Burke Laboratories @ UIUC


Burke Group 2012


Graduate Students

Class of 2012

Katrina Diaz
University of Michigan
B.S. Biology (Honors), 2012
B.S. English, 2012
kdiaz20@illinois.edu

UIUC Medical Scholars Program

Katrina Diaz Jenn Hou

Jenn Hou
Johns Hopkins University
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology (Honors), 2011
M.S. Biology, 2012
jhou8@illinois.edu

UIUC Medical Scholars Program
MCB Graduate Fellow


Class of 2011
Alex Cioffi
Saint Louis University
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
Summa Cum Laude
acioffi2@uiuc.edu

MCB Graduate Fellow
Alex Cioffi Tony Grillo

Tony Grillo
University of Michigan
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
B.S. Biochemistry, 2011
with Highest Honors
grillo2@illinois.edu

St. Elmo Brady Graduate Fellow
Lester and Kathleen Coleman Fellowship
NSF Graduate Fellow

Hannah Haley
Macalester College
B.A. Chemistry, 2011
hhaley2@illinois.edu

Roger Adams Fellowship

Hannah Haley Adam Hill

Adam Hill
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
B.S. (Honors) Chemistry, 2011
ahill10@illinois.edu

Therald-Moeller Fellowship

Jahnabi Roy
University of Delhi
B.Sc. (Honors) Chemistry, 2009
M.Sc. Chemistry, 2011
jroy5@illinois.edu

Jahnabi Roy  

 


Class of 2010
Greg Morehouse
Northeastern University
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
M.S. Chemistry, 2009
Summa Cum Laude
morehou2@illinois.edu

Class of 2009
Erin Davis
Smith College
B.A. History, 2007
davis110@illinois.edu

2008 Fulbright Scholar
Matt Endo
Seattle University
B.S. Chemistry, 2008
Magna Cum Laude
endo1@illinois.edu

St. Elmo Brady Graduate Fellow
John and Margaret Witt Fellowship
Junqi Li
National University of Singapore
B.Sc. (Honors), 2007
M.Sc., 2009
junqili1@illinois.edu

Walter Brown Graduate Fellowship
Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship

Class of 2008

Seiko Fujii
Smith College
B.A. Chemistry, 2008
with Highest Honors
fujii1@illinois.edu

UIUC Department of Chemistry Graduate Fellowship
R.C. Fuson Travel Award
Proctor and Gamble Fellow

Stephen Davis Stephen Davis
Purdue University
B.S. Chemistry, 2008
davissa@illinois.edu

Eli Lilly Synthetic Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship
UIUC Department of Chemistry Graduate Fellowship

Class of 2007
Steve Ballmer
Wright State University
B.S. Chemistry, 2007
ballmer2@uiuc.edu
Eric Woerly
Purdue University, School of Science at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
B.S. Chemistry, 2007
ewoerly2@uiuc.edu

NSF Graduate Fellow
Eli Lilly Synthetic Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship
Pines Travel Award
R.C. Fuson Travel Award

Brice Uno
Grinnell College
B.A. Chemistry (Honors), 2007
buno2@uiuc.edu


Class of 2006

Pulin Wang
Emmanuel College
B.S. Chemistry 2006
pwang22@uiuc.edu

Voorhees Award for Best
Graduate Research Proposal
Sister Janet Eisner Merit Scholarship.
Excellent TA Award of Emmanuel College in 2006

Pulin Wang  

 


Post-doctoral Fellows
Justin Struble
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2009
University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Bode Group
strublej@illinois.edu
Nagarjuna Palyam
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2010
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Marek Majewski Group
Sathya Sai University, India
M.Sc. Chemistry, 2001
B.Sc. Chemistry (Honours), 1999
Research Associate, 2002-2005
Aurigene Discovery Technologies
Bangalore, India
palyam@illinois.edu

Souvik Rakshit
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-2013
Columbia University
Dalibor Sames Group
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2010
Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitate Munster
Frank Glorius Group
M.Sc. Chemistry, 2007
Indian Institute of Technology
souvik@illinois.edu

