Current Group Members

Shana J. Sturla
Principal Investigator
Email: sturl002@umn.edu
Office Phone: 612-626-0496

Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
B.S., Chemistry, University of Califormia at Berkeley, 1996

Medicinal Chemistry Profile
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Professional Biography

Jiachang Gong
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Email: gongx013@umn.edu

B.S., Chemistry, Ningbo University, 1993
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of New Orleans, 2004

Synthesis and Mechanism of Action of DNA-Targeting Anticancer Agents

Xiaodan (Kathy) Liu
Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: liuxx315@umn.edu

B.S., Biology, Xiamen University, China, 2000
M.S., Biology, Xiamen University, China, 2003

Role of Protein Adducts in Chemotherapy

Development of Methods for the Biochemical Evaluation and Chemical Analysis of Inositol Phosphates and Kinase- and Phosphatase-Stable Analogs

James Neels
Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: neels@chem.umn.edu

B.S., Chemistry, University of MO, Columbia, 2002

Asymmetric Synthesis and Influence of Stereochemistry on Biological Activity of Anticancer Agents

V. Ganesan Vaidyanathan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate

B. S., Chemistry, The New College, University of Madras, Chennai, India, 1998
M. S., Chemistry, Loyola College, University of Madras, Chennai, India, 2000
Ph.D., Chemistry, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India, 2005

Mutagenicity of Phenol-DNA Adducts

Jolanna A. Norton
Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: norto118@umn.edu

B. S., Biological Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 2004