Matt Hostetler
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Purdue University
Postdoctoral Associate
2018 - present
Members
Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson
Assistant Professor
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)
email: eparkins@purdue.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. César Aguilar
B.S. in Biology
M.S. in Biochemistry
Ph.D. in Biochemistry
Biotechnology Institute, UNAM
Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolution of Metabolic Diversity with Dr. Francisco (Paco) Barona-Gomez
National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity (Langebio)
Postdoctoral Researcher at Purdue
May 2021 - present
Graduate Students
Class of 2018
Amir Alwali
B.S. in Physics and Biochemistry
Susquehanna University
Graduate Student in Chemistry
Biochemistry focus
November 2018 - present
Ramya Modi
B.S. in Biological Engineering and Biochemistry
Purdue University
Graduate Student in PULSE
Molecular Signaling and Cancer Biology Training Group
May 2019 - present
Class of 2019
Samantha Nelson
B.S. in Chemistry
Minor in Mathematics
McPherson College
Graduate Student in MCMP
December 2019 - present
Lauren Wilbanks
B.S. in Anthropology
M.S. in Microbiology
University of Florida
Graduate Student in PULSe
May 2020 - present
Class of 2020
Zachary Budimir
B.S. in Chemistry
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2020 - present
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Haylie Hennigan
B.S. in Biochemistry
Minor in Spanish
Rowan University
Graduate Student in Chemistry
September 2021 - present
Class of 2021
Namuunaa Otgontseren,
B.S. in Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2021 - present
Alyssa Eggly
B.S. in Biochemistry
Rowan University
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
Claudia Evans
B.S. in Chemistry
Minor in One Health
Berry College
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2022 - present
Carson Roberts
B.S. in Biochemistry
Minors in Biology and Mathematics
Florida State University
Graduate Student in Chemistry
November 2022 - present
Undergraduate Students
Maddie Mair
Undergraduate in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Purdue University
September 2022 - present
Noor Owayni
Undergraduate in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Purdue University
January 2023 - present
Visiting Scholars
Manuela Frias Gomez
Undergraduate in Chemistry
ICESI University (Cali, Colombia)
February 2023 - present