Former Group Members
HomeResearchPeopleLinksMIT Chemistry HomeMIT Home

 

 

Former Members of the Danheiser Group

Graduate Students

Name

Year

Current Position

Email

Carlos E. Martinez-Davila

Ph.D. 1981

New Products Development Manager

Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma

 

cemardav@ccm.femsa.com.mx

 

John M. Morin, Jr.

Ph.D. 1982

Senior Research Scientist

Discovery Chemistry Research

Lilly Research Laboratories

Indianapolis, IN

morin_john@lilly.com

David J. Carini

Ph.D. 1982

Research Fellow

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Wallingford, CT

david.carini@bms.com

Howard P. Sard

Ph.D. 1982

Vice President
Organix, Inc.
Woburn, MA

hsard@organixinc.com

Bruce L. Murphy

M.S. 1983 

 

 

 

Stephen K. Gee

Ph.D. 1984

Stine-Haskell Research Center 
Dupont Crop Protection

Stephen.K.Gee@USA.dupont.com

Joanne J. Bronson

Ph.D. 1985

Briston-Meyers Squibb Pharmaceuticals

 

  bronsonj@bms.com

David M. Fink

Ph.D. 1985

Hoechst Marion Roussel Pharmaceuticals

 

 

Ann (Lescher) Savoca

Ph.D. 1985

Global Vice President

Sealed Air

 

ann.savoca@nstarch.com

Edward J. Salaski

Ph.D. 1986

Senior Research Scientist

Wyeth Research

 

 

Katherine S. Takaki

Ph.D. 1986

Associate Director, Project Planning and Management
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Wallingford, CT

Katherine.Takaki@bms.com

Carrie (Kwasigroch) Roskamp

Ph.D. 1987

 

 

  caroskamp@sbcglobal.net

Kollol Pal

Ph.D. 1987

NeoGenesis Pharmaceuticals

Cambridge, MA

 

David A. Becker

Ph.D. 1988

Associate Professor

Florida International University

Miami, FL

beckerd@fiu.edu

James J. Kowalczyk

Ph.D. 1988

Eisai Research Institute

Andover, MA

Jim_Kowalczyk@eisai.com

James S. Nowick

Ph.D. 1989

Professor of Chemistry

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA

jsnowick@uci.edu

Don D. Cha

Ph.D. 1989

Attorney

Denver, CO

 

 

David S. Casebier

Ph.D. 1990

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Billerca, MA

 

  david.casebier@bms.com

Ronald G. Brisbois

Ph.D. 1990

Professor of Chemistry

Macalester College

brisbois@macalester.edu

Eric J. Stoner

Ph.D. 1991

Associate Research Fellow -Volwiler Society

Process Research and Development

Abbott Laboratories

Chicago, IL

Eric.Stoner@abbott.com

Brian R. Dixon

Ph.D. 1991

President & CEO

Biorelix, Inc.

New Haven, CT

bdixon.b@biorelix.com

Jill (Netka) Mandelblatt

Ph.D. 1992

Patent Agent

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Cambridge, MA

jmandelblatt@cubist.com

Raymond F. Miller

Ph.D. 1992

 

 

 

Karen R. Romines

Ph.D. 1992

Pathfinder Pharmaceuticals

Durham, NC

kromines@nc.rr.com

Annie L. Helgason

Ph.D. 1994

Physician

Internal Medicine

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

ahelgason@alum.mit.edu

John L. Kane, Jr.

Ph.D. 1994

Genzyme Corporation

John.Kane@genzyme.com

Brian S. Bronk

Ph.D. 1994

Manager CNS Medicinal Chemistry

Pfizer Global R&D

Groton, CT

brian_s_bronk@groton.pfizer.com

Jennifer L. Loebach

Ph.D. 1995

 

jlloebach@mint3.com

Alexandre H. Huboux

Ph.D. 1995

Firmenich SA

Geneva, Switzerland

Alexandre_Huboux.europe@firmenich.com

Fariborz Firooznia

Ph.D. 1995

Senior Principal Scientist

Discovery Chemistry

Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.

