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Alumni / Recent Graduates from Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
2000 to Present (Spring 2018)
| NAME | DEGREE, PROGRAM (Date) |
Dissertation/Thesis Title | ADVISOR | |
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Abdelhamid, Ramy E. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2010) |
Neuroprotective and Procognitive Activity of a Family of Benzothiophene SERMs | Thatcher |
  Hazem Abdelkarim |
Abdelkarim, Hazem | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2014) |
Conformational Plasticity in Histone Deacetylases as a Source of New Discoveries | Petukhov |
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Abdul-Hay, Samer O. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2009) |
Exploring the Use of Hybrid Organic Nitrates for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease | Thatcher |
  Chaitanya Aggarwal |
Aggarwal, Chaitanya caggar2@uic.edu |
PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (defended: 2014.11.17) |
Elucidating streptococcal peptide signals, Rgg receptors and their inhibitors | Federle |
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Ahn, Soyoun | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2011) |
In vitro studies of Intestinal Absorption and BBB Penetration of Pharmacologically Active Compounds | van Breemen |
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Appell, Michael D. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2001) |
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Rigid Probes for the Monoamine Transporters | Dunn |
  Akanksha Arvind |
Arvind, Akanksha | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2012) |
Bio-Chemical Study of Nitric Oxide and Its Effect on TET Enzymes Activity | Thomas |
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Baez, Yahira M. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Spring 2012) |
Insight into the Substrate Specificity and Inhibition of Human Coronavirus Papain-Like Proteases | Mesecar |
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Asghodom, Rezene T. | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2009) |
Study of the Cognition Enhancing Activities of Novel Nitrates | Thatcher |
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Bai, Chuan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2010) |
Bacterial Calcium-Dependent Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C: Mechanism and Applications | Bruzik |
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Bai, He (Kelvin) | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2012) |
Exploration of Histone Deacetylase Ligand Binding Modes by Photoaffinity Probes | Petukhov |
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Bailey, Marne J. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2007) |
Macrolide and Ketolide-Based Induction of Erythromycin Resistance Methylase Type-C in Escherichia coli. | Mankin |
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Balunas, Marcy J. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Natural Products as Aromatase Inhibitors: Identification and Structure-Activity Aspects | Kinghorn |
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Bhat, Krishna P.L. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2001) |
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Booth, Nancy L. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2005) |
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) as a Botanical Dietary Supplement | Farnsworth |
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Burdette, Joanna E. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2003) | Evaluation of Botanical Dietary Supplements for the Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms | Bolton |
  Tristesse Burton |
Burton, Tristesse (née Jones) | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2017) |
American Indian Botanicals for Women's Health: Ethnobotanical and Pharmacognostic Studies | van Breemen |
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Butler, Kyle V. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2010) |
Discovery of Isozyme Selective Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors | Kozikowski |
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Cai, Geping | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2014) |
Closing the in vitro / in vivo Gap in Tuberculosis Drug Discovery | Pauli / Franzblau |
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Calamini, Barbara | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2007) |
Towards the Molecular Bases for the Health Benefits of Resveratrol and Its Metabolites | Mesecar |
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Cao, Hongmei | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2010) |
The Role of Cyclooxygenases in Inflammation and Chemoprevention | van Breemen |
  Shuyi Cao |
Cao, Shuyi | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2013) |
Computational Analysis of Synergistic Inhibitors of the Papain-Like Protease | Johnson |
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Carcache de Blanco, Esperanza J. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2003) |
Potential Cancer Chemopreventive Agents From Pongamia Pinnata And Arbutus Unedo | |
  Skylar Carlson |
Carlson, Skylar N. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (defended: 2015.03.09) |
Secondary Metabolite Regulation and Drug Lead Discovery from Aquatic Actinomycetes | Murphy |
  Tanmay Chavan |
Chavan, Tanmay S. | Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2014) |
Intra and Intermolecular Interactions of K-Ras4B: From Structure to Function | Gaponenko |
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Case, Ryan J. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2006) |
Integrative Pharmacognostic Evaluation of Anti-TB Ethnobotanicals from Manus | Pauli |
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Chadwick, Lucas R. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2004) |
Estrogens and Congeners from Spent Hops | Pauli |
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Chang, Minsun | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2001) |
Structural and Functional Consequences of Catechol Estrogen Mediated Inactivation of Glutathione S-Transferases | Bolton |
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Chen, Lian | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2013) |
High Throughput Discovery, Metabolism and Disposition of Chemopreventive Agents using Mass Spectrometry | van Breemen |
  Wei-Lun Chen |
Chen, Wei-Lun | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2016) |
