
larspcnielsen@gmail.com

Palucki, Michael (Ph. D., 1995)

Director, Global Pharmaceutical Commercialization
Leadership Group
Merck Research Laboratories
West Point, PA  19486
Michael_palucki@merck.com

Peterson, Emily (Postdoc, 2005-2007)

Amgen Pharmaceuticals
One Kendall Square, Building 1000
Cambridge, MA 02139
epeterso@amgen.com

Peukert, Stefan (Postdoc, 1999-2000)

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
250 Mass Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
stefanpeukert@yahoo.com

Pospisil, Paul (Ph. D., 1995)

Senior Client Partner 
Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
Korn/Ferry International
200 Park Avenue, 33rd Floor
New York, NY 10166
paul.pospisil@kornferry.com

Quan, Roger (Postdoc, 1994-1996)

Senior Research Development Scientist
Abbott Laboratories
North Chicago, IL 60064-4000
roger.w.quan@abbott.com

Raheem, Izzat (Ph.D., 2007)

Merck Research Laboratories
Medicinal Chemistry Division
West Point, PA 19486
izzat_raheem@merck.com

Ready, Joseph (Ph.D., 2001)

Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9038
tel: (214) 648-0313
fax: (214) 648-0320
joseph.ready@utsouthwestern.edu

Reisman, Sarah (Postdoc, 2006-2008)

Assistant Professor
Caltech
1200 E. California Boulevard
Mail Code 164-30
Pasadena, CA 91125
reisman@caltech.edu

Rippert, Andreas (Postdoc, 1994-1995)

Professor of Chemistry
University of Zurich
arippert@pop.unizh.ch

Ruck, Rebecca (Ph.D., 2003)

Merck Research Labs, Process Chem Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
rebecca_ruck@merck.com

Saito, Susumo (Visiting Student, 1995)

Dept. of Biotechnology 
School of Engineering
Nagoya University, Japan
susumu@chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Sammis, Glenn (Ph.D., 2004)

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Princeton University
Dept. of Chemistry
Princeton, NJ 08544
gsammis@chem.ubc.ca

Schaus, Scott (Ph. D., 1999)

Associate Professor

Dept. of Chemistry
Boston University
seschaus@mail.chem.bu.edu

Schiffler, Matthew (Ph. D., 2008)

Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals Corporate Center
Indianapolis, IN 46285
schiffler@lilly.com

Serrano-Wu, Michael (Ph. D., 1999)

Lab Head, Global Discovery Chemistry
Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research
100 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 871-7523 
michael.serrano-wu@novartis.com

Shekhar, Shashank (Postdoc, 2006-2008)

Abbott Laboratories
Process Research and Development
1401 Sheridan Road
North Chicago, IL 60064
shashank.shekhar@abbott.com

Shima, Ichiro (Visiting Scientist, 1996-1997)

Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company
5-2-3, Tokodai, Tsukuba
Ibaraki, 300-26, Japan
Ichiro­_shima@rnd.fujisawa.co.jp

Sigman, Matthew (Postdoc, 1997-1999)

Professor
University of Utah, Chemistry Dept
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
sigman@chem.utah.edu

Stevenson, Christian (Ph.D., 2005)

Merck Research Labs, Medicinal Chem Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
christian_stevenson@merck.com

Tan, Kian (Postdoc, 2004-2006)

Assistant Professor
Boston College
Department of Chemistry
Eugene F Merkert Chemistry Center, Office 310
2609 Beacon St.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
kian.tan.1@bc.edu

Taylor, Mark (PhD., 2005)

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
80 St George St, LM623
Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
mtaylor@chem.utoronto.ca

Thompson, Christopher 
   (Postdoc, 1999-2001)

Merck Research Labs, 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA  02115

christopher_thompson@merck.com

Tokunaga, Makoto (Postdoc, 1996-1997)

Professor of Chemistry
Kyushu University
Department of Chemistry
Fukuoka, 812-8581 (Japan)
mtok.scc@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Tokunaga, Norihito (Visiting Student, 2005)

Medicinal Chemistry Research Labs, Pharmaceutical Division
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan
Tokunaga_Norihito@takeda.co.jp

Tudge, Matthew (Postdoc, 2003-2005)

Merck Research Laboratories
Process Chemistry Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
matthew_tudge@merck.com

Uyeda,Christopher (Ph.D., 2010)

Postdoctoral Fellow
Jonas Peters Lab, Dept of Chemistry
Caltech
Pasadena, CA 91125
c.uyeda@gmail.com

Vanderwal, Christopher (Postdoc, 2003-2005)

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine
5042A Frederick Reines Hall
Irvine, CA 92697
cdv@uci.edu

Vachal, Petr (Ph.D., 2003)

Merck Research Laboratories
Medicinal Chemistry Division
Rahway, NJ 07065
petr_vachal@merck.com

Veitch, Gemma (Postdoc, 2008-2010)

BASF
Ludwigshafen, Germany 

Watson, Mary (Postdoc, 2006-2009)

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
237 Brown Laboratory
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
mpwatson@udel.edu

Wenzel, Anna (Ph.D., 2003)

Assistant Professor
Claremont College, Joint Sciences Department
W.M. Keck Science Center
925 N. Mills Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711-5916
awenzel@jsd.claremont.edu

White, M. Christina (Postdoc, 1999-2002)

Associate Professor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Chemistry
345 Roger Adams Laboratory
600 South Mathews Ave.
white@scs.uiuc.edu

White, David (Ph.D., 2005)

Principal Scientist, Synthetic Chemistry
GlaxoSmithKline
709 Swedeland Road
UW2820, P.O. Box 1539
King of Prussia, PA 19406-0930

Tel.  1-610-270-5193
Fax. 1-610-270-4829

Woll, Matthew (Postdoc, 2004-2006)

PTC Therapeutics
100 Corporate Court
South Plainfield, NJ 07080
mwoll@ptcbio.com

Xu, Hao (Postdoc, 2006-2010)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Georgia State University, Dept of Chemistry
Petit Science Center 319
P.O. Box 4098 
Atlanta, GA 30302
hxu@gsu.edu

Yoon, Tehshik (Postdoc, 2002-2005)

Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry
1101 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
tyoon@chem.wisc.edu

Zezschwitz (von), Paultheo
(Postdoc, 2000-2001)

Research Associate
University of Goettingen, Germany
pzezsch@gwdg.de

Zondlo, Neal (Postdoc, 1999-2001)

Assistant Professor
University of Delaware
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Newark, DE 19716
zondlo@chem.udel.edu

Dr. Stephan Zuend (Ph.D., 2009)

BASF, Chemicals Research and Engineering
BASF SE, GCB/D - M313, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany 
stephan-johann.zuend@basf.com