Members
Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson
Associate Professor
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​2015-2018, NIH Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. William Metcalf, Microbiology, UIUC
2010-2015, Ph.D. with Prof. Paul Hergenrother, Chemistry, UIUC
2006-2010, B.S., Chemistry, Rhodes College
2007-2010, Research with Dr. Philip Potter (St. Jude Children's Hospital)
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email: eparkins@purdue.edu
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Postdoctoral Researchers
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Graduate Students
Class of 2021
Namuunaa Otgontseren
B.S. in Chemistry
Minor in English
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2021 - present
Noah Moriarty
B.S. in Biochemistry
Minor in Mathematics
Valparaiso University
Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
November 2021 - present
Class of 2022
Carson Roberts
B.S. in Biochemistry
Minors in Biology and Mathematics
Florida State University
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2022 - present
Temi Oropo
B.S. in Chemistry
Lagos State University
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2024 - present
Class of 2023
Paisley Jeannette
B.S. in Chemistry
Eckerd College
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2023 - present
Kylie Castator
B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Manchester University
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2023 - present
Gabriela Coy
B.S. in Pharmacy
National University of Colombia
Graduate Student in MCMP
December 2023 - present
Class of 2024
Manuela Frias Gomez
B.S. in Chemistry
ICESI University (Cali, Colombia)
Visiting Scholar at Purdue
February 2023 - August 2023
Graduate Student in Chemistry
January 2024 - present
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Kalyn Koons
B.S. in Chemistry
Minor in Mathematics
Northern Kentucky University
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Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2024 - present
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Class of 2025
Briley Biszantz
B.S. in Medicinal Plant Chemistry
Northern Michigan University
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Graduate Student in MCMP
November 2025 - present
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Olivia Vigilante
B.S. in Microbiology and Genetics
Purdue University
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Graduate Student in PULSe
April 2026 - present
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Undergraduate Students
Elliot Brajkovich
Undergraduate in Biochemistry and Philosophy
Purdue University
September 2023 - present
Olivia Burton
Undergraduate in Biochemistry and Sociology
Purdue University
August 2024 - present
Eloise Zambrano
Undergraduate in Chemical Biology
Purdue University
August 2025 - present
Visiting Scholars
Manuela Maria Buitrago Cardenas
Undergraduate in Chemistry
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Visiting scholar in Parkinson lab: August 2025 - February 2026