Indentification and Characterization of Potential New Anticancer Drugs from Natural Sources | Burdette/Swanson |
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Cheng, Xun | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2005) |
Mass Spectrometric Screening of Inhibitors of Biomolecule Aggregation | van Breemen |
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Chlipala, George E. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2010) |
Anti-Cancer Compounds from Cultured and Field Collected Cyanobacteria | Orjala |
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Chilukuri, Sasi Kiran | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2006) |
Molecular Basis for Hereditary Non-spherocytic Hemolytic Anemia Caused by Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency | Mesecar |
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Choi, Su-Young | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Summer 2012) |
Female hormone-mediated CYP regulation: Implications in altered drug metabolism during pregnancy | Jeong (BPS) |
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Choi, Taylor A. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2009) |
Carbazoles and Tetrahydro-ß-carbolines: Synthesis and Activity Characterizations Against M. tuberculosis | Franzblau |
  Mary Choules |
Choules, Mary | PhD, Pharmacognosy (PharmD/PhD) (Fall 2018) |
Methodologies for the Discovery and Quality Control of Therapeutic Peptides | Pauli |
  Camila M. Crnkovic |
Crnkovic, Camila Manoel | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2018) |
Metabolomics for the Discovery of Natural Products from Cyanobacteria | Orjala |
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Cui, Jian | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2000) |
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Dahl, Jeffrey H. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2010) |
Antioxidant Effects and Metabolism of Lycopene | van Breemen |
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Diaz-Castillo, Fredyc | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2003) |
Cytotoxic Constituents of Picramnia latifolia and Vitex negundo | Kinghorn |
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Deng, Shixin | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2005) |
Phytochemical Investigation of Bioactive Constituents from Angelica sinensis | Pauli |
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Dombrauckas, Jill D. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2006) |
Structure Determination and Kinetic Characterization of the Tumor-specific Pyruvate Kinase M2 | Mesecar |
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Dong, Linlin | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2013) |
Analysis of Carotenoids Using LC-MS-MS with Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Photoionization | van Breemen |
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Doyle, Brian J. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2008) |
Medicinal Plants from Costa Rica for the Treatment of Menopause: Pharmacognosy of Pimento dioica | Mahady |
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Dunlap, Tareisha L. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2010) |
Chemopreventive Activity of Nitric Oxide-Donating Aspirin for Colorectal Cancer | Thatcher |
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Elkington, Bethany G. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2013) |
Traditional Herbal Treatments for Tuberculosis in Laos: Ethnobotany and Pharmacognosy Studies | Soejarto |
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Fabricant, Daniel S. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2006) |
Pharmacognistic Investigation of Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) nutt) | Pauli / Farnsworth |
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Falzari, Kanakeshwari | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2004) |
Macrolide Resistance And Susceptibility In Mycobacterium Tuberculosis | |
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Fan, Peter W. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2001) |
Synthesis, Reactivity, and Bioactivation Screening of Potential Carcinogenic Metabolites of Triphenylethylene Antiestrogens | Bolton |
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Gao, Wei | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2014) |
Discovery of Anti-Tuberculosis Lead Compounds from Actinomycetes | Pauli / Franzblau |
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Garbis, Spiros D. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2003) | Bioavailability Studies of Folate in Humans | van Breemen |
  Ronak Gandhi |
Gandhi, Ronak P. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2016) |
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Modulators and Inhibitors for Neurological Disorders | Thatcher |
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Gherezghiher, Teshome B. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2012) |
Bioactivation Studies of Novel SERMs, LY2066948 and Lasofoxifene, to Reactive Quinoids using LC-MS/MS | Bolton/Thatcher |
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Gills, Joell J. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2003) |
Chemotherapeutic Potential Of Deguelin And Evaluation Of New Agents For Skin Cancer Chemoprevention | Bolton |
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Gomez, Maria Josefa B. | MS, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Targets of Antibiotic Potentiators | Mankin |
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Graham, James G. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2001) |
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  Sarah Green |
Green, Sarah | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Defended: 2015.06.04) |
In vitro Comparison of Estrogenic Activities of Popular Botanicals for Menopausal Symptom Relief | Bolton |
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Gu, Jian-Qiao | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2002) |
Bioactive Constituents Of Hernandia Ovigera And Tithonia Diversifolia | |
  Jordan Gunn |
Gunn, Jordan J. jgunn4@uic.edu |
PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2018) |
Prospecting the Antidiabetic Potential of Alisma orientale | Che |
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Guo, Jian | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2008) |
Metabolism and Disposition of Active Compounds of Botanical Dietary Supplements | van Breemen |
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Guo, Songpo | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2011) |
Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Novel Anti-TB Agents and GSK-3-beta Inhibitors | Kozikowski |
  Pulkit Gupta |
Gupta, Pulkit | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Fall 2013) |
Nascent Peptide and Small Molecule Mediated Translation Regulation | Mankin |
  Lauren Gutgesell PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2019) Thesis Title: Examining the Estrogen Receptor as a Targetable Vulnerability at All Stages of ER+ Breast Cancer Advisor: Gregory RJ Thatcher |
Gutgesell, Lauren | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2019) |
Examining the Estrogen Receptor as a Targetable Vulnerability at All Stages of ER+ Breast Cancer | Thatcher |
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Gutka, Hiten J. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Spring 2013) |
Genetic Essentiality, Biochemical and Structural Properties of Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatases II | Movahedzadeh / Franzblau |
  Atieh Hajirahimkhan |
Hajirahimkhan, Atieh ahajir2@uic.edu |
PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2016) |
Estrogenic and Chemopreventive Properties of Licorice Species Used for Menopausal Symptoms | Bolton |
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Hamill, Frank A. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2001) |
Studies of the Medical Ethnobotany of the Bugunda Kingdom | Soejarto |
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Han, Yi | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2002) |
Quantitative Methods to Predict Bio-potency and Bioavailability | Hopfinger |
  Thomas Hanigan |
Hanigan, Thomas | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2018) |
Dynamic Post-Translational Control of HDAC Activity in Breast Cancer and Implications for Drug Discovery | Petukhov |
  Zane Hauck |
Hauck, Zane | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2017) |
Tissue Distribution, Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism of Brodifacoum: a Superwarfarin | van Breemen |
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Hawwa, Renda L. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2009) |
Insights into the Function, Thermostability, and Evolution of Organophosphorus Hydrolase Enzymes | Mesecar |
  Madhubhani Hemachandra |
Hemachandra, Madhubhani | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2013) |
Prevention of Estrogen Carcinogenesis by Botanicals, SERMs and NO/cGMP Pathway Modulators | Bolton |
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Hilliard, Tyvette | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (defended: 2012.05.01) |
Gonadotropins regulate oncogenic pathways in ovarian surface epithelium in a three-dimensional model | Burdette |
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Holzle, Denise L. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2010) |
Novel Chemical GSK3β and HDAC Inhibitors: Evaluation of Antiproliferative and Protective Effects | Blond |
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Hong, Xuan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2004) |
QSAR Analysis and Molecular Simulation Combined to Estimate Potency and ADMET Properties of Drug Candidates | Hopfinger |
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Hu, Chenqi | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2012) |
Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Nrf2-Keap1 Chemoprevention Signaling Pathway | van Breemen |
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Huang, Ke | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2017) |
In vitro Investigation of Metabolism, Bioactivation, and Botanical-Drug Interactions of Licorice | van Breemen |
  Lingyi Huang |
Huang, Lingyi | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2017) |
Metabolism and Bioactivity Studies of Licorice Species and the Active Compounds | van Breemen |
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Hwang, Chang Hwa | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2012) |
Anti-TB Drug Leads from Diverse Natural Sources | Franzblau / Pauli |
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Imai, Ayano | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2012) |
Pharmacognosy of Raw Materials for Black Cohosh Dietary Supplements | Pauli |
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Inui, Taichi | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2008) | Phytochemical and Biochemometric Evaluation of the Alaskan Anti-TB Ethnobotanical: Oplopanax horridus | Pauli |
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Iyer, Manisha R. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2005) |
QSAR Methodologies to Model Absorption and Distribution Admet Properties and Drug Potency | Hopfinger |
 Chensong Jiao, PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2019) Thesis Title: Synthesis of Ester Analogs of Polyphosphates (defended: January 9, 2019) Advisor: Karol S Bruzik |
Jiao, Chensong | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2019) |
Synthesis of Ester Analogs of Polyphosphates | Bruzik |
  Siddharth Jindal |
Jindal, Siddharth | MS, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Summer 2014) |
Identification of Novel Lead Inhibitors for Bacillus anthracis Adenylosuccinate Synthetase | Johnson |
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Johnson, Benjamin M. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2003) |
A Mass Spectrometric Assay for Electrophilic Metabolites of Natural Product Mixtures | van Breemen |
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Johnson, Holly E. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Variability in Bioactive Molecules: Prostratin in Homalanthus Nutans & BMAA in Nostoc & Cycas Micronesica | Farnsworth |
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Jones, William P. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2006) | A Pharmacognostic Investigation of Callicarpa americana for Potential Anticancer Natural Products | Kinghorn |
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Kalin, Jay H. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2012) |
Elucidation of the Histone Deacetylase 6 Pharmacophore | Kozikowski |
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Kang, Hahk-Soo | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2012) |
Dereplication, Isolation and Structure Determination of Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites from Freshwater and Terrestrial Filamentous Cyanobacteria | Orjala |
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Kannan, Krishna | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Spring 2013) |
The Novel Modes of Action of Ribosomal Antibiotics | Mankin |
