PhD Graduates of the Driver Group
Professor Benjamin J. Stokes
B.S. in Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2011
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with Matthew Sigman
Currently:
Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University
Dr. Huijun Dong
B.S. in Chemistry
Nankai University, China
Ph.D in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dale Boger
Currently
A Senior Scientist at EMD Serono
Dr. Ke Sun
Computer Science Program UIC
M.Sc. in Chemistry
Nankai University, China
Ph.D in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2013
Dr. Ashley L. Pumphrey
B.S. in Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2014
Current location:
AbbVie
Dr. Crystalann Jones
B.S. in Chemistry
Chicago State University
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2014
NRC Fellow at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson
Current location:
Damping Technologies, Inc. Formulations Chemist
Dr. Quyen Nguyen
Ph.D in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow with Jeff Aubé
Current location:
Abbvie, Hit-to-Lead Discovery Group
Dr. Chen Kong
B.S. in Chemistry
Shandong University
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2015
Dr. Fei Zhou
B.S. in Chemistry
Nanjing University
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2016
Current location:
Adesis
Dr. Navendu Jana
B.Sc. in Chemistry
RKMR College Narendrapur, Kolkata, India
M.Sc. in Chemistry
IIT Kharagpur, India
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2016
Current location:
AbbVie
Dr. Naijing Su
B.S. in Chemistry
University of Delaware
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2018
Current location:
InCyte
Dr. Wrickban Mazumdar
5th year graduate student
B.Sc. in Chemistry
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
M.Sc. in Chemistry
VIT University, Vellore India
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2020
Current location:
Adesis
Dr. Russell Ford
B.S. in Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2020
Current location:
United States Department of Justice
Dr. Xinyu Guan
B.S. in Chemistry
The University of Hong Kong
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2021
Dr. Tianning Deng
Ph.D in Organic Chemistry
2022
B.S. in Chemistry Nanjing University
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago 2022
Current location:
Novartis Process
Dr. Jesse Gordon-Blake
B.S. in Biochemistry and Biology
Fort Lewis College
Post-Baccalaureate in Chemistry
DePaul University
joint graduate student with Greg Thatcher (U Arizona)
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago 2022
Current location:
Northwestern University