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Directory of TAK Group Past and Present Professor of
Chemistry (Emeritus), Department of
Chemistry, E-mail: tak@uic.edu Office phone: 312-996-3156 FAX:
312-996-0431
For thesis abstract, click on date BAELLO, Bernoli PROTEIN
SECONDARY AND TERTIARY STRUCTURE STUDIES USING VIBERATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND
HYDORGEN EXCHANGE PhD 2000--Protein spectral analysis-IR& E-mail: bibaello@uic.edu Web: http://www.uic.edu/~bibaello BOUR, Petr COMPUTATIONAL
STUDY OF THE VIBRATIONAL ACTIVITY OF AMIDES AND PEPTIDES PhD '83
– actually granted from Czech Acad. Science, based on work there and at currently:
group leader Inst. Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, E-mail: bour@
uochb.cas.cz CHI, Heng – Aurora PhD 2013, peptide design
synthesis, isotopic labeling, equilibrium and dynamic folding studies and
aggregation modelling currently Faculty member
in Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College – teaching, peptide
research in Huai’an, China, Email: 29563515
<29563515@qq.com> MAGNETIC
VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM OF PORPHYRINS AND SELECTED GAS PHASE MOLECULES PhD'90--MVCD&instrumentation, currently:
Chemist -- US DOE New Brunswick Lab , (diasarmament,
etc.), E-mail: paul.croatto@ch.doe.gov MAGNETIC
VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE FARADAY EFFECT IN
MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS PhD'84-MVCD, Orig:
US Gypsum, then Product Development -- Convatec
Corp. ( curently retired, Home
e-mail: trdevine53217@yahoo.com DUKOR, Rina
K. VIBRATIONAL
CIRCULAR DICHROISM OF SELECTED PEPTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES AND PROTEINS PhD'91-Peptide/protein IR- currently:
President: BioTools, Inc. ( (Past National
President Society for Applied Spectroscopy, won IR100 award for ROA
instrument) E-mail: rkdukor@aol.com EL-AZHARY,
Adel VIBRATIONAL
CIRCULAR DICHROISM OF TRANS-DICYANOCYCLOPROPANE AND
TRANS-TETRAHYDROFURAN-3,4-D(2) (TETRAHYDROFURAN) PhD'90-theory, small molec.
currently:
Instructor - King Faisal Univ., Saudi Arabia E-mail: azhary@ksu.edu.sa GE, Ning STRUCTURE OF b-LACTOGLOBULIN
INTERACTING WITH LIPID VSEICLES: A SPECTROSCO PhD ’10 –
protein- lipid vesicle interaction; investment banking intern in E-mail: gening_pku@hotmail.com Hilario, Jovencio OPTICAL
SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF MODEL BETA SHEET PEPTIDES PhD 2003 – beta
hairpin and model sheet characterization Current:
Postdoc at UC Davis, Microbiology with Kowalczykowski
Lab looking at protein DNA interaction, Susan Komen Breast Cancer Fellow e-mail: jhilario@ucdavis.edu HUANG,
Rong - peptide folding, isotope effects IR&VCD INFRARED
AND CIRCULAR DICHROISM STUDIES OF CARBON-13 ISOTOPICALLY LABELED PEPTIDE
MODELS PhD 2007 – went to postdoc at
Univ. Cincinnati, Med school, doing high density lipo
protein studies e-mail: rhuang3@uic.edu KOZIKOWSKI,
Barbara A. ELECTRONIC
SPECTRA OF HEXAHALOGENO COMPLEXES OF OSMIUM(IV), RHENIUM(IV) AND PLATINUM(IV) PhD'81-MCD & 2-photon Trans. Metals, orig: Staff Chemist -- Procter & Gamble, Miami Valley
Lab, curently E-mail: barbkozi@yahoo.com , old: kozikowski.ba@pg.com KUBELKA, Jan VIBRATIONAL
SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN STRUCTURES, THEORY AND
EXPERIMENT PhD 2002--Theory peptide orig: NIH-postdoc, Chem. Phys. Lab NIDDK, Current: Assoc.