  Suubulakshmi Karthikeyan |
Karthikeyan, Subbulakshmi skarth3@uic.edu |
PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Summer 2018) |
Prospecting the Antidiabetic Potential of Alisma orientale | Burdette |
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Kastrati, Irida | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2009) |
Mechanisms of Estrogen Carcinogenesis in Human Breast Epithelial Cells | Thatcher |
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Kim, Hye Yeong | PhD, Chemistry (Summer 2008) |
Determination of Ionization Potentials of Ketenes and Synthesis of Estradiol-Cyclodextrin Conjugates | Thatcher |
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Kim, Hyun Jung | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2012) |
Chemical and Biological Evaluation of Cultured Cyanobacteria | Orjala |
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Kim, Soyoung | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2006) |
Phytochemical Investigation of Aglaia edulis and Mechanistic Studies of Silvestrol-induced Apoptosis | Kinghorn |
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King, LaShaunda T. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2001) |
Blond | |
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Klein, Gary Matthew | MS, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Development of Enoyl Reductase as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Treatment of Anthrax | Mesecar |
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Koch, Amanda C. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2005) | Medical Ethnobotany of the Maasai: In vitro Evaluation of Traditional Anti-malarials | |
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Kodithala, Kiran Kumar | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2001) |
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Krock, Kevin M. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2013) |
van Breemen | van Breemen |
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Krunic, Aleksej akrunic@uic.edu |
PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2003) |
Design, Synthesis, and Conformational Preference of Tropane-based Inhibitors of Monoamine Uptake | Dunn |
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Kulkarni, Amit | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2000) |
Membrane Interaction QSAR Analysis: Methods and Applications | Hopfinger |
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Lakshmanan, Usha | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2000) |
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LaMarre, Jacqueline M. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Spring 2012) |
Investigation of the cfr and rlmN Genes in Linezolid Resistance | Mankin |
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Larsen, Sonia D. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2008) |
Structure, Mechanism, and Evolution of Organophosphorus Hydrolase from Deinococcus radiodurans | Mesecar |
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Lee, Dongho | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2001) |
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Lee, Hyunwoo | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2003) |
Selection of Antibiotic Hypersusceptible Mutants in Bacteria | Neyfakh |
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Lee, Kyung-Hee | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2002) |
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Lee, Oukseub | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2009) | Inhibitor Discovery agaijnst Blood Coagulation Factor Xa and B. anthracis Protective Antigen | Johnson |
  Sue Lee |
Lee, Sue Hyun | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2018) |
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Early Onset Dementia Mouse Models and Disease Modifying Therapies | Thatcher |
  Hao Lei |
Lei, Hao | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2016) | Inhibitor Development for Bacterial N5-CAIR Mutase and MERS Coronavirus Papain-like Protease | Johnson |
  Guannan Li |
Li, Guannan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2016) |
Safety of Botanical Dietary Supplements - Licorice: in vitro Investigation of Drug-Botanical Interactions | van Breemen |
  Jing Li |
Li, Jing | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2017) |
Investigating Role of Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) In Non-Homologous End Joining (NHEJ) | Hanakahi |
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Li, Jinghu (Carl) | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2010) |
Studies of Metabolism and Disposition of Natural Products using Mass Spectrometry | van Breemen |
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Li, Yan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2005) |
COMT Mediated Methylation Metabolism of Equine Estrogen Metabolite: 4-Hydroxyequilenin | Bolton |
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Li, Yi | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2005) |
Development of Novel Chemometric Methods for Constructing Admet Models | Hopfinger |
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Li, Yong Chao | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2017) |
A High Throughput LC-MS Platform for the Discovery of Autotaxin Inhibitors | van Breemen |
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Liang, Wenzhong | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2005) |
Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics of Active Compounds of Botanical Dietary Supplements | van Breemen |
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Libman, Amey S. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2006) | Medical Ethnobotany of Laos | Soejarto |
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Liu, Ang | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2009) |
Investigation of Mechanisms for Prostate Cancer Prevention by Lycopene | van Breemen |
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Liu, Dongting (Alice) | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2008) |
Screening Natural Products for Chemopreventive Agents based on Binding RXRAlpha and Alkylation of Keap 1 | van Breemen |
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Liu, Guowen | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2005) |
Screening for Chemopreventive Agents Targetiung Human KEAP1 and human Rargamma Using Mass Spectroscopy | van Breemen |
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Liu, Hong | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2006) |
Bioactivation of SERMS Desmethylated Arzoxifene and Raloxifene to Quinoids | Bolton |