Nutley, NJ

fariborz.firooznia@roche.com

Alexandra E. Gould

Ph.D. 1996

Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge
, MA

sandy.gould@mpi.com

Katherine L. Lee

Ph.D. 1996

Wyeth Research

Cambridge, MA

klee@genetics.com

Brenda (Gacek) Palucki

Ph.D. 1997

Merck & Co.

Rahway, NJ

brenda_palucki@merck.com

Michael D. Lawlor

Ph.D. 1997

Boehringer-Ingelheim

Pharmaceuticals

mlawlor@rdg.boehringer-ingelheim.com

Melanie (Bartow) Wills

Ph.D. 1998

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

Drew University

mwills@drew.edu

Adam R. Renslo

Ph.D. 1998

Associate Director, Small Molecule Discovery Center

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Univ. of California, San Francisco

QB3 Box 2552

1700 Fourth St., Room 503C

San Francisco, CA 94143-2552

adam.renslo@ucsf.edu

Dawn M. (Bennett) George

Ph.D. 1999

Abbott Bioresearch Center

Worcester, MA

dawn.george@abbott.com

Robert J. Niger

Ph.D. 1999

 

 

Matthew W. Martin

Ph.D. 1999

Research Scientist

Amgen, Inc.
Cambridge, MA

matthew.martin@amgen.com

 

Kevin M. Shea

Ph.D. 2000

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Smith College

Northampton, MA

kshea@smith.edu 

Gregory B. Dudley

Ph.D.

2000

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

gdudley@chem.fsu.edu

Audra M. Dalton

M.S. 2001

ArQule, Inc.
Woburn, MA

 

Jason M. Diffendal

Ph.D. 2002

Wyeth Research
Collegeville, PA

diffenj@wyeth.com

David T. Amos

Ph.D. 2003

Materials Resource Division

3M Center

St. Paul, MN

dtamos@mmm.com

Aimee L. Crombie Ph.D. 2004

Research Scientist

Wyeth Research

Pearl River, NY

CrombiA@wyeth.com
Martin E. Hayes Ph.D. 2004

Research Scientist

Abbott Laboratories

Worcester, MA

martin.hayes@abbott.com
Christopher P. Davie Ph.D. 2005

Research Scientist

GlaxoSmithKline

Waltham, MA

chris.davie@praecis.com
Joshua R. Dunetz Ph.D. 2005

Pfizer, Inc.

Groton, CT

joshua.r.dunetz@pfizer.com
Charnsak Thongsornkleeb Ph.D. 2005

Chulabhorn Research Institute

Bangkok, Thailand

charnsakt@gmail.com
HuiWon Choi M.S. 2005 NY Cares  
Javier E. Horta Ph.D. 2006

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA

javier.horta@merrimack.edu
Kevin M. Maloney Ph.D. 2007

Merck Process Research
Rahway, NJ

kevin_maloney@merck.com
Wesley F. Austin Ph.D. 2007

Satori Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge, MA

wes.austin@satoripharma.com
Jennie Fong M.S. 2008

 

jennie.fong@gmail.com
Tin Yiu (Tammy) Lam Ph.D. 2008

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rawal Lab

University of Chicago

tammy@uchicago.edu
Xiao Yin Mak Ph.D. 2008

Postdoctoral Associate

Seeberger Lab

ETH Zurich

xymak@org.chem.ethz.ch

Postdoctoral Associates and Visiting Scientists

Name

Current Position

Email

 

 

 

Chan Mug Ahn

Associate Professor

Yonsei University

Wonju College of Medicine
Republic of Korea

 

Naoki Asao

Professor of Chemistry
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan

 

Ajoy Basak

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute
University of Ottawa

 