Prof. Department of Chemistry, University e-mail: jkubelka@uwyo.edu Web: http://uwadminweb.uwyo.edu/chemistry/faculty/Kubelka/default.asp LAKHANI, Ahmed A New
Dispersive Vibrational Circular Dichroism Instrument: Development, Testing,
and Application PhD – 2011, VCD instrument modernization and application to
peptides, initially lecturer, UIC, Currently: Asst. Prof.
Calumet College, St. Joseph’s, Whiting, IN –science (chem,
phys) teaching, undergrad research Email: alakhani@ccsj.edu SPECTROSCOPIC
INVESTIGATION OF TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES BY USE OF ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
AND MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION PhD'90-molec. beam
and crystals, orig: postdoc--U. Tennessee (atomic
spec), Iowa State, then Assistant Professor of Chemistry -- Kyung Nam
University, Masan, So. Korea Currently:
Professor Kyung Nam (analytical chem), and involved
in National K-12 science Education initiative E-mail: sclee@eros.kyungnam.ac.kr NARAYANAN,
Usha VIBRATIONAL
CIRCULAR DICHROISM OF STEROIDS, PEPTIDES AND ALLENES PhD '87-small molec.(allene) and peptide currently:
Chemist/Manager--Reference Materials Program, New Brunswick Labs -- US DOE,
Argonne, IL E-mail: usha.narayanan@ch.doe.gov ROY, Anjan PhD 2014,
Raman peptides, laser trapping, currently
OPT – initially BioTools, Jupiter, FL, then Ondax, Monrovia, CA, Raman instrumentation E-mail:
aroy25@gmail.com SILVA, R. A. Gangani D. PEPTIDE
VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES AS MODELS FOR PROTEIN FOLDING EVENTS PhD 2000-peptide CD, next e-mail : silvar@ucmail.uc.edu STELEA,
Simona D. PhD 2002-RNaseA and S folding-- orig product speicalist for Sutter Instr, CA
(pipette pullers and filter changers for microscope systems) E-mail: simona@sutter.com SU, Eric C.N. MID-INFRARED
VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM AND APPLICATIONS OF THE COUPLED OSCILLATOR
MODEL PhD '82 -small molecule. symmetry,&
Instrumental. currently:
Research Scientist , Avery Products Cleveland, OH E-mail: sueric@averydennison.com TAM, Cheok MOLECULAR
ZEEMAN AND NATURAL VIBRATIONAL OPTICAL ACTIVITY STUDIES OF SELECTED MOLECULES PhD '95-MVCD (gas phase), small molec Currentl;y: Hong Kong Government,
Staff Scientist, Forensic Science Division E-mail: "Cheok Tam" cheok_t@hotmail.com VAVRA, Mark RAMAN OPTICAL
ACTIVITY OF SELECTED MOLECULES PhD '90-ROA small molec,
orig: Staff Chemist -- UOP , then Gensym, curent: E-mail: mrvavra@uop.com WANG, Baoliang MAGNETIC
VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR DICHROISM STUDIES OF SELECTED SMALL MOLECULES PhD'93-MVCD (gas pahse
etc), , orig: postdoc currently: Staff
Scientist/Engineer -- Hinds Instruments Inc., Hillsboro, OR (developed new
instrument for measuring birefringence--IR100 prize winner!) E-mail: bwang@hindspem.com WANG, Lijiang VIBRATIONAL
CIRCULAR DICHROISM STUDIES OF NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATIONS PhD'93-nuclecic acid curerently at E-mail: Lijiang Wang lijiangw@yahoo.com, Email: leewang@us.ibm.com WU, Ling THERMODYNAMIC
AND SPECTRAL PhD 2010 –
hairpin peptide structure and folding with NMR and optical spectra, thermal studies,
initially postdoc and Michigan State, rapid flow mixing protein folding
studies Currently: Boehringer Ingelheim,
Analytical Pharma Development, Ridgefield CT – pharma small molecule analysis
support E-mail:
ling.wu@boehringer-ingelheim.com XU, Qi EQUILIBRIUM AND
TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSOCPIC STUDIES ON CYTOCHROME C AND OTHER SELECTED
PROTEINS PhD 2004—looked
at folding of acidic Cyt c interact with salt an Went to postdoc
at Univ. e-mail: qi_xu@baxter.com YODER, Gorm VIBRATIONAL CIRCULAR
DICHROISM OF SELECTED MODEL PEPTIDES PhD'97-peptide & instr. currently: Dey Pharmaceuticals (div. Merck?), Napa, CA E-mail: Gorm.Yoder@deyinc.com YOO, Ryong K. ELECTRONIC
SPECTRA OF SELECTED 5-D-ELECTRON TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES PhD'88-trans metal crystal MCD&2-photon,
orig postdoc Currently
living in Peoria. IL (private business) E-mail: rkyoo@aol.com ZHANG, Ge PhD 2015, Protein lipid
interaction and fibrilization, currently OPT-postdoc –
model membrane protein characterization, Bioengineering UIC Email:
gzhang25@uic.edu ZHU, Weiying PhD 2015, reduced protein lipid refolding interactions, currently: TA and job hunt Email: wzhu3@uic.edu HEINTZ, Vic
- MS UIC, left
for Staff Scientist Xerox Corp., retired, doing computing consulting
and exploring a second career in science teaching E-mail: vheintz@rochester.rr.com web site: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3822/index_vh.html HUANG, Zhihua - MS UIC(?), homemaker / western suburbs HUO, Dongfang - MS UIC (?), PhD UIUC (Food Chemistry ?)
-- KAPITAN,
Josef-
returned to Current:
lecturer Optics, Univ. Olomouc, Czech MICKLEY,
Loretta- BS,MS-UIC--PhD
1996 U. Chicago, Atmospheric Science, now staff at PAHIGIANNIS,
Irene - MS UIC- left for position at Searle SOURIGES,
Ann-Marie - thesis MS UIC (small molec. VCD) -
The vibrational circular dichroism of 2,2'-disubstituted-1,1'-binapthyls --orig: IBM Printer Div. Paris, then Ricoh, France STERN, Regan -MS(?)
--in EECS-UIC, in computer consultation(?) E-mail: rstern1@uic.edu Tobias, Fernando (Ralph) - MS UIC 2015,
modelling peptide aggregation fibril formation Email: ftobia2@uic.edu TEWOLDE,
Tewolde Siele –
transferred to Med Chem e-mail: ttewol2@uic.edu Trinh, Toan - MS UIC, 2015, peptide
synthesis Email:
ywei20@uic.edu WI, Sungsool - Switch to Freidman group, PhD Currently:
Florida State, National Magnet Lab. E-mail: u32239@uic.edu YANG, Ligang--MS UIC (RNA VCD), orig: Morgan
Stanley's Global High Yields New York E-mail: Leon Yang, lyang@ms.com Undergrads: Dana
Alrahmahi –BS biochem
2015, undergad res., –job seeking Saad Chaudry – BS biochem
2013, undergad res., - Med School, Caribbean Hong
Nguyen (Kim) –BS biochem 2014, undergad
res., - Med Chem Midwestern- Pharmacy Heewhan Shin – BS biohem 2013, undergad res.,, current: UIC
grad stud. Chem. Long
Nguyen - BS biochem 2014, undergad
res., - UIC Pharmacy Schultz,
Bill - BS UIC, 1980?undergrad res., M.D. UIC Med School, Rockford Fearon, Maureen - BS/MS
UIC, 1980? undergrad res., M.D., Loyola Med. School, Chicago ANNAMALAI, A.(80s)—VCD measurement
and theoretical modeling, early QM methods, small molecules and RNA left now Principal
Biostatistician at Wyeth BioPharma, Andover, MA. **E-mail: annamalai_a@hotmail.com, aannamalai@wyeth.com BOUR, Petr
(see PhD)—QM theoretical modeling of VCD for small molecules and peptides,
returned as postdoc and several times after as a visitor currently:
Group Leader Inst. Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Science,
Prague & Instructor -Technical Univ.Prague E-mail: bour@uochb.cas.cz GUPTA, Vijai Prakash -- Peptide, Protein spectral studies Assoc.
