The Boss
Prof. Michael D. Burkart
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, San Diego
Pacific Hall 6100D
Prof. Michael D. Burkart
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, San Diego
Pacific Hall 6100D
Graham received his Ph. D. in Chemistry at the University of Ottawa under the guidance of Professor Christopher Boddy. His research focuses on characterizing carrier protein interactions in glycoside natural products.
gwheberlig-at-ucsd.edu
Satyam received his Ph. D. in Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He is currently working on chemoenzymatically synthesizing phospholipids in vitro using water-soluble, non-amphiphilic precursors.
skhanal-at-ucsd.edu
Matthew received his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering at McGill University under the guidance of Professors Richard Leask, Milan Maric, and Jim Nicell. His research focuses on synthesizing polymer precursors using flow chemistry.
mwhalloran-at-ucsd.edu
Aanchal received her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi under the guidance of Prof. Leena Nebhani and Dr. G.S. Kapur. Her current research focuses on synthesizing and testing bio-based thermoplastic polyurethanes.
ajaisingh-at-ucsd.edu
Tengyun received her Ph.D. in Microbiology and biochemistry at China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry under the guidance of Professor Shaoxin Chen. Her research focuses on type I polyketide synthases.
wtengyun-at-ucsd.edu
Jeff received his B. S. in Chemical Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on studying Chlamydomonas reinhardtii FAS protein-protein interactions for natural product engineering.
jac003-at-ucsd.edu
Desirae received her B. S. in Biochemistry at California State University San Marcos. Her research focuses on structurally characterizing the protein-protein interactions involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis fatty acid biosynthesis.
damellor-at-ucsd.edu
Arthur obtained his B. S. and M. S. in Chemistry at Radboud University Nijmegen. His research interests cover protein-protein interactions and biosynthetic pathways.
aaltunc-at-ucsd.edu
Ziran graduated from CSU Fresno with B. S. and M. S. in Chemistry. He is interested in probe development for investigating the mechanism of type I and type II polyketide synthases.
zij002-at-ucsd.edu
Yixing received his B. S. in Chemistry and B. E. in Chemical Engineering at Nankai University. His research focuses on protein-protein interactions in type II fatty acid biosynthesis.
ysuo-at-ucsd.edu
Aaron received his B. S. in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. His research involves the cultivation of renewable resources with a focus on transforming them into useful biodegradable and bio renewable products that address new opportunities in the field of material science.
abruckbauer-at-ucsd.edu
Caitlin received her B. S. in Chemical Engineering and Biology from Oregon State University. Her research involves developing polymer precursors from renewable feedstocks like algae with an emphasis on utilizing flow chemistry.
chudecek-at-ucsd.edu
Matthew received his B. S. in Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles. His current research focuses on fluorescent probe development for the discovery of novel polyketide synthase and non-ribosomal peptide synthase gene clusters.
mmiyada-at-ucsd.edu
Yuta received his B. S. in Chemistry at Purdue University.
His research focuses on developing heterobifunctional small molecules (PROTACs) for applications in targeted protein degradation as well as the elucidation of biosynthetic pathways for natural products.
ymoriuchi-at-ucsd.edu
Emily received her B.A. in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology (BBMB) from Whitman College. Her research focuses on the synthesis of natural product-based anti-cancer drug targets, and the expression of enzymes that further functionalize these drug targets.
ers001-at-ucsd.edu
Vivian Wu received her B.S and M.S. in Chemistry at California State University, Fresno. His research focuses on the investigation of protein-protein interaction in Sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway.
siw035-at-ucsd.edu
Katy received her B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Gettysburg College. Her research focuses on cultivation of algae and synthesis of new monomers for the development of sustainable polymers.
kwnukfink-at-ucsd.edu
Jade received her B.S. in Biology at NMSU and her Master's in MCDB under Dr. Patricia Wittkopp at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on enzymatic degradation of plastics and algae biotechnology.
cjdiaz-at-ucsd.edu
Sanjana received her B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on engineering novel hybrid polyketide synthase/non-ribosomal peptide synthase gene clusters using bioinformatics and structural biology.
spesari-at-ucsd.edu
Bhausaheb Rajput, Ph. D. 2023, Syngene International Limited, Bengaluru, India
Jacque Faylo, Ph. D. 2023, Scientist at GSK
Ashay Patel, Ph. D. 2022
Luca Bonanomi, Ph. D. 2022, Material innovation engineer at Patagonia
QinZhe Ni, Ph. D. 2022, Senior scientist at Merck
An Phung, Ph. D. 2021, R&D Scientist at Polycoat Products
Tony Davis, Ph. D. 2020, Assistant Professor at Binghamton University
Laetitia Misson, Ph. D. 2020, Postdoctoral researcher at IAVI, La Jolla.