Konstantin Benda

 

konstantin.benda@tu-clausthal.de

Béla Bertók

AMRI Hungary

Budapest, Hungary

bertokb@elender.hu

Jun-Chul Choi

AIST

Tsukuba, Japan

junchul.choi@aist.go.jp

Yong Mi Choi-Sledeski

Research Fellow

Medicinal Chemistry

Aventis

yong-mi.choi@aventis.com

Ralf Demuth

 

Bayer AG

Baytown, TX

ralf.demuth@lanxess.com

Robert Gleason

Professor of Chemistry

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

 

Yoshinori Ikeura

Pharmaceutical Research Division

Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Osaka, Japan

Ikeura_Yoshinori@takeda.co.jp

Paul F. Jackson

Principal Scientist
Team Leader, Drug Discovery
R.W. Johnson Pharmaceuticals Research Institute
Raritan, NJ

pjackson@prdus.jnj.com

Carmen Garcia

Senior Research Scientist
PDVSA-Intevep, Production Department

Research and Technological Support Center

Petroleos de Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela

garciacv@pdvsa.com

Bernd Kaiser

Pharmacopeia, Inc.

Princeton, NJ

 

Kazuaki Kanai

Senior Researcher

Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co.

Tokyo, Japan

kanai.kazuaki.x4@daiichisankyo.co.jp

Naoaki Kanaya

Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co.

Tokyo, Japan

 

Yukinari Kobayashi

Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co.

Tokyo , Japan

kobayashi.yukinari.r3@daiichisankyo.co.jp

Hiroo Koyama

Research Fellow

Merck Research Laboratories

hiroo_koyama@merck.com

Jie "Jack" Li

Bristol-Myers Squib

Pharmaceutical Research Institute

5 Research Parkway Room F534A

Wallingford, CT 06492

  jie.lil@bms.com

Kazuya Matsunaga

Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.

Kanagawa, Japan

k.matsunaga@nippon-soda.co.jp

Leonard McMullen

Director of Manufacturing
FMC Agricultural Products International
Suite 2402 Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wan Chai, Hong Kong PRC

 leonard_mcmullen@fmc.com

Christophe Mellon

Scientist, Process Group

Merck Frosst Canada & Co.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

christophe_mellon@merck.com

Maria Menichincheri

Principal Research Scientist

Nerviano Medical Sciences

Milan, Italy

maria.menichincheri@nervianoms.com 

Ichiro Mori

RaQualia Pharmaceuticals

Nagoya, Japan

ichiro.mori@raqualia.com 

Elvira Montenegro

Merck KGaA

Darmstadt, Germany

Elvira.Montenegro@merck.de

Atsushi Nishida

Professor

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Chiba University

Chiba, Japan

nishida@p.chiba-u.ac.jp

Masaki Nishiuchi

Associate Professor

Department of Chemical Science and Technology

University of Tokushima

Tokushima City, Japan

nishiuchi@chem.tokushima-u.ac.jp 

Iwao Okamoto

Associate Professor

Showa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Tokyo, Japan

iokamoto@ac.shoyaku.ac.jp 

Kazuo Okano

Eisai Pharmaceutical Co.

Tsukuba, Japan

 

Joseph J. Perez

 

 

 

Christian Peschko

 

christian_peschko@yahoo.com

Roberto Fernandez de la Pradilla

Instituto de Quimica Organica, CSIC

Madrid, Spain

 

iqofp19@iqog.csic.es 

Selvaraj Savariar

Senior Research Scientist

BP Amoco Polymers, Inc.

Alpharetta, GA

savaris@bp.com

Hiroyuki Setoi

Associate Director
Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratories
Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

hiroyuki_setoi@po.fujisawa.co.jp

Hiroshi Shinokubo

Professor

Department of Applied Chemistry

University of Nagoya

hshino@apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Masakatsu Sugahara

Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation

Osaka, Japan

sugahara.masakatsu@mu.mt-pharma.co.jp

Steven W. Szczepanski

Titan Pharmaceuticals
South San Francisco, CA

sszczepanski@titanpharm.com

Kazuhiko Takahashi

Research Associate
Organic Synthesis Research Laboratory
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

takahashik23@sc.sumitomo-chem.co.jp

Toshiaki Takahashi

Application Development Manager

Global Marketing

Momentive Performance Materials Japan LLC

toshiaki.takahashi@momentive.com

Eva-Marie Tanzer

Graduate Student

Glimour Lab

ETH Zurich

Kei Takeda

Professor of Chemistry

Department of Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Hiroshima University

takedak@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Makoto Takemura

Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co.