Professor, Department of Physics, Lucknow University, INDIA e-mail: "vijai prakash gupta" vijaipgupta1@rediffmail.com Went to NCSA
for a year, for Web based Chemical computing, then moved to Research
Staff, LSU Computer Center, Baton Rouge e-mail: jhkim@cct.lsu.edu NAKAEMA, Marcelo – peptide dynamics,
folding, biomarker detection with nanocrystals First to: Asst.
Professor Physics, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Brazil , now: now Federal University of Rio
Grande do Norte (UFRN) in Natal, e-mail: mkknakaema@gmail.com PAWLIKOWSKI,
Marek (~1983)
theoretical studies of magnetic VCD and vibronic
coupling returned to
permanent position and rose to Professor, and was Chair, Department
Theoretical chemistry Jagellonian University
Krakow, Poland e-mail: pawlikow@wuch.ch.uj.edu.pl SEN, Asok (~82-84) VCD studies of peptides then moved to
Eye Research Institute, Boston, (90s) later to Hospira Email: asok.sen8@gmail.com SETNICKA,
Vladimir –
postdoc 2002-03, explores large series of b-hairpin peptides, returned to
lecturer position at Chemical Technical University in Prague, and
collaboration with Marie Urbanova e-mail: Vladimi.Setnicka@vscht.cz SINGH, Ram Deo (~78-80) – first postdoc, VCD studies of small molecules and
first peptide VCD left for graphics computing.
Notre Dame, then Schlumberger in Houston, GE Schnectedy,
then at HP in CA, Lead, Graphics and GUI Research Embedded Software Operation E-mail: voxels@hotmail.com SLUIS,
Kathleen (~90)—small
molecule VCD modeling left for staff
position -- U.S. EPA, Chicago E-mail: sluis.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov Tibudan, Email:
tibudan@uchicago.edu TISSOT,
Marie-Claire (~91-92)- small molecule VCD modeling return Fribourg
University, Computer Center, now teaching in a school Email:
marieclaire.tissot@bluewin.ch WANG, Baoliang (1994, see PhD ALUMNI) Protein VCD as a postdoc WANG, Zhenjia (2007-2008) – SERS setup and applications with early nanoparticles moved to UIC Pharmcology, doing imaging studies, worked on
biomarker project with SERS Currently:
Washington State U. Pharmacy, Asst. Prof. e-mail: zhenjia.wang@wsu.edu YASUI,
Sritana (Mid 80s)—Initial extended studies of peptides and proteins
with VCD and cycloalkane VCD (isotope labeled) left for FDA
position in Cincinnatti, now in Boca Raton, FL,
first private business and then high school teaching, Email:
syasui@broward.edu YOO, Ryong K. (see PhD ALUMNI) ZHANG, Xiuqi (2004-06) – senior postdoc in group for 2 years, did beginnings of
membrane interaction studies in the group, moved to Cho group, 2006, then in
2009 moved to UIC Biology e-mail: Xiuqi65@gmail.com BAUMRUK,
Vladimir (90s)- returned to Physicist -- Charles University, now Associate
Professor E-mail: Baumruk@NS.KARLOV.MFF.CUNI.CZ
or PRAUS@CSPGUKII MALON, Petr -(late 80s) return peptide group leader, Inst. Organic and Biochemistry,
Czech Academy of Science, Prague; since retired, doing research at Charles
Univ. with Vladimir Baumruk E-mail: pmalon@email.cz PANCOSKA,
Petr- after 1999,
continued collaboration with Benight group and
private companies, then moved to
SUNY Stoney Brook, College of Medicine, Dept. Pathology doing Bioinformatics,
now Univ. Pittsburgh, Medical school, Bioinformatics E-mail: petr.pancoska@gmail.com URBANOVA, Marie (early 90s)-return Charles Univ., now: Prof. BioPhysics, and Assoc. Dean-- Institute of Chemical
Technology Prague E-mail: Marie.Urbanova@vscht.cz TAKEKIYO,
Takahiro
(2007-08) – sabbatical at UIC, hairpin peptide spectra, methods, thermal
studies, returned to positon at Defense Academy of Japan— now Assoc. Prof., e-mail: take214@nda.ac.jp |