Mirkin Group Alumni
Where Are They Now?
Mirkin Group Alumni – Faculty Members






Professors
Boston University
- Prof. Keith Brown (Assistant Professor)
Bradley University
- Prof. Dean Campbell (Professor)
California Polytechnic State University
- Prof. Peter Schwartz (Professor)
Carnegie Mellon University
- Prof. Rongchao Jin (Professor)
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Prof. Daniel Maspoch Comamala (Associate Professor)
Chosun University
- Prof. Jong Kuk Lim (Assistant Professor)
Chungju National University
- Prof. Jung Hyurk Lim (Associate Professor)
Chungnam National University
- Prof. Jungseok Heo (Associate Professor)
College of the Holy Cross
- Prof. Joshua Farrell (Associate Professor)
Duke University
- Prof. Anne Lazarides (Adjunct Professor)
Emory University
- Prof. Khalid Salaita (Assistant Professor)
Emporia State University
- Prof. Andrea Luthi (Assistant Professor)
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
- Prof. Min Su Han (Associate Professor)
Hallym University
- Prof. Hyojong Yoo (Assistant Professor)
Hannam University
- Prof. Kuk Ro Yoon (Professor)
Harold Washington College
- Prof. Thomas Higgins (Professor)
Harvard University
- Prof. Jarad Mason (Assistant Professor)
Hunan University
- Prof. Hang Xing (Professor)
- Prof. Yige Zhou (Professor)
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
- Prof. Ali Alhasan (Assistant Research Professor)
Kongju National University
- Prof. Nak Hang Jang (Professor)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Prof. Sang Woo Han (Professor)
Korea University
- Prof. Jae-Seung Lee (Associate Professor)
- Prof. Hyo Jae Yoon (Assistant Professor)
Korea University Sejong Campus
- Prof. Seongpil Hwang (Associate Professor)
Kyushu University
- Prof. Tsuyohiko Fujigaya (Associate Professor)
Loyola University Chicago
- Prof. Jacob Ciszek (Associate Professor)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Prof. Robert Macfarlane (Assistant Professor)
Nanjing Tech University
- Prof. Fengwei Huo (Professor)
- Prof. Ling Huang (Professor)
Nanjing University Xianlin Campus
- Prof. Jin Zhu (Professor)
Nanyang Technological University
- Prof. Xiaodong Chen (Professor)
- Prof. Can Xue (Associate Professor)
- Prof. Hua Zhang (Professor)
National Taipei University of Technology
- Prof. Yu-Hsu Chang (Associate Professor)
National University of Córdoba
- Prof. Maria Laura Pedano (Assistant Professor)
National University of Singapore
- Prof. Xiaogang Liu (Associate Professor)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Prof. Xiaoyang Xu (Assistant Professor)
North Carolina State University
- Prof. Albena Ivanisevic (Professor)
Northeastern University
- Prof. Ming Su (Professor)
- Prof. Ke Zhang (Assistant Professor)
Northwestern University
- Prof. Chad A. Mirkin (Professor, Director)
- Prof. Andrew Lee (Research Assistant Professor)
- Prof. Sarah Hurst Petrosko (Research Assistant Professor)
- Prof. C. Shad Thaxton (Assistant Professor)
Pukyong National University
- Prof. Jae-Won Jang (Assistant Professor)
Pusan National University
- Prof. Sungwook Chung (Assistant Professor)
Rice University
- Dr. Matthew Jones
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Prof. KiBum Lee (Professor)
RWTH Aachen University
- Prof. Ulrich Simon (Professor)
Seoul National University
- Prof. Jihyun An (Assistant Professor)
- Prof. Seunghun Hong (Professor)
- Prof. Jwa-Min Nam (Professor)
Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Prof. Shouwo Guo (Professor)
- Prof. Chuan Zhang (Assistant Professor)
Sogang University
- Prof. Byung-Keun Oh (Professor)
Sookmyung Women’s University
- Prof. Jung Su Park (Assistant Professor)
Sun Yat-Sen University
- Prof. Zhuang Xie (Associate Professor)
Sungkyunkwan University
- Prof. Sungho Park (Associate Professor)
The City University of New York
- Prof. Adam Braunschweig (Associate Professor)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Prof. C. H. Jonathan Choi (Assistant Professor)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Prof. Zijian Zheng (Associate Professor)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Prof. Lidong Qin (Assistant Professor)
The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Prof. Neema Navai (Assistant Professor)