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Liu, Jianzhong | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2004) |
Spatial Comparison of Pharmacophores and Molecular Similarity Clustering as QSAR Tools | Hopfinger |
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Liu, Ju | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2006) |
Bioactivation of SERMS to Reactive Metabolites and Protein Covalent Modification by Quinoids | Bolton |
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Liu, Xuemei | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2003) |
Genotoxic Effects Induced By Equine Estrogen Metabolites In Breast Cancer Cells | Bolton |
  Yang Liu |
Liu, Yang | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2018) |
Pharmacognostic Studies of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents | Pauli |
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Liu, Yinghui | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2005) |
Investigation of the Mechanism of Ca2+-Dependent Phosphatidylinositol- Specific Phospholipase C | Bruzik |
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Lobo-Echeverri, Tatiana | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2004) | Plot-Based Collection Of Florida Plants For Anticancer Research And Studies On Calyptranthes pallens | Farnsworth |
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Locklear, Tracie D. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2008) |
Biologically Active Compounds from Justicia pectoralis: Significance for the Treatment of Dysmenorrhea | Mahady |
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Lu, Pei-Yi | MS, Medicinal Chemistry | Bolton | Bolton |
  Yunlong Lu, PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2019) Thesis Title: Novel Treatment for ER+ Treatment Resistant Breast Cancer (defended: February 27, 2019) Advisor: Gregory RJ Thatcher |
Lu, Yunlong ylu65@uic.edu |
PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2019) |
Novel Treatment for ER+ Treatment Resistant Breast Cancer | Thatcher |
  Shangwen Luo |
Luo, Shangwen sluo6@uic.edu |
PhD, Pharmacognosy (defended: 2015.02.26) |
Natural Products with Biological Activities from Freshwater Cyanobacteria | Orjala |
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Luo, Yan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2008) |
Application of Proteomics Mass Spectrometry to the Keap1/Nrf2 Chemoprevention Pathway | van Breemen |
  Antonett Madriaga |
Madriaga, Antonett P. | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2013) |
Evaluation of selectivity and neuroprotection of photoreactive and phenothiazine-containing HDAC inhibitors | Petukhov |
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Mao, Jialin | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2009) |
From Serendipity to Rational Antituberculosis Drug Discovery on Mefloquine-Based Ligands | Franzblau / Kozikowski |
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Marankan, Fatima S. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2004) |
Structure-Based Design Of Sickling Inhibitors | |
  James Marks |
Marks, James | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2018) |
Chloramphenicol and Linezolid Selectively Trap A-Site tRNAs in the Ribosome | Mankin |
  Daniel May |
May, Daniel | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2018) |
Phenotypic Screening and Genome Mining for the Discovery of Natural Products from the Genus Nostoc | Orjala |
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May, Melissa L. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2006) |
Kinetic and Structural Characterizaion of Glutamate Racemase Enzymes from Bacillus anthracis | Johnson |
  F. Sezen Meydan |
Meydan, F. Sezen fmeyda2@uic.edu |
PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2018) |
Unconventional Translation Strategies That Diversify The Bacterial Proteome | Mankin |
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Michalsen, Bradley T. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2013) |
Synthesis and Bioactivation of Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) | Bolton |
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Michel, Joanna L. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2006) |
Medical Ethnobotany of the Q'eqchi Maya: Perceptions and Botanical Treatments Related to Women's Health | Mahady |
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Mihai, Cornelia | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2001) | Synthetic Phosphoinositides as Substrate Analogs and Ligands of Phospholipase C | Bruzik |
  Yuliya Mikhed |
Mikhed, Yuliya | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2012) |
Effect of nitric oxide on DNA repair dioxygenase - human AlkB homolog 2 | Thomas |
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Miller, Patrick S. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2008) |
Kinetic and Structural Studies on the First Three Enzymes in Bacillus anthracis Isoprenoid Biosynthesis | Mesecar |
  Tina Mistry |
Mistry, Tina L. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2016) |
SpPurC Hit Selection Optimization and Evaluation of Benzimidazole-based Inhibitors of S. aureus Fabl | Johnson |
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Mo, Shunyan | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2009) |
Antimicrobial Compounds from Cultured Cyanobacteria | Orjala |
  Dimple Modi |
Modi, Dimple | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2016) | Modeling Precursor Lesions by Targeting Key Molecular Pathways in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer | Burdette |
  Maryam Muhammad |
Muhammad, Maryam B. | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2017) |
Synthetic Biology Tools for Polyketide Engineering | Eustaquio |
  Michael Mullowney |
Mullowney, Michael | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2016) |
Antibiotics from Aquatic-Derived Actinomycete Bacteria that Inhibit M. Tuberculosis | Murphy |
  Andrew Newsome |
Newsome, Andrew | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2018) |
Isolation and Characterization of Natural Blue Pigments | van Breemen |
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Nguyen, Huu T. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2009) |
Palatable Prophylaxis Based on Traditional Vietnamese Health Beliefs: An Appealing Approach to Medicine | Soejarto |
  Caleb Nienow |
Nienow, Caleb K. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2016) | Serum Metabolome and Proteome Effects of Phytoestrogenic Dietary Supplements in Postmenopausal Women | van Breemen |
  Eoghainin Ó hAinmhire |
Ó hAinmhire, Eoghainin eohain2@uic.edu |
Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (defending: 2015.04.29) |
Identification and characterization of potential drug targets in serous ovarian cancer | Burdette |
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Oppel, Marissa N. | MS, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2002) |
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Overk, Cassia Rose | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Estrogenic Evaluation of Botanicals as Possible Alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy | Bolton |
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Pachaiyappan, Boobalan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2011) |
Structure- and Ligand- Based Modeling of Beta-Secretase1 (BACE1) Inhibitors | Petukhov |
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Pajkovic, Natasa | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2005) |
Quantitative Analysis of Lycopene and Its Role in Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention | van Breemen |
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Pan, Dahua | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2004) |
Novel Qsar Methods to Permit Drug-Likeness Profiling | Hopfinger |
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Pang, Yan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2007) |
In vitro Studies of Absorbtion, Brain Penetration and Metabolism of Natural Products by Mass Spectrometry | van Breemen |
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Park, Hye-sung | MS, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2003) |
Aromatase Inhibitors As Breast Cancer Chemopreventive Agents | |
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Park, So-Young | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2001) |
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Park, Soobong | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2000) |
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Park, Sunghyouk | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2001) | ||
  Hitisha Patel |
Patel, Hitisha | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2016) | Novel Approaches to Endocrine Therapy in Endocrine-Independent Breast Cancer | Thatcher |
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Pawlus, Alison Deanne | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Potential Cancer Chemopreventives from Morinda citrifolia and Aglaia ponapensis | Kinghorn |
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Peng, Kuan-Wei (Wilson) | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2009) |
Carcinogenesis of the Equine Estrogen Metabolites and Estrogen Receptor Targeted Chemotherapeutic Agents | Bolton |
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Peraza-Sanchez, Sergio R. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2000) |
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  Vy Pham |
Pham, Vy | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2014) |
Nitric Oxide: An Epigenetic Regulator | Thomas |
  Rasika Phansalkar |
Phansalkar, Rasika rphans2@uic.edu |
PhD, Pharmacognosy (Defended: 1/11/2017) |
Pauli | Pauli |
  Emily Thayer |
Pierce, Emily (Thayer) | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2018) |
Chemical Probe Design and Development for Assessing Protein Modification and Cross-Linking | Thatcher |
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Powell, Sharla L. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2009) |
Serotonergic Botanicals for Menopause | Bolton |
  Suzanne Quartuccio |
Quartuccio, Suzanne | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2014) |
Modeling Early Events Associated with Serous Ovarian Cancer Formation from Fallopian Tube Epithelium | Burdette |
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Qiu, Feng | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2013) |
The Complexity of Natural Products at the Chemistry-Biology Interface | Pauli |
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Qiu, Xi | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2012) |
Chemoprevention Study of Botanical Dietary Supplements by Mass Spectrometry | van Breemen |
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Ramos Alvarenga, Rene F. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2014) |
Methods for the Metabolomic Standardization of Natural Health Products | Pauli |
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Ramu, Haripriya | MS, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2005) |
Mankin | |
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Ramu, Haripriya | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2011) |
Molecular Mechanism of Drug and Nascent Peptide-Dependent Ribosome Stalling | Mankin |
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Rao, Prahlad K. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Summer 2011) |
Studies on Mycobacterial Response to Low Iron and Oxidative Stress by Proteomics | Li |
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Ratia, Kiira M. kratia@uic.edu |
PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2008) |
Structure, Function, and Inhibition of the Papain-Like Protease from SARS Coronavirus | Mesecar |
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Rice, Amy J. (Yoo) ayoo4@uic.edu |
PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2016) |
Dihydroorotase from Bacillus anthracis and Staphylococcus aureus | Johnson |
  Ben Richardson |
Richardson, Benjamin | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2018) |
Chemical Biological Probes for the KEAP1/NRF2 Interactions | Moore |
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Roxas, Bryan A. | MS, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2009) |
System-based Proteomics Analysis of the Adaptation of Mycobacterium smegmatis to Acid Stress | Li |
  Michael Rush |
Rush, Michael | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2017) |
Magnetic Microbead Affinity Selection Screening: Development, Application, and Evaluation | van Breemen |
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Sahni, Sumit | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2011) |
Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes and Their Role in Patho-physiological Conditions | Thomas |
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Samant, Shalaka S. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2008) | Studies of Bacterial Mechanisms for Survival and Growth in Human Blood | Mankin |
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Sawant, Aarti | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2007) |
In vitro and In vivo Identification and Evaluation of Electrophilic Precursors in Natural Products | van Breemen |
