Paul Hergenrother

Paul J. Hergenrother was born in 1972 and raised in Akron, Ohio. He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1994. From there Paul moved to the University of Texas at Austin, to conduct graduate research under the direction of Professor Stephen F. Martin. While in the Martin laboratory Paul elucidated the catalytic mechanism of phospholipase C, and completed the total synthesis of erythromycin B. He graduated with his PhD in Chemistry in 1999, and moved on as an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow to Harvard University, where he worked in the laboratory of Professor Stuart L. Schreiber in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. While at Harvard Paul was involved in the development of small molecule microarrays as a platform for high-throughput compound screening. He established his own laboratory in the Department of Chemistry (and as an affiliate in the Department of Biochemistry) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001. He was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2006, and to full professor in 2010. Professor Hergenrother has been the recipient of an NSF-CAREER Award, a Research Corporation Research Innovation Award, a Beckman Young Investigator Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, the GlaxoSmithKline Chemistry Scholar Award, the ACS David Robertson Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the ACS Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, and he was named by Technology Review magazine as one of the top innovators under the age of 35. Professor Hergenrother serves on the editorial board/editorial advisory board for multiple journals, including Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, and ChemBioChem. The Hergenrother laboratory seeks to use small molecules to identify and validate novel targets for the treatment of intractable diseases, including cancer, degenerative disorders, and multi-drug resistant bacteria.

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Dr. Rob Huigens Ph.D. in Chemistry from North Carolina State University American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Associate August 2009-present 259 Roger Adams Lab rwhuigen@illinois.edu			Dr. Kathy Partlow Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology from Washington University, St. Louis Postdoctoral Associate November 2007-present 253 Roger Adams Lab kcpartlo@illinois.edu
Dr. Isak Im Ph.D. in Chemistry from Department of Life Science at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Postdoctoral Associate May 2010-present 253 Roger Adams Lab isak79im@gmail.com			Dr. Matt Brichacek Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University National Institute of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Associate July 2010-present 252 Roger Adams Lab mbrich@illinois.edu
Dr. Ryan Rafferty Ph.D. in Chemistry from Colorado State University Postdoctoral Associate September 2011-present 251 Roger Adams Lab rjraff@illinois.edu			Dr. Hyang Yeon Lee Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from Seoul National University National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Postdoctoral Associate February 2012-present Institute for Genomic Biology hyanglee@illinois.edu

*Class of 2011*
Jessie Peh B.S. in Chemistry from National University of Singapore Graduate Student in Chemical Biology 255 Roger Adams Lab jpeh2@illinois.edu			Adina Badea B.A. in Chemistry from Wellesley College Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 251 Roger Adams Lab badea2@illinois.edu
Michelle Richter B.S. in Biochemistry from Union College Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 254 Roger Adams Lab mrichte2@illinois.edu
*Class of 2010*
Betsy Parkinson B.S. in Chemistry from Rhodes College Graduate Student in Chemical Biology 257 Roger Adams Lab parknsn2@illinois.edu			Rob Hicklin B.S. in Chemistry from University of Central Missouri Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 256 Roger Adams Lab hicklin2@illinois.edu
Mike Lambrecht B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry from University of Wisconsin Madison Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 252 Roger Adams Lab lambrec2@illinois.edu			Amy Larson B.S. in Chemistry from Wheaton College Graduate Student in Chemical Biology 249 Roger Adams Lab aslarso2@illinois.edu
*Class of 2009*
Rachel Botham B.S. in Chemistry and Biological Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate Student in Chemical Biology Institute for Genomic Biology botham1@illinois.edu			Howard Roth B.S. in Chemistry from Northwestern University Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 256 Roger Adams Lab hroth2@illinois.edu
Emilia Calvaresi B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and B.A. in English from Rice University MD/PhD Student in Biochemistry 255 Roger Adams Lab emiliacc@gmail.com
*Class of 2008*
Claire Knezevic B.A. in Chemistry from Scripps College Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 258 Roger Adams Lab knezevi1@illinois.edu			Karen Morrison B.S. in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 254 Roger Adams Lab morrsn1@illinois.edu
Aaron Knowlton B.S. in Biochemistry from Brigham Young University Graduate Student in Biochemistry 259 Roger Adams Lab akknowlton@gmail.com
*Class of 2007*
Julia Williams B.S in Microbiology and Molecular Biology & Biochemistry from the University of Idaho Graduate Student in Microbiology 249 Roger Adams Lab jwilli74@illinois.edu
*Class of 2006*
Tim Flood B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University Graduate Student in Organic Chemistry 258 Roger Adams Lab tflood2@illinois.edu

