Former Nijhawan Lab Members
Maria Goralski, Research Assistant
Giomar Rivera-Cancel, Research Scientist
Neha Barrows, Research Technician
Elisa Lin, MSTP Student, 2018 - 2021
Baiyun Wang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018 - 2020
Emanuela Capota, Research Assistant, 2014 - 2020
David Hsieh, M.D., Hematology/Oncology Fellow, 2018 - 2020
Anthony Yuan, Research Technician, 2017 - 2019
Ting "Master Ting" Han, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, 2013 - 2017
Katherine Klein, Research Technician, 2016 - 2018
Amy Owen, Research Technician
Nicholas Gaskill, Research Technician
Johnny McKnight, Research Technician
Yingli Duan
Rachael Cox
Former PhD Students
Thu (Tiana) Nguyen
Christopher Cervantes
Albert Budhipramono, MSTP Student, 2018 - 2021
Tabitha Ting, MSTP Student, 2016 - 2020
Nikhil Madhusudhan, MSTP Student, 2015 - 2019
Pano Theodoropoulos, M.D., Ph.D., MSTP Student, 2014-2016
Other Former Students
James Ye, Rotating MSTP Student, Summer 2019
Kartik Kulkarni, Rotating MSTP Student, Summer 2019
Moiz Munir, Rotating MSTP Student, Summer 2019
Daniel Shu, Rotating MSTP Student, Summer 2019
José Francisco Calva Moreno, Rotating MSTP Student,Summer 2018
Aakash Gndhi, Rotating MSTP Student, Summer 2017
Minzhe Zhang, Rotating MSTP Student
Owais Ulhaq, Rotating MSTP Student
Nathan Heineman, Rotating MSTP Student
Megan Vernino, Rotating MSTP Student
Sanjana Ravi,Rotating MSTP Student
Former de Brabander Postdocs & Staff Scientists
Anastasiia Beloglazkina, 2020–2022
Qiren Liang, 2008–2015 (Post-Doc), 2015–2021 (Research Scientist)
Rameshu Rallabandi, 2018–2021
Current Location: Sterling Pharma Solutions
Wentian Wang, 2013–2017 (Post-Doc), 2018–2021 (Instructor)
Ph.D.: 2012, Florida International University
Jean-Boris Nshimyumuremyi, 2019–2020
Current Location: NovAliX, Belgium
Wei Zhang, 2017–2018
Ryan Hollibaugh, 2016–2020
Current Location: Jnana Therapeutics
Alok Ranjan, 2016–2018
Ph.D.: 2015, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (Advisor: Prof. Dattatraya H. Dethe)
Current Location: Stanford University (Staff Scientist)
Karen MacMillan, 2013–2017
Ph.D.: 2009, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Anthony Brockway, Ph.D. 2013–2016
Ph.D. 2013, University of California, Davis
Current Location: Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California
Hua-Yu (Leo) Wang, Ph.D. 2012–2015
Ph.D. 2011, Northeastern University
Current Location: Loxo Oncology at Lilly
Jose Garcia Rodriguez, Ph.D. 2013–2015
Current Location: Department of EH&S, UT Southwestern
Steve Dierick, Ph.D. 2013–2014
Ph.D. 2013, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Current Location: National Institute for Radioelements, Belgium
Wei Li, Ph.D. 2011–2014
Ph.D. 2011, University of Utah
Current Location: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Casey Cosner, Ph.D. 2011–2014
Ph.D. 2011, University of Notre Dame
Current Location: Department of EH&S, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Timmy McAfoos, Ph.D. 2011–2012
Ph.D. 2010, Colorado State University
Current Location: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Priyabrata Das, Ph.D. 2010–2013
Ph.D. 2009, McMaster University, Canada
Christopher Carroll, Ph.D. 2010–2012
Ph.D. 2009, University of California, Irvine
Current Location: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Mina Razzak, Ph.D. 2010–2011
Ph.D. 2010, Cambridge University
Current Location: Chief Editor at Nature Publishing Group
Long Ye, Ph.D. 2010–2011
Ph.D. 2010, University of California, Davis
Current Location: Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, P.R. China
Jun Wang, Ph.D. 2010–2011
Ph.D. 2009, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Current Location: Assistant Professor, South University of Science and Technology of China
Xuan Xu, Ph.D. 2009–2010
Ph.D. 2009, University of Pittsburgh
Seung-Mann Paek, Ph.D. 2009–2010
Ph.D. 2007, Seoul National University, Korea
Current Location: Professor, College of Pharmacy, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Korea
Jun Liu, Ph.D. 2008–2010
Ph.D. 2007, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
Current Location: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
Christopher Bender, Ph.D. 2007–2010
Ph.D. 2007, Duke University
Current Location: Reata Pharmaceuticals, Irving, TX
Christopher Lindsey, Ph.D. 2007–2008
Ph.D. 2005, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mingxing Qian, Ph.D. 2006–2008
Ph.D. 2000, Dalian University of Technology, P.R. China
Bo Liu, Ph.D. 2004–2007
Ph.D. 2004, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, P.R. China
Current Location: Professor, Sichuan University, P.R. China
Yue Pan, Ph.D. 2004–2007
Ph.D. 2004, Northwestern University, Chicago
Xin Jiang, Ph.D. 2004–2006
Ph.D. 1999, Nanjing University, P.R. China
Current Location: Reata Pharmaceuticals, Irving, TX
Sylvain Lebreton, Ph.D. 2003–2006
Ph.D. 2002, University of Southhampton, U.K.
Haizhou Sun, Ph.D. 2003–2006
Ph.D. 2003, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Hidetaka Suzuki, Ph.D. 2001–2004
Ph.D. 2001, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan
Xibin Liao, Ph.D. 2001–2003
Ph.D. 2001, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, P.R. China
Current Location: Founder and Director of Chemistry, Sunnylife Pharma, P.R. China
Ashoke Bhattacharjee, Ph.D. 1999–2002
Yusheng Wu, Ph.D. 1999–2002
Ph.D. 1999, University of Gent, Belgium
Ruifang Wang, Ph.D. 1998–1999
Ph.D. 1998, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, P.R. China
Former PhD Students
Junyu Gong, Ph.D. 2015-2019
Current Location: ReCode Therapeutics
Xueliang Yu, Ph.D. 2012-2019
Sheng Luo, M.Sc. 2012–2014
Current Location: Chevron, Houston, TX
Yu Feng, Ph.D. 2008–2013
B.Sc. Sichuan University, Chendu, P.R. China
Current Location: Abide Therapeutics, San Diego, CA
Christopher Paradise, M.Sc. 2006–2010
B.Sc. 2001, Harvard University
Current Location: Nalco Champion, Houston, TX
Veronica Pugh, M.Sc. 2005–2007
B.Sc. 2005, Virginia Tech
Omid Soltani, Ph.D. 2001–2005
B.Sc. 2001, St. Mary’s University, Texas
Current Location: Seattle Genetics