Universität Salzburg
- Prof. Gilles Bourret (Assistant Professor)
University of California, Los Angeles
- Prof. Clifton Shen (Assistant Professor)
- Prof. Alex Spokoyny (Assistant Professor)
University of California – San Diego
- Prof. Nathan Gianneschi (Associate Professor)
University of Connecticut
- Prof. Jessica Rouge (Assistant Professor)
University of Delaware
- Prof. Emily Day (Assistant Professor)
University of Florida
- Prof. Yun-Wei Charles Cao (Associate Professor)
- Prof. W. David Wei (Associate Professor)
University of Kansas
- Prof. Alan Allgeier (Associate Professor)
University of Maryland
- Prof. Yuhuang Wang (Associate Professor)
University of Minnesota
- Prof. T. Andrew Taton (Professor)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Prof. Jian Zhang (Assistant Professor)
University of Pennsylvania
- Prof. So-Jung Park (Associate Professor)
University of Pittsburgh
- Prof. Jill Millstone (Associate Professor)
- Prof. Nathaniel Rosi (Professor)
University of Toronto
- Prof. Dwight Seferos (Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair)
University of Tsukuba
- Prof. Junpei Kuwabara (Assistant Professor)
University of Virginia
- Prof. Charles Machan (Assistant Professor)
University of Washington
- Prof. David Ginger (Adjunct Professor)
University of Yonsei
- Prof. Moonhyun Oh (Associate Professor)
- Prof. Wooyoung Shim (Assistant Professor)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Prof. Guoliang Liu (Assistant Professor)
Wesleyan University
- Prof. Michelle Personick (Assistant Professor)
Yeungnam University
- Prof. Seung Woo Lee (Assistant Professor)
Industry
Abbott Molecular Inc.
- Dr. Lisa Cole (Senior Scientist)
Air Products
- Dr. You-Moon Jeon (Pr. Research Scientist)
Approva Consulting LLC
- Dr. Dana Weinberger (Principal Consultant)
Aurasense
- Dr. Weston Daniel (Director Program Management)
- Dr. David Giljohann (Chief Executive Officer)
- Dr. Pinal Patel (Analyst/Research Scientist)
BASF
- Dr. Monica Guan (Professional Development Program)
- Dr. Gabriella Metraux (Analytical Chemist)
- Dr. Krishnan Pillai (Engineer)
Baxter
- Dr. Alex Scott (Principal Engineer)
Bayer Pharmaceuticals
- Dr. Tiffany Halo (Assistant Director, Global Regulatory Strategy)
Becton Dickenson
- Dr. Anthony Sprangers (Senior Engineer)
Bend Research Inc.
- Dr. W. Brett Caldwell (Director of Formulation Science)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Dr. Haley Hill (Deputy Director – Strategy, Planning and Management – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Biogen
- Dr. Resham Banga (Sr. Engineer)
The Boston Consulting Group
- Dr. Jessie Ku (Consultant)
- Dr. Qingyuan Lin (Consultant Intern)
- Dr. Ryan Thaner (Senior Knowledge Analyst)
Broad Institute
- Dr. Christopher Mader (Group Leader)
Chemours
- Dr. Greg Mitchell (Coating Segment Manager)
Clean Energy Blockchain Network
- Dr. Michael Ashley (Vice President)
Codify
- Dr. Brian Herr (Product Strategy)
Croda Inc
- Dr. Zhi Li ( Scientist)
CrowdStorage
- Dr. Bryan Mangelson (Co-founder & Head of Operations)
Digital Specialty Chemicals Ltd
- Dr. Leijun Hao (Process Development Manager)
Dow Chemical Co
- Dr. Evelyn Auyeung (Senior Chemist)
- Dr. Stacey Barnaby (Senior Scientist)
- Dr. Rob Kennedy (Senior Research Chemist)
- Dr. Mark Langille (Senior Scientist)
- Dr. Alejo Lifschitz (Senior Scientist)
- Dr. Mari Rosen (Senior Chemist)
- Dr. Abrin Schmucker (Senior Chemist)
- Dr. Keith Watson (VP, Corporate R&D)
- Dr. Kaylie Young (Senior Chemist)
- Dr. Zachary Kean (Senior Chemist)
DuPont
- Dr. Kurinji Krishnamoorthy (Formulation Scientist)
- Dr. Savka Stoeva (Research Investigator)
Exicure
- Dr. Weston Daniel (Director Program Management)
- Dr. David Giljohann (Chief Executive Officer)
- Dr. Pinal Patel (Analyst/Research Scientist)
Exxon Mobil
- Joshua Cutler (Senior Researcher)
- Dan Eichelsdoerfer (Senior Researcher)
- Christopher Oliveri (Synthetics Technology Section Supervisor)
Facebook HQ
- Yu Zhou (Software Engineer)
Floodlight Training & Consulting
- Kim McCumber (Founder & CEO)
Gamry Instruments Inc
- Dr. Jacob Ketter (Instrumentation Chemist)
GrafTech International LTD
- Dr. Robert A. Reynolds III (Global Director of Productive Development and Applied Technology)
Hospira Inc.
