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Members

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Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson

Assistant Professor

Curriculum vitae

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

Graduate Students

Class of 2019

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Lauren Wilbanks

B.S. in Anthropology

M.S. in Microbiology

University of Florida

Graduate Student in PULSe

May 2020 - present

 

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Class of 2020

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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

 

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Class of 2021

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Namuunaa Otgontseren, 

B.S. in Chemistry

Minor in English

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Graduate Student in Chemistry

November 2021 - present

 

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Noah Moriarty

B.S. in Biochemistry

Minor in Mathematics

Valparaiso University

Graduate Student in Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

November 2021 - present

 

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Class of 2022

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Carson Roberts

B.S. in Biochemistry

Minors in Biology and Mathematics 

Florida State University

Graduate Student in Chemistry

November 2022 - present

 

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Temi Oropo

B.S. in Chemistry

Lagos State University

Graduate Student in Chemistry

November 2024 - present

 

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Class of 2023

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Paisley Jeannette

B.S. in Chemistry

Eckerd College

Graduate Student in Chemistry

November 2023 - present

 

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Kylie Castator

B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Manchester University

Graduate Student in Chemistry

November 2023 - present

 

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Gabriela Coy

B.S. in Pharmacy

National University of Colombia

Graduate Student in MCMP

December 2023 - present

 

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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

Graduate Student in Chemistry

November 2024 - present

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Undergraduate Students

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Caroline Zu

Undergraduate in Chemistry

Purdue University

January 2022 - present

 

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Drew Nelson

Undergraduate in Biomedical Health Sciences

Purdue University

August 2023 - present

 

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Lucas Johnson

Undergraduate in Chemistry

Purdue University

August 2023 - present

 

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Elliot Brajkovich

Undergraduate in Biochemistry and Philosophy

Purdue University

September 2023 - present

 

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Visiting Scholars

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