Souvik Rakshit    

Joint Graduate Students

Lingbowei Hu
Fudan University
B.S. Chemistry, 2012
lhu9@illinois.edu

In collaboration with the Rienstra Group

Lingbowei Hu    

Research Scholar
Jim Tucker
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2012
Magna Cum Laude
tucker15@illinois.edu

James Scholar
National Merit Scholar
Campus Honors Progam
Mathews Scholar
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Water Polo Team
Jim Tucker    

Undergraduates

Zixin (Laura) Chen
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry
Expected 2013
chen224@illinois.edu
Laura Chen Yixiao Li Yixiao Li
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, Economics
Expected 2013
yli96@illinois.edu

 

   

 


Visiting / Rotation Students


     

Former Graduate Students

Eric Gillis
Grinnell College
B.A. Chemistry (Honors), 2005
University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2010
Discovery Chemistry, 2010-Present
Bristol-Myers Squibb
gillis2@uiuc.edu

Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship
Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award
Sigma-Aldrich Graduation Student Innovation Award
Pines Graduate Fellowship
Eric Gillis Dan Palacios

Dan Palacios
UC San Diego
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2011
dpalaci2@uiuc.edu

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

Jenna Klubnick
The College of New Jersey
B.S. Chemistry, 2008
Magna Cum Laude
M.S. Chemistry, 2011
klubnic1@illinois.edu
Jenna Klubnick Kaitlyn Gray Kaitlyn Gray
Harvey Mudd College
B.S. Chemistry, 2006
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2011
Dow Chemical, 2011-Present
kcgray@uiuc.edu

Roger Adams Fellowship (2006-2007)
John and Margaret Witt Fellowship (2007-2008)
Harold R. Snyder Graduate Fellowship
Novartis Graduate Fellowship
Ian Dailey
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
B.S. Chemistry, 2006
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2012
3M, 2012-Present
idailey2@uiuc.edu

R.C. Fuson Fellowship
Roger Adams Fellowship
William Albert Noyes Award
Lester and Kathleen Coleman Fellowship
R.C. Fuson Travel Award
Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award
2011 Abbott Scholar Award
Ian Dailey Dave Knapp

David Knapp
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
Double Major: Chemistry and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology 2002
Ph.D. Chemical Biology, 2012
George Washington University Law, 2012-Present
dknapp3@uiuc.edu

Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship
Roger Adams Fellowship
Chemical Biology Interface Training Grant Fellowship

Tom Anderson
Brigham Young University
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 2012
tander21@uiuc.edu

NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellow

Tom Anderson Brandon Wilcock Brandon Wilcock
University of Utah
B.S. Chemistry 2006
wilcock2@uiuc.edu

Former 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
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Burke Group, 2005-2010
Trius Therapeutics
Medicinal Chemistry sjl@uiuc.edu




Former Undergraduate Group Members
Asa Melhado
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2005
amelhado@berkeley.edu

Currently pursuing Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley with Dean Toste
Dave Siebert
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
dsieber2@uiuc.edu

Currently pursuing M.D. at University of Chicago
Linda Johnson
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2009
ljohnso8@uiuc.edu

Currently employed at National Institutes of Health
Matriculating Fall 2010 at Washington University St. Louis M.D./Ph.D program
Gretchen Bromann
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, Spanish Minor, 2010
bromann2@uiuc.edu

Chancellor's Honors Scholar
James Honors Scholar

Alan Cherney
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2010
cherney2@uiuc.edu

Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Caltech

Nashrah Maryum
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2011
nmaryu2@uiuc.edu


Stephanie Chang
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2011
chang53@illinois.edu

James Scholar
Stephanie Chang Graham Dick

Graham Dick
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry, 2010
Summa Cum Laude
B.S. Engineering Physics, 2010
High Honors
gdick2@uiuc.edu

University Honors - Bronze Tablet

Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Stanford

Sean O'Hara
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Chemistry
Expected 2013
ohara4@illinois.edu

James Scholar
Sean O'Hara Mathew Clark Mathew Clark
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Biochemistry
Expected 2013
mjclark5@illinois.edu