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Schiefer, Isaac T. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2012) |
Synthesis, Optimization, and Evaluation of Thiophilic Peptidomimetics as Novel AD Therapies | Thatcher |
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Schlecht, Stephanie M. | MS, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2006) |
Preliminary Biochemical Studies on Vitex angnus-castus L. | |
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Senese, Craig | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2003) |
Toward Universal Qsar Models | Hopfinger |
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Sershon, Valerie C. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2009) |
Nicotinate Monocleotide Adenylyltransferase as a Potential Drug Target Against Bacillus anthracis | Mesecar |
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Shankaran, Nisha | MS, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2006) | Functional Interaction of Nascent Peptide with the Ribosomal Tunnel | Mankin |
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Shen, Lixin | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2003) |
Stereoselective Metabolism Of Verapamil And Four Other Chiral Drugs By cDNA Expressed CYP450's | |
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Shen, Qi | MS, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Growth Hormone is Required for Rodent Mammary Carcinogenesis | Swanson |
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Sheng, Qi | MS, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2003) |
Accelerating Structure-Based Drug Design Of Factor Xa Inhibitors Via Engineered Bovine Trypsin | |
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Sinha, Vaishali | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2010) |
The Role of Thiols in NO Donor Chemistry: Studies Using Product Analysis and a Novel Proteomics Technique | Thatcher |
  Marton Siklos |
Siklos, Marton I. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2015) |
Covalent Enzyme Inhibitors in Drug Design | Thatcher |
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Smith, Lisa K. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2008) | Genome-wide Monitoring of Gene Knockouts and Characterization of a New Multidrug Resistance Operon | Mankin |
  Courtney Snelten |
Snelten, Courtney S. | MS, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2013) |
Modulation of Estrogen Metabolism by Hops Extracts and Bioactive Compounds as Analyzed by LC-MS-MS | Bolton |
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Song, Lynda L.. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2000) |
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Song, Yang | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2011) |
ADMEt Evaluation of Anti-Tuberculosis Compounds and New Methodologies Development | Franzblau / van Breemen |
  Shanmugapriya Sothiselvan |
SothiSelvan, ShanmugaPriya | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Spring 2016) | Functional Interactions Between Ribosome and Nascent Peptide Mediated By Small Molecules | Mankin |
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Stanculescu, Adina | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2006) | Modulation of Notch Signaling by Hormones and Tumor Suppressor | Miele |
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Sturdy, Megan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2010) |
Natural Product Drug Discovery Regarding Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Quinone Reductase Two | Orjala |
  Pin-Chih Su |
Su, Pin-Chih (Henry) | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (defended: 2015.06.04) |
Cheminformatics & Data Mining in Drug Discovery Targeting Bacterial Enoyl-ACP Reductase (FabI) | Johnson |
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Sun, Yongkai | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2005) | Evaluation of Estrogenic Compounds in Botanical Dietary Supplements Using Mass Spectrometry | van Breemen |
  Zhiyuan Sun |
Sun, Zhiyuan | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2011) |
Mass Spectrometric Studies of Keap1-Nrf2 Binding Interactions | van Breemen |
  Karina Szymulanska |
Szymulanska-Ramamurthy, Karina M. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2015) |
Pharmacognostic investigations and in vitro biological profile of Illicium angustisepalum | Che |
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Tamez, Pamela A. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Summer 2003) | Antimalarial Drug Discovery and Characterization with DNA Microarrays | Pezzuto |
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Tan, Ying Meei | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2003) |
Signaling Mechanisms Involved In Betulinic Acid-Induced Apoptosis In Human Melanoma Cells | |
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Tao, Yi | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2007) |
Characterization of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors as Anti-Inflammatory Agents from Ginger Dietary Supplements and In vitro Metabolism Studies of Gingerol-related Compounds | van Breemen |
  Ehsan Tavassoli |
Tavassoli, Ehsan | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2012) |
Nomethiazoles: PK/PD Study of a Novel Class of Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics | Thatcher |
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Tewolde, Tewolde S. | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2010) |
Evaluation of in vitro SERM-Like Activity of Angelica sinensis | Thatcher |
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Tian, Yang | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2008) |
The Reaction Kinetics, Crystal Structures and Novel Inhibitors of Bacterial OSB-CoA Synthetase | Mesecar |
  May Fern Toh |
Toh, May Fern | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2014) |
Identification and Biological Characterization of Progestins from Botanicals In Vitro and In Vivo | Burdette |
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Toh, Seok-Ming | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2008) | Target Site Modifications in the Ribosome as Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms | Mankin |
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Tseng, Yufeng Jane | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2002) |
From 4DQSAR Paradigm To Virtual High Throughput Screening And Molecular Similarity | Hopfinger |
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Turner, Allison | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2006) |