Tokyo, Japan

 

 

Chia-Yu Teng

 

 

 

Toshiaki Tojo

Manager,  Quality Assurance Department

Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Japan

tojot8mq@daiichipharm.co.jp

Michael P. Trova

Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry

Albany Molecular Research

Albany, NY

mike@albmolecular.com

Yeun-Min Tsai

Professor of Chemistry

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

ymtsai@mail.ch.ntu.edu.tw

Tsuyoshi Ueda

 

 

Yutaka Ukaji

Professor

Department of Chemistry

Kanazawa University

Kanazawa, Japan

ukaji@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Jari Yli-Kauhaluoma

Design and Synthesis Group

Viikki Drug Discovery Technology Center

Department of Pharmacy

University of Helsinki, Finland

Jari.Yli-Kauhaluoma@helsinki.fi

Masato Yoshioka

 

 

 

Tosja Zywietz

 

 

 

Susy (Allemann) Wagnieres

Senior Scientist

Board of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Lausanne, Switzerland

susy.wagnieres@cepf.epfl.ch

Larry Y. "YJ" Zhang

Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao LLP
Cambridge, MA

lzhang@ortpatent.com

Undergraduate Students

Name

Current Position

Email

Teju Adeyemi    

Gary W. Ashley

 

 

 

Richard J. Auchus

Associate Prof. of Endocrinology and Metabolism
UT Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, TX

richard.auchus@utsouthwestern.edu 

Robert Bates Graduate Student
Roush Lab
Scripps Florida
rbates@scripps.edu 

Megan Benson

 

 

 

Steve Brunelli

 

 

 

Tzonghuei Herb Chen

M.D. Candidate

 

Tufts University School of Medicine

Medfoed, MA

 

Jeffrey Finer

 

 

 

Bruce C. Gage

 

 

 

Thomas W. von Geldern

 

 

 

Arifa Husain

 

 

 

Norihiro Ikemoto

 

 

 

Bruce F. Johnson

 

 

 

James T. Kadonaga

Professor of Biology

University of California, San Diego

 

jkadonaga@ucsd.edu   

Matthew Kowalski

 

Dana A. Krueger

 

 

Thomas Lee

Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals

Ridgefield, CT

 

 

tlee2@rdg.boehringer-ingelheim.com       

Daneli Lopez

Graduate Student

Purdue University

 

 

       

Rachel Lum

 

 

 

Michael A. Marks

 

 

 

Esteban Mendoza

 

 

 

Anthony Ogawa

 

 

 

Saung Zin Park

 

 

 

S. Andy Peak

 

 

 

John A. Ragan

Pfizer Central Research

Groton, CT

john_a_ragan@groton.pfizer.com

Nathan Scott

 

 

 

 

Mandeep Virdi

Graduate Student

Ritter Lab

Harvard University

mvirdi@fas.harvard.edu

Siobhan Walsh

 

 

Jason C. Wong

Senior Scientist

Roche R&D Center (China) Ltd.

720 Cai Lun Road, Bldg. 5

Pudong, Shangai 201203

 

 jason.wong@roche.com

Jason P. Wong

 

 

 

Dennis S. Yamashita

 

 

 

Melvin J. Yu

Eisai Research Institute

Andover, MA

melvin_yu@eisai.com

 

 

Home ] Current Group Members ] [ Former Group Members ] About Professor Danheiser ] Photo Gallery ]

Send mail to kohnen@mit.edu with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: January 16, 2009