William L. Jorgensen Research Group

Orlando Acevedo (P)

Florida International University (B.S.); Duquesne University (Ph.D.)
Auburn University, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry

Birgit (Biggi) Albrecht (P)

University of Surrey, UK (MChem); University of Oxford (Ph.D.)
Loyola College in Maryland, Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry

Anastassia Alexandrova (P)

Saratov State University, Russia (B.S./M.S.); Utah State University (Ph. D.)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Professor John Tully's Laboratory, Yale University

Dapo Babatunde (U)

Yale University (B.S.)

Gabriela Barreiro (P)

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

Jim Blake (G)

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

Purdue University (Ph.D.)
University of Houston, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Leader, Division of Biochemistry; VisiGen Biotechnologies, Inc., Co-founder, Vice President, and CFO

J. Kathleen Buckner (G)

Purdue University (Ph.D.)

Mark Bures (G)

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

Heather Carlson (G)

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

Theodore (Ted) Christakis (U)

Yale University (B.S.)

Michael Cournoyer (G)

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

Wolfgang Damm (P)

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

Erin M. Duffy (G)

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

Jonathan Essex (P)

Oxford University (Ph.D.)
University of Southampton; Senior Lecturer

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.)
University of the Balearic Islands

Sunil Gandavadi (P)

Daqing Gao (G)

Yale, (M.Sc.); Boston College, (Ph.D)
Queenborough Community College of CUNY; 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.

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 (P)

Lund University (Ph.D.)

Corky Jenson ()

Yale University

Hongyu Jiang (G)

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

Debbie K. Jones-Hertzog (P)

Emory University (Ph.D.)
GlaxoSmithKline ; Site Head and Director Cheminformatics, RTP

George Kaminski (G)

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

Joseph T. Kim (P)

University of Illinois at Chicago (Ph.D.)
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University

Ingvar Lagerstedt (P)

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

Ellen Laird (G)

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

Michelle Lamb (G)

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

Patrick S. Lee (P)

UCLA (Ph.D.)
SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; San Diego, CA

Dongchul Lim (GP)

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

Rong Liu (G)

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

Theresa Lyons (G)

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (B.S.); St. John's University (M.S.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Fellow at Sanofi-Aventis (N.J)

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.)
Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc

David McLaughlin (G)

Kodak Inc.

Pascal Metivier (P)

Rhodia Asia Pacific, Vice President R&D director

Toan Nguyen (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc.

Dennis Ostrovsky (G)

University of Toronto (M.Sc.); Yale University (Ph.D.)
GlaxoSmithKline; Principal Scientist

Gigi Paderes (G)

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

Shoshanna Pearlman (G)

Swarthmore College, B.Sc.; Yale University, M.Sc.

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.)
Attenuon, L.L.C.; Research Scientist

Dan Price (G)

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

Paul R. Rablen (P)

Yale Univ (Ph.D.)
Swarthmore College

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

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.)

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 (G)

Yale Univ (Ph.D.)
DuPont

David Spellmeyer (U)

Purdue University (B.S.), UCLA (Ph.D.)
IBM Almaden Research Center

Carol Swenson (P)

Yukio Tominaga (P)

Osaka University (Ph.D.)
Dainippon Pharmaceutical

Vickie Tsui (U)

The Scripps Research Institute
Genentech, Inc.; Scientist

Ivan Tubert-Brohman (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Fellow; Laboratory of Professor Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Harvard University

Marina Udier Blagovic (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)
McKinsey & Company

Jakob Ulmschneider (G)

Yale University (Ph.D.)

Willem P. van Hoorn (P)

University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands (Ph.D.)
Pfizer, Inc. (UK)

Deping Wang (P)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Ph.D.)
Rib-x Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Research Scientist

Edward Watkins (P)

Pennsylvania State University (Ph.D.)
Amgen (Rhode Island)

Steve S. Wesolowski (P)

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

Zheren (James) Yang (U)

Yale University (B.S.)

Weiya Yun (G)

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Senior Principal Scientist

Rohit Batra (V)

University of Basel, Switzerland
University of Basel, Switzerland

Bernard Bigot (V)

Atomic Energy High Commissioner (France)

Luciene Borges (V)

Postdoc with Professor Ribeirao Preto

Simone Fulle (V)

Graduate Student Uni Frankfurt

Jan Haak (V)

William DeWitt Horrocks, Jr. (V)

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

Nunzio Iraci (V)

Graduate Student Università di Messina

Arshad Kahn (V)

Pennsylvania State University, DuBois

Hag-Sung Kim (V)

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

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.)
Assistant Professor at Yarmouk University, Jordan

Massimo Selmi (V)

Graduate Student, Italy

Frank van Veggel (V)

University of Twente, The Netherlands (Ph.D.)
University of Victoria, Professor in Chemistry 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)

Jim Briggs (G)

J. Kathleen Buckner (G)

Mark Bures (G)

Heather Carlson (G)

Theodore (Ted) Christakis (U)

Michael Cournoyer (G)

Wolfgang Damm (P)

Erin M. Duffy (G)

Jonathan Essex (P)

Jeffrey D. Evanseck (U)

Jan Fleischer (G)

Antonio Frontera (P)

Sunil Gandavadi (P)

Daqing Gao (G)

Jiali Gao (G)

Scott Goethe (P)

Cristiano Guimarães (P)

Alan Gushurst (G)

Harold Helson (G)

Iordanis Houdaverdis (G)

Derrick Howard (U)

Kasper Planeta Jensen (P)

Corky Jenson ()

Hongyu Jiang (G)

Debbie K. Jones-Hertzog (P)

George Kaminski (G)

Joseph T. Kim (P)

Ingvar Lagerstedt (P)

Ellen Laird (G)

Michelle Lamb (G)

Patrick S. Lee (P)

Dongchul Lim (GP)

Rong Liu (G)

Theresa Lyons (G)

Jeffry Madura (G)

Michael Mahoney (G)

Fenglou Mao (P)

Dave Maxwell (G)

Nora McDonald (G)

David McLaughlin (G)

Pascal Metivier (P)

Toan Nguyen (G)

Dennis Ostrovsky (G)

Gigi Paderes (G)

Shoshanna Pearlman (G)

Catherine Peishoff (G)

Julian Pranata (P)

Albert Pierce (G)

Melissa L. Price (Plount) (G)

Dan Price (G)

Paul R. Rablen (P)

Matthew Repasky (G)

Miriam Richardson (G)

Robert Rizzo (G)

Juliana Ruiz-Caro (P)

Timothy Salatin (G)

Kurt W. Sattelmeyer (P)

Wendy Shaffer (U)

Shane Shariffskul (U)

Dan Severance (GP)

Sheena Sinclair (G)

David Spellmeyer (U)

Carol Swenson (P)

Yukio Tominaga (P)

Vickie Tsui (U)

Ivan Tubert-Brohman (G)

Marina Udier Blagovic (G)

Jakob Ulmschneider (G)

Willem P. van Hoorn (P)

Deping Wang (P)

Edward Watkins (P)