Robert E. Minto Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Education
B.Sc., University of Waterloo, Ontario 1989
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1994
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University 1997
Brenda Blacklock Ph.D.
Teaching Professor, Chemistry
Education
B.Sc., University of Waterloo, 1989
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1994
Postdoctoral Fellow Johns Hopkins University, 1997
Christine Garrett
Current Graduate Student
Group Alumni
Post-Doctoral Researchers
- Steven Justin P’Poole (07/07-10/08). Lecturer at Franklin College
- Hina Younus (10/07-05/09). Associate Professor at Aligarh Muslim University.
- Gage Kohler (12-14).
Graduate Research Students
- Chandrasekar Venkataramani (1/98-6/98; moved to H Davies lab, SUNY Buffalo; Gilead Sciences).
- Errol Huffman (M.S., 1/99-4/99; 8/99-5/02; employed by General Polymers, 4/99-7/99). Instructor, Indiana Univ. East.
- Lizhi Zhu (Ph.D., 1/99-12/03). Chemical Abstract Service.
- William Gibbons, Jr. (M.S., 1/00-10/02; with Gary Lorigan). Research technician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
- Prem Adhikari (M.S., 1/01-07/03; with Gary Lorigan). Ph.D., Univ. of North Texas. Eastfield College, Texas.
- Gordon Givan (M.S., 1/01-12/03). D. Univ. Cincinnati Med. School 2004-2008.
- Michael Shepard (Ph.D., 8/07-11/13). Research scientist, Monsanto/Bayer, St. Louis
- Erin Kennedy (M.S., 8/08-12/12). Scientist, DuPont, Delaware
- Anthony Ransdell (M.S., 8/10-12/12). Biologist, Eli Lilly
- Jian-Yuan Li (Ph.D.). Postdoctoral U Houston; presently Staff Scientist, Baylor University
- Ethan Charles Blocher-Smith. (MS, 9/11-10/14) Presently at Marian University DO School
- Alicen Teitgen (Ph.D., 8/12-10/17); Lecturer, Butler University
Masters Non-Thesis Students
- Michael Mann (12/05-05/06). Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine.
- Nathan Furr (08/07-4/11). Mass spectrometrist at Eli Lilly.
Undergraduate Research Students
Miami University
- Megan Gunn (1/98-5/99). Employed by Schering-Plough Diabetes Group (1999-2003). M.D.
- Joe Fritz (1/98-4/00). Graduate school, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. Illinois at Chicago.
- Sam Goldlust (9/98-12/98). Medical school, Ohio State Univ. Residency at North Shore - Long Island Jewish.
- Bob Grande (9/98-4/00). Medical school, Medical College of Ohio (2000-03). Residency at Univ. Michigan.
- Daniel Landfried (2/99-4/01). Completed M.S. with J Smiley, Dept. of Chemistry, Youngstown State University (2003). D. at Penn. State Univ. and Johns Hopkins University with J Lecompte and G Rose (Fall 2003-present).
- Aryn Schloemer (9/99-4/01; USS student Summer 2000). Research technician at Univ. of Cincinnati Medical Center.
- Kevin Burns (9/99-12/99; 8/00-4/01). Entered Molecular and Developmental Biology graduate program, University of Cincinnati (Fall 2002-2008).
- Brandon Hardesty (9/00-5/02). Entered Ohio State Medical School, (Fall 2002-2005). Residency at Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Internal Medicine.
- James Esposito (9/00-05/02; Hughes Summer Scholar, Summer 2001). Entered Ohio State Medical School during Fall 2003.
- Kelly Peterson (9/01-05/02). Employed by Illinois State police forensics lab.
- David Schwope (1/02-05/03; Hughes Summer Scholar, Summer 2002). MS Forensic Sci., Univ. Illinois at Chicago; PhD in Toxicology Univ of Maryland; Aegis Research Scientist/Manager.
- Mike Mikolaj (1/02-05/03). D. Ohio State University; residency at UA Birmingham, practicing in Chattanooga.
IUPUI
- Kevin Gordon (BA General Studies, 12/05-9/08). Nursing.
- Scott Foster (6/06-3/08, intermittent).
- Naomi Jayasuriya (11/05-4/06). MS Biochemistry Purdue-West Lafayette (2006-08).
- Amy Donofrio (BS Chemistry, 10/06-05/07). Formerly employed at IUPUI Environmental Health and Safety.
- Michael Akers (BS Chemistry, 10/06-05/07). Employed by Elona Bio Technologies, Greenwood, IN, then Eli Lilly.
- Jordan Jenkins (01/08-07/08). Dental School.
- Garrison Birch (BS Chemistry, 08/08-12/08). MS/MBA student at IUPUI. Currently Agilent Field Support.
- Andrew Pratt (BS Chemistry RISE, 03/08-05/10). Ph.D., University of Michigan. Currently Charles River Laboratories. Recognized as a IUPUI Chancellor’s Scholar. Actalent
- Randy Pryor (BS Chemistry, 05/09-01/10). Johnson Matthey
- Jessica Lage (BA Chemistry, RISE, 01/10-5/11). Dow Agrosciences then a natural products company, Arizona.
- James Austin (RISE, 01/10-5/11,18-20). English Teacher and Brewery Consultant, China
- Harry Scott (BS Chemistry 09/10-5/12) Ph.D., Case Western University (Biomedical Science). Staff Scientist, Oregon Health Sci. University
- Marc Lewis (BS Chemistry, 08/11-5/12).
- Paola Fernandez (BS Chemistry, 08/11-5/13). IU Med school; residency at Rush.
- Jacob McDaniel (BS, 08/11-5/13). Unknown.
- Elliot Smith (BS Chemistry, 08/11-5/13). Graduate school.
- Sandra Ekoma (BS Chemistry, 05/12-12/12, NSF URM Fellow). Eurofin-Lancaster.
- Scott Maitland (BS 08/10-12/12 Project SEED then IUPUI). Completed business degree; computer programmer.
- Ngun Nawlthang (BA Chemistry, 06/11-07/13, Project SEED then IUPUI). Unknown
- Jermell Williams (BS Chemistry, 6/14-5/16 URM Fellow) M.S., DePaul (Chemistry)
- Bailey Walbridge (BS Exercise Science 9/16-4/18). Applying to medical school.
- Rebekah Reynolds (BS Chemistry, 10/17-5/19). D., Northwestern (Chemistry)
- Pedro Sanchez Cisnero (BS Biology, LSAMP, 6/18-5/21). Applying to medical school
- Scott Foster (BS Chemistry, 1/18-12/18).
- Damon Cookerly (BS Chemistry, 8/18-5/20). MS Materials
- Shelby Bowmer (BS Chemistry, 8/19-5/20). Corteva Agrisciences
- Ian Lewis (BS Chemistry, 8/19-12/21). Entering graduate school
- Tanner Otto (BS Chemistry, 1/20-5/20). QC Chemist Exelead
- Brendon Glass (BS Chemistry, 1/21-12/21). Entering IUSM
- Thasneem Najum (BS Epidemiology, 1/23-)