The Ellman Group

Current Group Members


Prof. Jonathan Ellman
Boss

email: jonathan.ellman

Dr. Somenath Chowdhury
Postdoc
Chemical Biology

email: somenath.chowdhury

Dr. Simon Duttwyler
Postdoc
C-H Activation

email: simon.duttwyler

Dr. Joseph Stringer
Postdoc
Chemical Biology

email: joseph.stringer

Dr. Haichao Xu
Postdoc
Chemical Biology

email: haichao.xu

Dr. Michael Ischay
Postdoc
C-H Activation

email: michael.ischay

Dr. Yajing Lian
Postdoc
C-H Activation

email: yajing.lian

Rhia Martin
5th Year
C-H Activation

email: rhia.martin

Tyler Baguley
5th Year
Chemical Biology

email: tyler.baguley

Andrew Buesking
4th Year
Sulfinamide

email: andrew.buesking

Shuming Chen
2nd Year


email: shuming.chen

James Phelan
2nd Year


email: james.phelan

Apiwat Wangweerawong
2nd Year


email: apiwat.wangweerawong

Irene Cai
Undergraduate
Class of 2013

Colin Lu
Undergraduate
Class of 2014
Note: all emails are
"@yale.edu"

Former Graduate Students

Ahrendt, Kateri 1998-2003 Faculty, Regis University
Backes, Bradley 1993-1998 Metafold Therapeutics(Co-Founder), UCSF Adjunct Prof.
Blum, Suzanne 1999-2001 Faculty, U.C. Irvine
Boojamra, Dean 1993-1997 Gilead Sciences
Brak, Katrien 2005-2010 Gilead Sciences
Brinner, Kristin 1999-2004 NIH
Bunin, Barry (Combinatorial.com) 1992-1996 President, Collaborative Drug Discovery
Chen, Qi-Qi (M.S. degree) 1993-1995 Medical School
Cheng, Karen (M. S. degree) 2002-2004  
Choong, Ingrid 1993-1999 Eiger BioPharmaceuticals
Cogan, Derek 1994-1999 Boehringer Ingelheim
Colby, Denise 2004-2008 Gilead Sciences
Dragoli, Dean 1996-2001 ChemoCentryx
Evans, Jared 1999-2004 Gilead Sciences
Gribble, Michael (M.S. degree) 2006-2008 Amgen
Herbage, Melissa 2004-2009 Boehringer-Ingelheim
Huang, Lily 1997-2002 Array Biopharma
Ji, Jason (M.S. Degree) 2009-2011  
Kick, Ellen 1993-1998 Bristol-Myers Squibb
Kimmel, Kyle 2007-2012 Dart Neuroscience, CA
Kochi, Takuya 2000-2004 Faculty, Keio University (Japan)
Lee, Alice 1996-2001 Johnson and Johnson
Lee, Christina 1994-1998 Booz-Allen and Hamilton
Lewis, Jared 2002-2007 Faculty, University of Chicago
Leyva, Melissa 2005-2010
Postdoc, NCI-NIH
Liu, Kevin (Guangcheng) 1993-1998 Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, NJ
Maly, Dustin 1997-2002 Faculty, University of Washington
Marenus, Linda (M.S. degree) 1996-1998 Advanced Medicine
Marsden, Peter 2006-2012 Lecturer, UC-Berkeley
McMahon, Jeff 2001-2006 ChemoCentryx
Owens, Tim 1997-2002 Principia Biopharma
Patterson, Andrew

2003-2008

Novartis
Peltier, Hillary 2002-2007 Abbott Laboratories
Plunkett, Matthew 1992-1996 CFO, CA Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Rawls, Katherine 2005-2010 Research Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses
Robak, MaryAnn 2005-2010 Lecturer, UC Berkeley
Rosa-Bauza, Yazmin 2003-2007 Faculty, National Hispanic University
Salisbury, Cleo

2000-2005

Novartis
Schenkel, Laurie 2000-2005 Amgen
Souers, Andrew 1996-2001 Abbott Laboratories
Tan, Kian 1999-2004 Faculty, Boston College
Tang, Tony 1997-2002 Array Biopharma
Thalji, Reema 1999-2004 GlaxoSmithKline
Thompson, Lorin 1992-1997 Bristol-Myers Squibb
Tsai, Andy 2006-2011 Postdoc, Scripps - Florida
Virgilio, Alex 1992-1997 Amgen
Weix, Daniel 2000-2005 Faculty, University of Rochester
Wiedemann, Sean 2001-2005 Amgen
Wilson, Rebecca 2002-2007 Scientist, US Navy
Wood, Warren 2000-2005 Faculty, University of Portland
Yotphan, Sirilata 2006-2010 Faculty, Mahidol University (Thailand)

Former Visiting Students

Bonnekessel, Melanie 2002-2003 Fürstner group, MPI für Kohlenforschung, Germany
Huber, Tatjana 2011 Heidelberg University (Germany)

