Lab Leader
Director, Natural Products Discovery Core
Research Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Associate Research Scientist, Life Sciences Institute
Research Staff
Rajita Rajbhandari, Ph.D.
Research Lab Technician
Amudha Ramachandran
Research Laboratory Technician
Research Laboratory Specialist Senior
Postdoctoral Fellows
Nirmal Chaudhary, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kumar is a natural product chemistry specialist holding a master’s degree in marine biotechnology from Goa University and a Ph.D. in biological sciences from AcSIR, carried at the CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute. During his doctoral research, he discovered novel macrolide glycoside from actinomycetes, unveiling new possibilities in pharmaceutical sciences.
Mohamed Mohyeldin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Experienced research fellow holding Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees focused in medicinal and natural products chemistry from the University of Louisiana-Monroe and Alexandria University, respectively. Skilled in natural products chemistry, with multidisciplinary research experience in molecular biology and computational drug discovery.
Graduate Students
Ashlesha Naik
Graduate Student
Victoria Vuong
Graduate Student
Undergraduate Students
Anna Erdos
Undergraduate Student
Jasmine Kuhnhenn
Undergraduate Student
Kamsi Odigboh
Undergraduate Volunteer
Dawood Savaya
Undergraduate Student
Justin Schneider
Undergraduate Volunteer
Nathan Wang
Undergraduate Student
Administrative Staff
Nicole Berns-Moore