Sho Konno, Ph. D. 2020, Assistant Professor at Tokyo University
Brian Leon, Ph. D. 2018, Scientist I at Ambrx
Peter Tufar, Ph. D. 2016, Staff Scientist at GSK
Joris Beld, Ph. D. 2015, Associate Professor at Drexel University
Heriberto Rivera, Ph. D. 2014, Assistant Professor at Palomar College
Reymundo Villa, Ph. D. 2013, Associate Manager at Gilead
Eva Sonnenschein, Ph. D. 2013, Assistant Professor at Technical University of Denmark
Fumihiro Ishikawa, Ph. D. 2012, Professor at Kindai University, Japan
Allen Yu, Ph. D. 2011, Scientist at Helica Biosystems, Inc.
Min-Jin Kang, Ph. D. 2010, Senior Research Specialist at University of Arizona
Kwang-Seuk Ko, Ph. D. 2010, Research Scientist at UCSD
Carolina Perez, Ph. D. 2010, Investigator at Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
Payman Najmabadi, Ph. D. 2008, Director at Leica Biosystems
Tiffany Yano, Ph. D. 2007
Matthew Alexander, Ph. D. 2007
Brianna Kalaj, Ph. D. 2023, Operations Manager at Avantiqor
Rebecca Re, Ph. D. 2023, Postdoctoral researcher at Salk Institute
Joshua Corpuz, Ph. D. 2022, Protein engineering scientist at Singular Genomics
Lilit Vardanyan, B.S./M.S. 2022
Javier Sanlley, M.S. 2022, Graduate student at UC San Diego
Satyam Khanal, Ph. D. 2022, Postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego
Aochiu Chen, Ph. D. 2022, Protein engineering scientist at Amgen
Kelsey Trieger, Ph. D. 2021, Senior scientist in Cellular Pharmacology at Pfizer
Terra Sztain-Pedone, Ph. D. 2021, Postdoctoral Researcher at Freie Universitat Berlin
Troy Bemis, Ph. D. 2021, Equity research associate at ROTH
Thomas Bartholow, Ph. D. 2021, Postdoctoral researcher at UC San Francisco
Warren Chan, Ph. D. 2021, Associate scientist at Loxo Oncology at Lilly
Katia Charov, Ph. D. 2020, Protein engineering scientist II at Element Biosciences
Jeffrey Mindrebo, Ph. D. 2020, Postdoctoral researcher at Lander Laboratory, TSRI
Woojoo Eunice Kim, Ph. D. 2019, Postdoctoral researcher at Keasling Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Jennifer Michaud, Ph. D. 2018, Lab manager/Cell culture lead at Scale Biosciences
Matt Jaremko, Ph. D. 2017, Postdoctoral researcher at Joshua-Tor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
D. John Lee, Ph. D. 2016, Postdoctoral researcher at Fraser Laboratory, UC San Francisco
Kara Finzel, Ph. D. 2016, Assistant professor, Hofstra University
Yuan Pu, B.S./M. S. 2016, Research assistant at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Lorillee Tallorin, Ph. D. 2016, Postdoctoral researcher at Yang Laboratory, Harvard Medical School
Chris Vickery, Ph. D. 2016, Postdoctoral researcher at Walker Laboratory, Harvard Medical School
Ian McCulloch, Ph. D. 2016, Student Associate at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Quynh G. Nguyen, B. S./M. S. 2015, Medical student at Western University of Health Sciences
Justin Hammons, Ph. D. 2014, Adjunct Instructor at Capital University
Wilson Wong, M. S. 2014, Emergency Medical Techician at McCormick Ambulance Company
Nathan Schoepp, B. S./M. S. 2014, Graduate Student at Ismagilov Laboratory, Caltech
Mike Rothmann, Ph. D. 2013, Founder of The Cocoabanana
Nick Kosa, Ph. D. 2013, Supervisor Research Applications at PerkinElmer, Inc.
Dan Fox, Ph. D. 2012, Associate Scientist at Millenium Laboratories
Jillian Blatti, Ph. D. 2012, Assistant Professor at Pasadena City College
Bob Haushalter, Ph. D. 2012, Postdoctoral researcher at Keasling Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Michael Wuo, B. S./M. S. 2012, Postdoctoral researcher at Kiessling Laboratory, MIT
Gene Hur, Ph. D. 2011, Pharmacist at Cedars-Sinai
Timothy Foley, Ph. D. 2010, Principal Scientist at Pfizer
Brian Jones, Ph. D. 2010, Scientist at PharmAgra Labs
Jordan Meier, Ph. D. 2009, Principal Investigator at National Cancer Institute
Andrew Worthington, Ph. D. 2009, Worthington Biochemical Corporation
Bill Walkowicz, M.S. 2008, Chemitope Glycopeptide, LLC
Andrew Mercer, Ph. D. 2007, Senior Scientist at REGENXBIO Inc.
Alex Mandal, Ph. D. 2007
Brian Young, M. S. 2005
Kristy Clarke, M. S. 2004
Helen McGuire, M. S. 2004
Thomas Shute, M. S. 2005
Marie Tran, M. S. 2005
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