The Pharmacognosy of Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) as a Urologic Dietary Supplement | Pauli / Farnsworth |
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Vaidya, Aditya S. | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2013) |
Design Synthesis Photoaffinity Labeling Studies and Biological Evaluation of Novel Photoreactive Probes for Histone Deacetylase 2 and 8 | Petukhov |
  Divya Vasudevan |
Vasudevan, Divya dvasud2@uic.edu |
PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (defended: 2015.04.03) |
Nitric oxide is an epigenetic regulator of gene expression via coordinated regulation of histone posttranslational modifications | Thomas |
  Shuai Wang |
Wang, Shuai | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2017) |
Modulation of Estrogen Oxidative Metabolism by Botanicals (Hops and Licorice) Used for Women's Health | Bolton |
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Wang, Yan (Dorothy) | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2000) |
Construction of 3D-QSAR Models for TIBO Inhibitors of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Using 4D-QSAR Analysis | Hopfinger |
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Wang, Zhican | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2010) |
Activation and Genotoxic Consequences of the Premarin Equine Estrogen Metabolites to Reactive Quinones | Bolton |
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Wang, Zhuohua | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2006) |
Novel Animal Models to Study the Role of the GH/IGF Axis in Prostate Cancer | Swanson |
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Webster, Donna E. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2008) |
Botanical, Chemical, Genetic, and Pharmacological Studies of Vitex agnus-castus L. | ZJ Wang |
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White, Jerry J. jwhite31@uic.edu |
PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2012) |
A High Throughput Ultrafiltration LC-MS Platform for the Discovery of Vitamin D Receptor Ligands | van Breemen |
  Rui Xiong |
Xiong, Rui rxiong3@uic.edu |
PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2016) |
Novel Strategy for Treating Estrogen Receptor Positive Advanced Breast Cancer | Thatcher |
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Xu, Xiaoying | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Fall 2000) |
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  Jilai Yang |
Yang, Jilai | MS, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2013) |
Natural Product Anticancer Drug Discovery and Mechanistic Studies on Hapolosin and Silvestrol | Swanson |
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Yang, Shuo | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2008) |
Computer Aided Design of Fabl Inhibitors and Structural Models of a Complex between Tubulin and Gs-alpha | Johnson |
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Yang, Xiaofeng | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2005) | Studies of Protein Covalent Modifications Using Mass Spectrometry | van Breemen |
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Yang, Yanan | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2003) | Quantitative Determination Of Dna Oxidation And Dna Methylation By Using LC-UV-MS-MS | van Breemen |
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Yao, Dan | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Fall 2001) |
Synthesis and Reactivity of Potential Toxic Metabolites of Tamoxifen Analogues Droloxifene and Toremifene o-Quinones | Bolton |
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Yassin, Aymen S. | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2006) |
Mapping Potential New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome | Mankin |
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Yu, Bolan | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2010) |
Induction of Chemopreventive Mechanisms by Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator Quinoids | Bolton |
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Yu, Huidong | MS, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2006) PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Development of High Throughput Screening to Identify Inhibitors of B. anthracis Glutamate Racemase High Throughput Screening and Identification of Novel Lead Inhibitors for B. anthracis Glutamate Racemase |
Johnson |
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Yu, Jiaxin | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2001) |
Beta-cyclodextrin-Based Enzyme Mimics | Venton |
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Yu, Linning | MS, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2004) |
Synthesis and Reactivity of Potential Toxic Metabolites of Raloxifene | Bolton |
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Yu, Rui | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2012) |
Srudies of Cellular Pathways and Enzymatic Modulations of Prostanoids Using Mass Spectrometry | van Breemen |
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Yuan, Long | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2008) |
Identification and Quantitative Analysis of DNA Damage Products Using LC-MS-MS | van Breemen |
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Yuan, Yang | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Summer 2012) |
Quantitative analysis of estrogenic xenobiotics in humans using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry | van Breemen |
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Zhang, Fagen | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2001) |
Synthesis and Reactivity of Potential Carcinogenic Catechol Metabolites from Equine Estrogens and Tamoxifen | Bolton |
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Zhang, Nan nzhang6@uic.edu |
Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2014) |
Drug Metabolism in Early Stage Drug Discovery and Drug Development | Franzblau / Jeong |
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Zhang, Xiao | PhD, Pharmacognosy (Spring 2007) |
Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Mammary Cancer | Swanson |
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Zhu, Dongwei | PhD, Medicinal Chemistry (Spring 2006) |
ß-Carotene Bioefficiency and Prevention of Lipid Peroxidation by Lycopene | van Breemen |
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Zhu, Tian tzhu6@uic.edu |
Pharmacognosy (Biotech) (Spring 2014) |
Drug Discovery and Design of Inhibitors of Bacteria N5-CAIR Mutase and Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protease | Johnson |