- Dr. Matthew O’Brien (R&D Scientist)
- Dr. Pratik Randeria (R&D Scientist)
- Nick Savalia (Scientist)
Illumina
- Dr. Timothy Merkel (Scientist)
- Dr. Jeffrey Brodin (Scientist)
Intel Corporation
- Dr. Kyle Osberg (Senior Process Engineer)
Jannsen, Johnson & Johnson
- Dr. Joseph Kakkassery (Principal Engineer)
JMP Group
- Dr. Andrew Prigodich (Biotechnology Equity Research Associate)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Dr. Martin Masar (Associate)
Kruss USA
- Dr. Raymond Sanedrin (Application Manager)
Latham & Watkins LLP
- Dr. Christine Laramy (IP & Life Sciences Analyst)
LG Corporation
- Dr. Youngjo Kim (Chemist)
Life Technologies Corporation
- Emma Kate Payne Duimstra (Scientist III)
McKinsey & Company
- Dr. Matthew Banholzer (Associate Principal)
Medtronic Inc
- Dr. Kaimin Chen (Staff Scientist)
- Dr. Robert Mucic (Process Engineering Manager-Sensor Research & Development)
Merck
- Dr. Natalia Chernyak (Senior Scientist)
Milliken & Co
- Dr. Jinan Chai (Scientist)
MilliporeSigma
- Dr. Xiaozhu Zhou (Materials Scientist)
NanoInk, Inc.
- Dr. Sergey Rozhok (Research Scientist)
- Dr. Raymond Sanedrin (Research Scientist)
NanoString Technologies, Inc.
- Dr. James Storhoff (Product Development Scientist)
NeoGraf Solutions, LLC
- Dr. Andy Reynolds (President & CEO)
NuMat Technologies
- Dr. William Morris (Senior Chemist)
Phillips 66
- Dr. Alyssa Chinen (Associate Scientist)
- Dr. Jose Mendez-Arroyo (Research Scientist)
PPG Industries Inc
- Dr. Chad Shade (Research Chemist)
- Dr. Daniel Clingerman (Senior Research Scientist)
Procured, Inc.
- Allison Wu (Product Management Analyst)
Protiviti Chicago
- Dr. Daniel Park (Senior Consultant)
RA Capital Management
- Dr. Andrew Senesi (Associate)
Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP
- Dr. Matthew Massich (Technical Advisor)
Royal Dutch Shell
- Dr. Max Ovchinnikov (Senior Research Chemist)
SAMDI Tech Inc
- Dr. Adam Eisenberg (Scientist)
Samsung Fine Chemicals
- Dr. Dong Woo Kim (Senior Engineer)
Sanofi Genzyme
- Dr. Dan Zheng (Associate Director)
Scripps Research Institite
- Dr. Mary Wang (Assistant Director Strategic Planning)
Stepan Co
- Dr. Aaron Brown (Global Strategy and Technical Director)
- Dr. Michael Wiester (Senior Research Chemist)
TERA-print
- Dr. Andrey Ivankin (Founder)
TissueVision
- Dr. William Briley (Scientist)
Trident Labs
- Dr. Matthew Rycenga (Lab Director)
UOP
- Dr. Feng Xu (Senior Specialist)
Washington Biotechnology
- Dr. Linette Demers (Vice President, Commercialization) )
ZS Associates
- Dr. Shu He (Associate Consultant)
Postdocs
Harvard
- Dr. Xing Liao
- Dr. Tuncay Ozel
- Dr. Mohammad Shahjamali
- Dr. Youngeun Kim
Koch Institute at MIT
- Dr. Liangliang Hao
Northwestern University
- Dr. Maria Cabezas
- Peng-cheng Chen
- Dr. Shunzhi Wang
Stanford University
- Dr. Louise Giam
University of California, Berkeley
- Dr. Mike McGuirk
- Dr. Mike Ross
University of California, San Francisco
- Dr. Lam-Kiu Fong
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Dr. Eileen Seo
National Laboratories
- Dr. John Krebs (Principal Chemist)
- Dr. Liane Moreau (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Dr. Precious Cantu (Postdoctoral Fellow)