William L. Jorgensen Research Group

Orlando Acevedo (P)

Florida International University (B.S.); Duquesne University (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor, University of Miami

Birgit (Biggi) Albrecht (P)

University of Surrey, UK (MChem); University of Oxford (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Loyola University, Maryland

Anastassia Alexandrova (P)

Saratov State University, Russia (B.S./M.S.); Utah State University (Ph.D.)
University of California Los Angeles, Professor of Physical Chemistry

Dapo Babatunde (U)

Yale University (B.S.)
Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia, NY

Gabriela Barreiro (P)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (M.S.; Ph.D.)
Pre-Clinical Development Manager, Eurofarma, SÃ£o Paulo

Jim Blake (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
Array BioPharma Inc.; Research Fellow

Mariela Bollini (P)

Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jim Briggs (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
Professor of Biochemistry, Dept of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston; President and Financial Control Officer, Metabocentric Biotechnologies

J. Kathleen Buckner (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)

Mark Bures (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
Lilly Research Labs, Computational Chemistry, Group Leader

Israel Cabeza de Vaca (P)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Ph.D.)
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University

Heather Carlson (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
University of Michigan, Professor of Med. Chemistry and Chemistry

Ben Chittick (G)

University of Colorado, Boulder (B.S.)

Theodore (Ted) Christakis (U)

Yale University (B.S.)

Jose Cisneros Trigo (P)

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (Ph.D.)
Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Vienna

Daniel Cole (P)

University of Cambridge, UK (Ph.D.)
Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University (UK)

Zoe Cournia (P)

National University of Athens (Dipl. Chem.); Ruperto-Carola University of Heidelberg (Ph.D.)
Investigator, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens

Michael Cournoyer (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Kara Cutrona (GP)

Yale University (Ph. D.)

Markus K. Dahlgren (P)

Umea University, Sweden (Ph.D.)
Schrodinger, LLC

Wolfgang Damm (P)

University of Basel (Ph.D.)
Schrodinger, Inc.

Thomas Dawson (P)

(Ph.D.)

Laura Thomas DeFeo (G)

Duquesne University (B.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Director of Programs and Policy, National Research Council Executive Office, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Luca Deiana (P)

Stockholm University, Sweden (Ph.D.)

Leela Dodda (G)

National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India (Int. M.S.)
Computational Medicinal Chemist at VantAI(NY)

Erin M. Duffy (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Rib-x Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Vice President, Structure-Based Drug Discovery

Pawel Dziedzic (P)

Stockholm University, Sweden (Ph.D.)

Anil R. Ekkati (P)

Michigan Technological University (Ph.D.)
Research Associate, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY

Jonathan Essex (P)

Oxford University (Ph.D.)
University of Southampton; Professor

Jeffrey D. Evanseck (U)

University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.)
Duquesne University, Professor

Jan Fleischer (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Indiana University Southeast

Antonio Frontera (P)

University of Balearic Islands (Ph.D.)
Professor in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain

Ricardo Gallardo-Macias (G)

Morelos State University, Mexico (B.S.); California State University, Long Beach (M.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Associate at Rutgers University

Sunil Gandavadi (P)

Daqing Gao (G)

Yale, (M.Sc.); Boston College, (Ph.D)
Central State University, Wilberforce OH; Assistant Professor

Jiali Gao (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
University of Minnesota, Dept of Chemistry; Professor

Scott Goethe (P)

University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D.)
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.; Senior Scientist

Cristiano Guimarães (P)

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (M.S.; Ph.D.)
Amgen

Alan Gushurst (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
Molecular Design Ltd.

Michelle Lynn Hall (P)

Columbia University (Ph.D.)

Alissa Hare (G)

Calvin College (B.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology

Harold Helson (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
CambridgeSoft Inc., Senior Computational Chemist

Iordanis Houdaverdis (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)

Derrick Howard (U)

Yale University 2003, B.Sc.
American Express

Kasper Planeta Jensen Kepp (P)

Lund University (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor, Technical University of Denmark

Hongyu Jiang (G)

Yale University (M.Sc.); Peking University, Beijing (B.S.)

Debbie K. Jones-Hertzog (P)

Emory University (Ph.D.)
GSK, VP Discovery Development and Lab Systems IT

George Kaminski (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Central Michigan University; Assistant Professor

Joseph T. Kim (P)

University of Illinois at Chicago (Ph.D.)
Senior Research Investigator, SANOFI

Jakub Kostal (G)

Middlebury College (B.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Chief Science Officer at Sustainability A to Z

Stefan Krimmer (P)

University of Marburg, Germany (Ph.D.)

Ingvar Lagerstedt (P)

Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden (Ph.D)
Accelrys; Senior Scientist

Ellen Laird (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
Array BioPharma Inc.; Research Fellow

Michelle Lamb (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
AstraZeneca R& Boston; Computational Chemist

Won-Gil Lee (P)

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (Ph.D.)

Cheryl Leung (G)

University of California, Berkeley (B.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Thinktank Learning Educational Consultant

Siegfried Leung (G)

University of San Francisco (B.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Professor Matt Jacobson, UCSF

Dongchul Lim (GP)

Seoul National Univ.(BS), Yale Univ (Ph.D.)
LG Life Sciences, Korea; Manager

Maria-Elena Liosi (GP)

University of Athens, Greece (M.S.)

