Group Members

Rashad Karimov, PhD

Associate Professor

B.S. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Advisor: Elena Averina

M.S. University of Minnesota Duluth

Advisor: Viktor Zhdankin

PhD. Cornell University Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Program

Advisor: David Gin/Derek Tan

Postdoc University of California Berkeley

Advisor: John Hartwig

Subramanian Jambu

Postdoctoral Researcher

M.S. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

PhD Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Advisor:Prof. M. Jeganmohan

Postdoc at New York University

Advisor: Prof. Tianning Diao

Agshin Garayev

5th Year Graduate Student

B.S. Bilkent University

Advisor: Prof. Yunus Turkmen

Nathan O'Hare

5th Year Graduate Student

B.S. Auburn University

Advisor: Prof. Rashad Karimov

Sara Zerangnasrabad

5th Year Graduate Student

B.S. Birjand University

M.S. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Advisor: Prof. Sayed Mohammad Seyedi

Lauren Rodriguez

4th Year Graduate Student

B.A. East Carolina University

M.B.A. East Carolina University

Kale Smith

3rd Year Graduate Student

B.A. Huntingdon College

Advisor: Prof. John K. Birch and Prof. James Patterson

Harris Carlisle

3rd Year Graduate Student

B.S. Columbus State University

Advisor: Prof. Kerri Taylor

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Caroline Doiron

2nd Year Graduate Student

B.S. University of Scranton

Advisor: Prof. Michael Fennie

Anna Glaze

1st Year Graduate Student

B.A. Auburn University

Advisor: Rashad Karimov

Former Members

Donovan Robinson, PhD (c/o 2022)
currently senior process chemist at Exemplify Biopharma Inc.

Rajender Nallagonda, PhD (postdoctoral researcher)
currently senior scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb

Katherine Schafer, M.D. (c/o 2020)
currently in residency at Deaconess Family Medicine

Jensen Hammons, B.S. (c/o 2023)
currently studying at Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama

Sean Spurlin, PhD (c/o 2023)
currently synthetic chemist at Parimer Scientific

Kacey Ortiz, PhD (c/o 2024)
currently process chemist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Adam Hosey, M.S. (c/o 2024)
currently at Sigma Aldrich

Eli Borden, B.S. (c/o 2025)

Emma Drake, B.S. (c/o 2025)
currently studying organic chemistry at Rice University in the Renata Lab

Kaleigh Rice, B.S. (c/o 2025)
currently studying chemical engineering at Auburn University in the Davis Lab