Hani Kuttab Undergraduate in MCB at the University of Illinois February 2010 - present 257 Roger Adams Lab			Maaz Ahmed Undergraduate in Chemistry at the University of Illinois February 2010 - present 259 Roger Adams Lab
Uros Kuzmanovic Undergraduate in MCB at the University of Illinois January 2011 - present 258 Roger Adams Lab

Former Graduate Students

*Class of 2006*
Joe Bair B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry from Brigham Young University Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, December 2011 Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in John Hartwig's lab at U. of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.			Dr. Quinn Peterson B.S. in Biochemistry from Brigham Young University Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UIUC, July 2011 Current Position: JDFR Postdoctoral Fellow in Douglas Melton's lab at Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Manuel Rodriguez B.A in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras M.S. in Chemical Biology from UIUC, Nov 2008 First Position: Industrial Process Chemist, Champaign, IL Current Position: Instructor at Parkland College, Champaign, IL
*Class of 2005*
Dr. Kristin Finch B.S. in Chemistry from Hampton University Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from UIUC, April 2011 Current Position: Postdoctoral associate in Kip Guy and Michael Dyer's labs at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN			Dr. Diana West B.S. in Chemistry from The College of William and Mary Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, June 2011 Current Position: Postdoctoral associate in Charles Clevenger's lab at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Dr. Rahul Palchaudhuri B.A. in Chemistry from Grinnell College Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, June 2011 Current Position: Postdoctoral associate in David Scadden's lab at Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA
*Class of 2004*
Dr. Mirth Hoyt B.S. in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, Feb 2010 Current Position: MBA Program at UIUC			Dr. James Heeres B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UIUC, May 2010 Current Position: Postdoctoral associate in Mel Feany's Lab at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Dr. Elizabeth Moritz Halvorsen B.S. in Microbial Biotechnology from Rutgers University Ph.D. in Microbiology from UIUC, June 2010 Current Position: Postdoctoral associate in Darren Higgins' Lab at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA			Dr. Nora Wang Eibergen B.S. in Math and Chemistry from the University at Alabama at Birmingham Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, Jan 2011 Current Position: Postdoctoral associate in Helen Blackwell's Lab at University of Wisconsin - Madison
*Class of 2003*
Dr. Christina Thompson B.S. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, Nov 2008 Current Position: Medicinal Chemist at Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL			Dr. Amanda Nottbohm B.S. in Chemistry from Albion College Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, July 2008 Current Position: Clinical Research Development at Boehringer Ingelheim
Dr. Robin Dothager B.A. in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UIUC, Aug 2008 Current Position: American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow in David Piwnica-Worms' Lab at Washington University, St. Louis, MO			Dr. Ben Leslie B.A. in Chemistry from Colgate University Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, Jan 2009 Current Position: Postdoctoral associate in Taekjip Ha's Lab at UIUC, Champaign, IL
Dr. Todd Meyer B. S. in Chemistry from Haverford College Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, Aug 2009 First Position: Postdoc in Sergey Kozmin's Lab, U. of Chicago Current Position: Bioblocks
*Class of 2002*
Dr. David Goode B.S. in Chemistry from Mercer University Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from UIUC, Dec 2007 Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Mercer University, Macon, GA			Dr. Karson Putt B.S. in Biology from Purdue University Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UIUC, Nov 2006 Current Position: Vistakon Pharmaceuticals, Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Jason Thomas B.S. in Biophysics from Temple University Ph.D. in Biophysics from UIUC, July 2007 Initial Position: American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow in Benjamin Cravatt's Lab, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA Current Position: Senior Scientist at Novartis			Cathy Brummond B.A. in Chemistry from Lake Forest College M.S. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, Dec 2004 Current Position: Synthetic Chemist at Baxter Healthcare, Round Lake, IL
Johna C.B. DeNap B.S. in Chemistry from Butler University M.S. in Chemical Biology from UIUC, Dec 2004 Current Position: Supervisor of Toxicology at the Delaware Medical Examiner's office
*Class of 2001*
Eric Olson B.S. in Chemistry from Princeton University M.S. in Chemical Biology from UIUC, Aug 2005 Current Position: Patent examiner in Alexandria, VA			Dr. Dinty J. Musk, Jr. B.A. in Biochemistry from Taylor University Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from UIUC, Dec 2006 Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
Dr. Vitaliy Nesterenko National Technical University of Ukraine (KPI) Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from UIUC, Nov 2006 Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Kiev-Mohila Academy, Kiev, Ukraine