Rong Liu (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Cap Gemini; Oracle DBA

Huan Lu (G)

University of Science and Technology of China (B.S.); Yale University (M.S.)

James Luccarelli (U)

Yale University (B.S.,M.S.); University of Oxford (D.Phil.)
MD Student, Harvard Medical School

Theresa Lyons (G)

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (B.S.); St. John's University (M.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Managing Partner, Lyons & Associates LLC

Jeffry Madura (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
Duquesne University; Professor

Michael Mahoney (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Yale University, Gibbs Assistant Professor

Fenglou Mao (P)

Peking University (Ph.D.)
University of Georgia

Dave Maxwell (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Senior Research Scientist

Nora McDonald (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Global Studies Leader, Hoffman-LaRoche Limited - MDGC

David McLaughlin (G)

Kodak Inc.

Pascal Metivier (P)

Rhodia Asia Pacific, Vice President R&D director

Julien Michel (P)

ENSCL, France (MChem); University of Southampton, UK (Ph.D.)
University of Edinburgh, Royal Society University Research Fellow

Toan Nguyen (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
AstraZeneca

Sara Nichols Swift (G)

New York University (B.A.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Celgene Corporation, Computational Chemist

Haichan Niu (P)

Baylor University (Ph.D.)
Medicinal Chemist at VantAI(NY)

Dennis Ostrovsky (G)

University of Toronto (M.Sc.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Associate, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Rene Olivarez ()

Yale University

Gigi Paderes (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Pfizer, Inc., Senior Principal Scientist

Swarthmore College, B.Sc.; Yale University, M.Sc.
Doctor of Nursing Practice candidate, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing; Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Parachute Program at Visiting Nurse Service of New York; Expert Educator at Pearlman Tutoring

Catherine Peishoff (G)

Purdue University
SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals; Site Director, Computational, Analytical, and Structural Sciences

Julian Pranata (P)

CalTech
University of Arkansas

Albert Pierce (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Melissa L. Price (Plount) (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Executive Director, INC Research Strategic Alliances, Oncology

Dan Price (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Associate; Laboratory of Professor Charles L. Brooks, III

Yue Qian (G)

Fudan University, China (B.S.); The University of Hong Kong (M.Phil.)

Paul R. Rablen (P)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Professor, Swarthmore College Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Krishna Ravindranathan (P)

Rutgers University (Ph.D.)

Matthew Repasky (G)

University of Miami, B.Sc.; Yale University, Ph.D.
Schrodinger, Inc.; Scientific Developer

Miriam Richardson (G)

Yale University

Robert Rizzo (G)

Yale University (Ph.D)
Assistant Professor, SUNY Stony Brook

Michael Robertson (G)

University of Michigan (B.S.)

Matthew Robinson (U)

Yale University, Class of 2018

Juliana Ruiz-Caro (P)

Univ. Complutense de Madrid (Ph.D.)
Max-Planck-Institut, Mülheim an der Ruhr (Postdoc)

Timothy Salatin (G)

Purdue University
BASF Coatings AG,Industrial Coatings Soulutions, Director, Global Technology

Kurt W. Sattelmeyer (P)

University of Georgia (Ph.D.)

Patric Schyman (P)

Wendy Shaffer (U)

Yale University (B.S.)
Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

Shane Shariffskul (U)

Yale University (B.S.)

Dan Severance (GP)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
Kalypsys, Inc, Associate Director

Sheena Sinclair Giraud (G)

Yale Univ (Ph.D.)
Regulatory Consultant, DuPont

David Spellmeyer (U)

Purdue University (B.S.), UCLA (Ph.D.)
Interlaken Associates

David Steinberg (U)

Yale University

Todd Sullivan (P)

Carol Swenson (P)

John Terhorst (G)

University of Redlands (B.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Vanguard University of Southern California

Vinay Thakur (P)

National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (Ph.D.)
Senior Scientist, Melinta Therapeutics

Yukio Tominaga (P)

Osaka University (Ph.D.)
Dainippon Pharmaceutical

Alex Trofimov (P)

Syktyvkar State Univerisity, Russia (B.S.); University of Illinois at Chicago (Ph.D.)
Irix Pharmaceutical

Vickie Tsui (U)

The Scripps Research Institute
Senior Scientist, Department of Discovery Chemistry, Genentech

Ivan Tubert-Brohman (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Associate Principal Scientist, Schrodinger, LLC

Aysegul Turupcu ()

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria (Ph.D.)

Marina Udier Blagovic (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Strategic Marketing Group, Novartis Pharma

Jakob Ulmschneider (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor, Institute of Natural Sciences and Physics Dept., Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Willem P. van Hoorn (P)

University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands (Ph.D.)
Head of Chemoinformatics at Ex Scientia Ltd, Dundee, UK

Jonah Z Vilseck (G)

Auburn University, AL (B.S.)

