Lynn Lab Alumni

Recent Alumni Profiles

Andrew Palmer

Yan Liang

Name Period Prior Institution Title of Research Project Current Position
Pre-doctoral
David Graden, PhD 1980 – 1984 Rutgers U NMR Methods Genentech BioOncology
John Steffens, PhD 1980 – 1984 U. Virginia Biological Recognition Cornell U
Nancy Phillips, PhD 1980 – 1985 Oberlin College NMR Methods UCSF, Pharm Chem
Kevin Lilley, PhD 1982 - 1987 U. Virginia MS Methods U. Virginia
Kenneth Manning, PhD 1980 - 1985 Davidson College Cell division factors in crown gall tumors Pharmacia
Mayland Chang, PhD 1983 - 1986 USC Biological Recognition  Notre Dame U.
John Orr, PhD 1985 - 1990 U. Pittsburgh Biosynthesis Eisai Research Institute
Mathew Dudley, PhD 1985 - 1991 Swarthmore Inhibitor Development Michigan State U
Bing Gong, PhD 1986 - 1990 Beijing Biosynthetic Regulation SUNY Buffalo
Gwendolyn Fate, PhD 1986 - 1991 Carleton College Bioorganic Methods Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Kathy Hess, PhD 1986 - 1991 DePaul U Biological Recognition Cal State, Irvine
Tim Logan, PhD 1986 - 1991 Michigan State Heat shock / NMR Methods Florida State U
Jay T. Goodwin, PhD 1987 - 1992 Kalamazoo College Molecular Recognition / Template Synthesis Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Thomas Ruttledge, PhD 1987 - 1992 Wayne State Molecular Genetics / Development Ursinus College
Laurel Boone, PhD 1988 - 1993 Barnard College Signal Induction in Plant Development Patent Law, Wash DC
Dongjin Kim, PhD 19889- 1994 Seoul National Molecular Genetics UC Davis
Chi-Feng Chang, PhD 1989 - 1994 N. Taiwan Mechanistic Studies on Oxidative Enzymes N. Taiwan Institute
Kunghee Shin Lee, PhD 1988 - 1993 Seoul National Construction of CDNA Library for Seoul National
Ping Zhong, PhD 1989 - 1992 Beijing Biosynthesis of Proteins Under Stress Abbott Labs
Zhaoxian Zeng, PhD 1989 - 1994 Fudan University Chemical Probes for Cellular Development Motorola Life Sciences
Peizhi Luo, PhD 1990 - 1995 Peking University Computational Methods Biotechnology Institute
Mark-Eugene Duban, PhD 1990 - 1995 U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chemical Biology of Bacterial Receptors CLP/CESAMM, Northwestern U.
Yih-Ling Tzeng, PhD 1991 - 1996 N. Taiwan Metabolic Pathways Analyzed by NMR CDC, Atlanta
John Leitzel, PhD 1992 -1996 Washington University Template Directed Polymerization Chicago State U
Jeffery Tok, PhD 1993 – 1997 U. Washington Biological Mechanisms York College CCNY
Zheng-Yun J. Zhan, PhD 1993 – 1996 Beijing Template Synthesis Biotech Inst. Colorado
Tim Burkoth, PhD 1994 – 1998 Whitman College Amyloid Structure UCSF
Yulei Wang, PhD 1994 – 1998 Beijing Prokaryotic Genetics Stanford U.
Ronan O¡¯Malley, PhD 1994 – 1998 U. Chicago Plant Genetic Mechanisms U. Wisconsin
Jin Zhang, PhD 1995 – 2000 Beijing Biological Recognition Johns Hopkins 
David Morgan, PhD 1996 – 2001 Transylvania Peptide Structure SW Med Center, TX
Jingdong Ye, PhD 1996 – 2001 Beijing DNA catalysis UCF
W. John Keyes, PhD 1997 – 2002 Rome Imaging Methods Patent Law, Chicago
Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, PhD 1997 – 2002 IIT Procaryotic Genetics UC Berkeley
Xiaoyu Li, PhD 1997 -2002 Beijing Template Polymerization Harvard University
Rong Gao, PhD 1998 - 2005  Beijing Prokaryotic Genetics Reutgers U.
Justin Maresh, PhD 1998 - 2005 UC Berkeley NMR methods DePaul
Kun Lu, PhD 2000 - 2005 Beijing Peptide Chemistry UMBC
Jijun Dong, PhD 2000 - 2006 Beijing Peptide / Surface Chemistry MIT
Peng Liu, PhD 2001- 2007 Beijing Template Polymerization Georgia Tech
Fang Fang, PhD 2001- 2007 Beijing DNA Transfer UC Irvine
Andrew Palmer, PhD 2002- 2008 Florida State Biological Communication U. Wisconsin
Yan Liang 2002-2009 Beijing Peptide Assemblies
Hsiao-Pei Liu 2002- 2004 Taiwan National Template Polymerization
Postdoctoral
Name Training period Prior Institution Title of Research Project Current Position
Vinayak Kamat, PhD 1981 – 1983 Columbia University Organic Synthesis W.R. Johnson
Randy Chen, PhD 1984 – 1986 U. Wisconsin NMR /MS Methods Abbott Labs
Anna Fraiman, PhD 1985 – 1987 Tel Aviv MS Methods Tel Aviv
Doug Meinhart, PhD 1987 – 1989 Cal Tech Molecular Recognition / Template Synthesis JEOL NMR
Greg Wayne, PhD 1990 – 1992 U. Chicago Organic Synthesis Abbott Labs
Dongjin Kim, PhD 1996 – 1998 U. Chicago Eukaryotic Genetics UC Davis
Yahaloma Gat, PhD 1998 – 2000 Weizman Institure Molecular Recognition / Template Synthesis Jerusalem
Scott Gilbertson, PhD 1998 – 2000 U. Chicago   UTMB
Ken Walsh, PhD 2002 - 2004 Bristol, UK Template Synthesis U. East Indiana
Lizhi Liang, PhD 2003-2006 Molecular Biology Institute Biological Communication U. Maryland
Teresa Hill, PhD  2003- Clemson Template Synthesis/Pathogenesis
Anil Mehta, PhD 2003- Yale    
Yingzhen Kong, PhD 2003-2005 Molecular Biology Institute Pathogenesis
Trey Maddox, PhD 2007-2008 Emory Template Synthesis Bethel