Category: PhD Trainees

Angela Tanner E-mail: tanner.a@husky.neu.edu Department: Chemistry Advisor: Michael Pollastri Collaborators: Sri Sridhar Biography Angela received her bachelor’s degree at the University of Massachusetts, Boston where she studied fluorination using organocatalysts in Dr. Wei Zhang’s lab. She is currently pursuing her PhD in medicinal and organic chemistry at Northeastern University under the advisement of Dr. Michael…

Jennifer Woodring E-mail: woodring.j@husky.neu.edu Department: Chemistry Advisor: Michael Pollastri Collaborators: Mansoor Amiji Biography Jennifer is from Phillipsburg, New Jersey and got her BS in Chemistry at The College of New Jersey where she also minored in music. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in organic and medicinal chemistry at Northeastern University’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical…

James Teh E-mail: teh.j@husky.neu.edu Department: Chemistry Advisor: Robert Hanson Collaborators: Sri Sridhar Biography Projects Design and Characterization of Multimeric RGD Peptidomimetics Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Tumor Diagnostic and Enhanced X-ray Radiotherapy…

Ramonita Díaz Ayala E-mail: University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Department: Chemistry Advisor: Juan López Garriga Collaborators: Carlos Rinaldi…

Michael Cuccarese E-mail: cuccarese.m@neu.edu Department: Chemistry Advisor: George O’Doherty Collaborators: Sri Sridhar, Penny Beuning Biography Mike is from Youngstown, Ohio, and received his B.S. in chemistry from The Ohio State University. Now a Ph.D. candidate at Northeastern University, his research bridges synthetic carbohydrate chemistry, nanomedicine and cell biology in his study of the aminoglycoside class…

Jennifer Monahan E-mail: monahan.je@husky.neu.edu Department: Chemistry Advisor: Max Diem Collaborators: Mansoor Amiji, Robert Hanson Biography I came to Northeastern after receiving a B.S. and M.S. in chemistry from Wright State University in Dayton, OH. I came in knowing I wanted to work for Dr. Diem and utilize Raman spectroscopy to study biological samples. Because of…

Joslynn Lee E-mail: Department: Chemistry Advisor: Mary Jo Ondrechen Collaborators: Graham Jones Biography Education: Northeastern University, Boston, MA Ph.D. Candidate, September 2008 – Current Chemistry and Chemical Biology Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO BS, June 2006 Chemistry Volunteering: Mentor Scientist with Science Club for Girls (SCFG), Cambridge, MA September 2009 – Current Gallery Guide at…

Agnes Rafalko E-mail: Department: Chemistry Advisor: William Hancock Collaborators: Mansoor Amiji Biography Agnes Rafalko works for the Barnett Institute of Chemical & Biological Analysis. She is developing new analytical/mass spectrometry based platforms for the study of plasma in disease. Her focus is clinical proteomics, the search for and validation of biomarkers that predict the progress…

Tatyana Chernenko E-mail: Department: Chemistry Advisor: Max Diem Collaborators: Mansoor Amiji, Vladimir Torchilin Biography Projects Novel Approach to Imaging of Nano-Drug-Delivery Carriers Based on Raman Microscopy Targeted Nanocarriers Presentations Non-Invasive Raman Spectral Imaging in Biology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tatyana Chernenko, Ulm, Germany, Oct 2010 Non-Invasive Imaging of Uptake Efficiency and Intracellular Fate of PEG-PE Based…

Heather Brodkin E-mail: Department: Chemistry Advisor: Mary Jo Ondrechen Biography Projects Computationally Guided Protein-Specific Labeling with Nanoparticles Presentations Evidence for Multilayer, Nanoscale Enzyme Active Sites., Brodkin, H., Somarowthu, S., Beuning, P.J., and Ondrechen, M.J., 2009 Research and Scholarship Expo, Northeastern University, Boston, MA., Mar 2009 Are Enzyme Active Sites Built in Multiple Layers?, Brodkin, H.,…