Burke Laboratories @ UIUC



Graduate Students

Class of 2008
Seiko Fujii
Smith College
B.A. Chemistry, 2008
with Highest Honors
fujii1@illinois.edu
Jenna Klubnick
The College of New Jersey
BS Chemistry, 2008
magna cum laude
klubnic1@illinois.edu
Karen Brown
Harvey Mudd College
B.S. Chemistry (Honors), 2008 brown64@illinois.edu

Springborn Graduate Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Stephen Davis
Purdue University
B.S. Chemistry, 2008
davissa@illinois.edu

Synthetic Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellow

Class of 2007
Steve Ballmer
Wright State University
B.S. Chemistry, 2007
ballmer2@uiuc.edu
Heath Timmons
University of California, Irvine
BS Chemistry (Honors), 2007
Minor in English
htimmon2@uiuc.edu

Pfizer Undergraduate Organic Research Award
Brice Uno
Grinnell College
B.A. Chemistry (Honors) 2007 buno2@uiuc.edu
Eric Woerly
Purdue University, School of Science at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
B.S. Chemistry, 2007
ewoerly2@uiuc.edu

Synthetic Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellow (sponsored by Eli Lilly)

Class of 2006
Ian Dailey
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
B.S. Chemistry, 2006
idailey2@uiuc.edu

R.C. Fuson Fellowship
Roger Adams Fellowship
William Albert Noyes Award
Kaitlyn Gray
Harvey Mudd College
B.S. Chemistry, 2006
kcgray@uiuc.edu

Roger Adams Fellowship (2006-2007)
John and Margaret Witt Fellowship (2007-2008)
David Knapp
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
Double Major: Chemistry and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology 2002
dknapp3@uiuc.edu

Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship
Roger Adams Fellowship
Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant Fellowship
Pulin Wang
Emmanuel College
B.S. Chemistry 2006
pwang22@uiuc.edu

Sister Janet Eisner Merit Scholarship.
Excellent TA Award of Emmanuel College in 2006
Brandon Wilcock
University of Utah
B.S. Chemistry 2006
wilcock2@uiuc.edu

Class of 2005
Tom Anderson
Brigham Young University
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
tander21@uiuc.edu

NIH Ruth L. Kirchstein Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellow
Heritage Scholar, Brigham Young University 2001-2005,
Eric Gillis
Grinnell College
B.A. Chemistry (Honors), 2005
gillis2@uiuc.edu

Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship
Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award
Sigma-Aldrich Graduation Student Innovation Award
Pines Graduate Fellowship
Dan Palacios
UC San Diego
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
dpalaci2@uiuc.edu

NIH Predoctoral Fellowship 2008-2010
Robert M. Scarborough Award
in medicinal chemistry, 2008
Pines Travel Award, 2008
University of Illinois Graduate College Fellowship 2005-2007
Robert F. Carr Fellowship 2006-2007

Rotation Students
Pat Knerr
University of Deleware
B.S. Biochemistry, 2008
Honors, with distinction
summa cum laude
knerr1@illinois.edu

Post-doctoral Fellows
Suk Joong Lee
Chungnam National University, Daejon, South Korea
B.A. Chemistry, 1992
Chungnam National University, Daejon, South Korea
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2001
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Beak Group, 2001-2005
sjl@uiuc.edu

Undergraduates
Linda Johnson
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, expected 2009
ljohnso8@uiuc.edu
Nashrah Maryum
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, expected 2011
nmaryu2@uiuc.edu


Dave Siebert
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, expected 2009
dsieber2@uiuc.edu
Alan Cherney
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
B.S. Chemical Engineering
expected 2010
cherney2@uiuc.edu



Former Group Members
Asa Melhado
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2004
amelhado@berkeley.edu

Currently pursuing Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley with Dean Toste