Former Postdocs

Dr. Xianjun Liu Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Fudan University in Shanghai, P.R. China Postdoctoral Organic Chemistry Research Associate (Nov 2004-Jan 2007) First Position: Water Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Springs, MD Current Position: True Pharmachem			Dr. Anil K. Sharma Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from National Chemical Laboratory Pune, India Postdoctoral Organic Chemistry Research Associate in Hergenrother Lab (Sep 2001 - Jan 2005) Current Position: Research Assistant Professor of Chemistry at North Carolina St. University
Dr. Bandaru Sreenivasulu Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from University of Hyderabad, India Postdoctoral Organic Chemistry Research Associate in Hergenrother Lab (May 2004-Oct 2005) Current Position: Sai Advantium Pharma Ltd, Haderabad, India			Dr. Danny Hsu Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Virginia Tech Postdoctoral Organic Chemistry Research Associate (Sept 2007 - June 2010) First Position: Assistant Scientific Officer, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Current Position: GlaxoSmithKline, Hong Kong
Dr. Seok-Ho Kim Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the College of Pharmacy at Seoul National University Postdoctoral Associate in Hergenrother Lab (Nov 2008 - Nov 2010) Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Cha University, Korea

Former Visiting Scholars

Carlotta Granchi
Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Pisa in Pisa, Italy
Visiting student from July - Dec 2009
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research at University of Pisa

Former Undergraduate Students

Steve Schmid Undergraduate Research Assistant (Sept 2010 - Aug 2011) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC			Arabella Lazar Undergraduate Research Assistant (Oct 2009-July 2011) B.S in Chemistry from UIUC
Rob DiFazio Undergraduate Research Assistant (Jan 2009-July 2011) B.S in MCB and Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Pittsburgh			Christ Novotny Undergraduate Research Assistant (Nov 2007-May 2010) B.S. in biochemistry from UIUC Current position: Graduate student in Kevan Shokat's Lab at University of California - San Francisco
Tran "Laurie" Nguyen Undergraduate Research Assistant (Aug 2008-May 2010) B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from UIUC			Megan Cismesia Undergraduate Research Assistant (Aug 2008-May 2010) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Graduate student in Teshik Yoon's Lab at University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jason Olejniczak Undergraduate Research Assistant (January 2009-May 2010) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Graduate student in Tad Molinski's Lab at the University of California - San Diego			Mirtha Ariza Undergraduate Research Assistant (Nov 2007-May 2009) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC
Emily Billings Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2008-May 2009) B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from UIUC Current Position: Graduate student at the University of Virginia			Michael Niziolek Undergraduate Research Assistant (Jan 2008-May 2009) B.S. in Biochemistry from UIUC Current Position: Graduate student at the University of California - San Diego
Clint Holaday Undergraduate Research Assistant (Dec 2006-May 2009) B.S. in Biochemistry from UIUC Current Position: Medical Student at St. Louis University			Katy Stoica Undergraduate Research Assistant (Aug 2004-May 2006) B.S. Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Teacher at Walter Payton College Prep School in Chicago, IL
Kara Ramsey Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2006-July 2008) B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from UIUC Current Position: Research Scientist at Novartis, Cambridge, MA			Brittany Allen Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2004-May 2006) B.S. in Chemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology from UIUC First Position: Pharm D program at U. of Illinois at Chicago Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, Surgery Mayo Clinic
Ellen Dwyer Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2006-May 2008) B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from UIUC First Position: Graduate student in Medical Genetics at U. of Wisconsin, Madison Current Position: Genetic Counselor, Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL			Margaret Wong Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2003 - April 2005) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ryan Totten Undergraduate Research Assistant (Jan 2006-May 2008) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Graduate student in Chemistry at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL			Grace Chen Undergraduate Research Assistant (Jan 2004 - April 2005) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Medical student at the University of Illinois - Chicago
Peter Phan Undergraduate Research Assistant (April 2005-Dec 2006) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Medical student at University of Illinois - Chicago			Joshua Byers Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2001 - Fall 2003) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC Current Position: Student in MBA program at the Univerisity of Missouri
Valerie Fako Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2005-Dec 2006) B.S. in Chemistry from UIUC M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin Current Position: Graduate Student in the Biomedical Gateway Program at the Indiana University School of Medicine