Olsen, Jacob

1998-2000 Sanofi-Avantis (Germany)
Omote, Masato 2009 Kyoto University
Schurer, Stephan 1995-1996 Scripps, Florida
Storgaard, Morten 2008 Technical University of Denmark
Wakao, Masahiro 2000-2001 Faculty, Kagoshima University (Japan)

Former Postdocs

Berman, Ashley 2008-2009 Novartis
Berst, Fred 2001-2003 Novartis
Brasse, Mikaƫl 2009-2011 Cytec, CT
Datta, Gopal 2008-2010 Sanofi-Aventis
Greiveldinger, Guy 1997-1998 CarboGen
Haque, Tasir 1997-1999 Bristol-Myers Squibb
Hesp, Kevin 2010-2012 Pfizer, CT
Jain, Rishi 2002-2004 Novartis
Jung, Hyung Hoon 2010-2012 Postdoc, University of Arizona
Kallander, Lara 1998-2000 GlaxoSmithKline
Kim, Jin Mi 1998-2000 Boehringer Ingelheim
Kim, Kyungjin 1995-1997 Hoffman-LaRoche
Leonetti, Francesco 1998-2000 Faculty of University of Bari, Italy
Nichols, Jason 2008-2010 General Electric
O'Mally, Steven 2004-2005 Chemistry Instructor, Stuyvesant High School
Phillips, Eric 2010-2012 Merck, NJ
Rech, Jason 2006-2007 Johnson and Johnson
Rosenquist, Asa 1997-1999 AstraZeneca
Soellner, Matt 2006-2008 Faculty, University of Michigan
Steck, Peter 2002-2003 Boston Consulting Group, Germany
Szewczyk, Jason 1999-2001 Merck Pharmaceuticals
Tauchert, Michael 2009-2011 Habilitation at RWTH Aachen (Germany)
Trincado, Monica 2006-2008 ETH
Volkman, Jerome 2009-2011 Faculty, University of Toulouse (France)
Wang, Xueqing 2000-2002 Abbott Laboratories
Watzke, Anja 2005-2006 Sanofi-Aventis (Germany)
Weaver, Jimmie 2010-2012 Faculty, Oklahoma State University
Woodard, Benjamin 2000-2002 Array Biopharma
Xu, Ruo 1996-1997 Merck

Former Visiting Scholars

Chino, Masao 1999-2001 Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation, Japan
Fuchi, Nobuhiro 2008-2009 Asahi Kasei Corporation
Harada, Hitoshi 2007-2008 Eisai Pharmaceuticals, Japan
Habashita, Hiromu 1997-1999 Ono Pharmaceuticals, Osaka, Japan
Imamura, Shinichi 2008-2009 Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
Inagaki, Hiroaki 2005-2006 Daichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Japan
Koh, Jung Sung
1995-1996 Lucky Pharmaceuticals, Korea
Matsushima, Yuuji 2010-2011 Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Japan
Moon, Young-Choon 1996-1998 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA
Mukade, Tsutomu 2001-2003 Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Nakagawa, Hiroshi 2006-2008 Dainippon Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals, Japan
Takeuchi, Jun 2006-2007 Ono Pharmaceuticals, Japan
Tsuruoka, Hiroyuki 2003-2005 Daichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Japan
Wakayama, Masakazu 2008-2009 Daichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Japan
Woolard, Frank 1996-1998 ChemRx Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, CA
Yato, Michihisa 2004-2005 Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

Former Undergraduates

An, Chihui 2006-2008 Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
Ankar, Naomi 2000-2001 Graduate Student, Harvard University
Baldwin, Chris 1996-1997  
Barrett, Kimberly 2008-2009 Graduate Student, Yale University
Bauza, Yazmin Rosa 2002 Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
Borg, George 1998-2000 Graduate Student, Harvard University
Burdett, Matt 1998-2000 Sunesis
Burows, Kristina 1994-1996 Arch Venture Partners
Chee, Raymen 2002 University of California, Berkeley
Gelling, Victor 2001 Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fernandez, Juan 1995-1997 Chiron Corp., Emeryville, CA
Franklin, Mary 2005-2007 Graduate Student, Columbia University
Kung, Daniel 1993 Pfizer
Kwack, Heemun 1993-1995 E.R. Doctor, San Francisco
Moore, Fred 1995-1996 Graduate Student, UCSF
O'Brian, John 1998-1999 BP
Phillips, John 1993-1994 Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Song, Eddy 1993-1994 Gilead Pharmaceuticals
Shi, YiLi 2003-2005 Graduate Student, University of California, Irvine
Tanuwidjaja, Jessica 2005-2007 Graduate Student, MIT
Volkman, Steve 1996-2001 Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
Wu, Jessica 2004-2006 Graduate Student, Harvard University