Connie Wang (U)

Yale University (B.S.)
Graduate Student with Tom Miller, CalTech

Deping Wang (P)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Ph.D.)
Associate Principle Scientist, Merck

Edward Watkins (P)

Pennsylvania State University (Ph.D.)
Senior Research Chemist, AMTECH

Steve S. Wesolowski (P)

University of Georgia (Ph.D.)
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals; Senior Scientist and Group Leader

Xin Cindy Yan (G)

Fudan University, China (B.S.)

Zheren (James) Yang (U)

Yale University (B.S.)

Weiya Yun (G)

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Senior Principal Scientist

Jaco Zeevaart (P)

Director, Research and Innovation, Wild Flavors Inc.

Chunhui Zhang (P)

Sichuan University, China (Ph.D.)

Rohit Batra (V)

University of Basel, Switzerland
University of Basel, Switzerland

Mattia Bernetti (V)

Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna, Italy

Bernard Bigot (V)

Professor of the French Universities, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Luciene Borges (V)

Postdoc with Professor Ribeirao Preto

Simone Fulle (V)

Goethe-University of Frankfurt (Ph.D.)
Research Group Leader at BioMed X GmbH, Heidelberg

Jan Haak (V)

Hannes Harbrecht (V)

University of Cambridge (M.Phil.); University of Oxford (M.Sc.)
Medical School, University of Heidelberg, Germany

William DeWitt Horrocks, Jr. (V)

MIT, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University, State College, Professor

Roland Huber (V)

University of Innsbruck (Ph.D.)

Valeria LaPietra (V)

PostDoctoral fellow at the University of Naples Federico II

Nunzio Iraci (V)

Università di Messina
Research Associate, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia

Arshad Kahn (V)

Pennsylvania State University, DuBois

Hag-Sung Kim (V)

Kyungpook National University (Ph.D.); Work: Ulsan College, Korea
Ulsan College, Korea; Professor

Sara Kramar (V)

UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK (Ph.D.)

Tooru Matsui (V)

Matsushita, Osaka, Japan

Modesto Orozco (V)

parc Cientific de Barcelona & Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; Professor of Biochemistry

Vincent Peuch (V)

Graduate Student, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France

Abdel Rawashdeh (V)

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor at Yarmouk University, Jordan

Massimo Selmi (V)

Graduate Student, Italy

Cristina Tintori (V)

Research Associate, University of Siena

Vinay Trivedi-Parmar (G)

Skidmore College (B.A.)

Frank van Veggel (V)

University of Twente, The Netherlands (Ph.D.)
Professor of Chemistry, University of Victoria, BC, Canada, and Canada Research Chair in Supramolecular Photonic Materials

William L. Jorgensen Research Group

Former group members

Graduates, Undergraduates, and Postdocs

Orlando Acevedo (P)

Birgit (Biggi) Albrecht (P)

Anastassia Alexandrova (P)

Dapo Babatunde (U)

Gabriela Barreiro (P)

Jim Blake (G)

Mariela Bollini (P)

Jim Briggs (G)

J. Kathleen Buckner (G)

Mark Bures (G)

Israel Cabeza de Vaca (P)

Heather Carlson (G)

Leyla Celik (P)

Ben Chittick (G)

Theodore (Ted) Christakis (U)

Jose Cisneros Trigo (P)

Daniel Cole (P)

Zoe Cournia (P)

Michael Cournoyer (G)

Kara Cutrona (GP)

Markus K. Dahlgren (P)

Wolfgang Damm (P)

Thomas Dawson (P)

Laura Thomas DeFeo (G)

Luca Deiana (P)

Leela Dodda (G)

Erin M. Duffy (G)

Pawel Dziedzic (P)

Anil R. Ekkati (P)

Jonathan Essex (P)

Jeffrey D. Evanseck (U)

John Faver (P)

Jan Fleischer (G)

Antonio Frontera (P)

Ricardo Gallardo-Macias (G)

Sunil Gandavadi (P)

Daqing Gao (G)

Jiali Gao (G)

Scott Goethe (P)

Cristiano Guimarães (P)

Alan Gushurst (G)

Michelle Lynn Hall (P)

Alissa Hare (G)

Harold Helson (G)

Iordanis Houdaverdis (G)

Derrick Howard (U)

Kasper Planeta Jensen Kepp (P)

Corky Jenson (G)

Hongyu Jiang (G)

Debbie K. Jones-Hertzog (P)

George Kaminski (G)

Joseph T. Kim (P)

Jakub Kostal (G)

Stefan Krimmer (P)

Ingvar Lagerstedt (P)

Ellen Laird (G)

Michelle Lamb (G)

Patrick S. Lee (P)

Won-Gil Lee (P)

Cheryl Leung (G)

Siegfried Leung (G)

Dongchul Lim (GP)

Maria-Elena Liosi (GP)

Rong Liu (G)

Huan Lu (G)

James Luccarelli (U)

Theresa Lyons (G)

Jeffry Madura (G)

Michael Mahoney (G)

Fenglou Mao (P)

Dave Maxwell (G)

Nora McDonald (G)

David McLaughlin (G)

Pascal Metivier (P)

Julien Michel (P)

Toan Nguyen (G)

Sara Nichols Swift (G)