Former Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars
| Name | Degree | Alma Mater | Dates | Current Position |
| Younan Shih | Ph.D. | Cornell University | 12/86 – 05/89 | Vice President, ScinoPharm Taiwan, Ltd. |
| Yuan Yu | B.S. | Semiconductor Institute, Material Division, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 11/85 – 11/88 | N/A |
| Li-da Liu | M.S. | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 09/85 – 09/91 | Retired from Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA |
| Stanley F. Lo | Ph.D. | University of Minnesota | 08/92 – 05/93 | Associate Professor, Wisconsin School of Medicine & Director of Chemistry and Metabolic Genetic Labs, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, WI, USA |
| Eugene Oh | Ph.D. | Seoul National University | 01/91 – 11/93 | CEO, COS Biotech, Inc., Taijon, Korea |
| Olivier Ploux | Ph.D. | Universite Pierre et Marie Curie | 07/92 – 07/94 | Professeur, Laboratoire Charles Friedel ENSCP-Chimie Paris Tech, Paris, France |
| Kirsi Vatanen | M.S. | University of Stockholm | 03/93 – 07/94 | N/A |
| Hui-qiang Zhou | Ph.D. | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 01/92 – 12/94 | Research Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline, RTP, NC, USA |
| Keqiang Li | Ph.D. | University of Michigan | 07/94 – 02/97 | Research Scientist Scynexis Inc. |
| Caroline Leriche | Ph.D. | Universite Pierre et Marie Curie | 02/96 – 12/97 | Head of Medicinal Chemistry Unit,Fovea Pharmaceuticals, France |
| Rongqiang Liu | Ph.D. | Universite de Lausanne | 02/97 – 05/99 | Research Scientist, Pharmacopeia |
| Kazuo Murakami | Ph.D. | Osaka University | 04/97 – 06/99 | Research Scientist, Sumitomo Chemicals Co., Ltd., Japan |
| Siu-Man Yeung | Ph.D. | University of Chicago | 07/97 – 07/99 | Associate Director of process characterization, Cytovance Biologics, Inc, Oklahoma City, OK |
| Tom Cheng-wei Chang | Ph.D. | Washington University | 09/97 – 12/99 | Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, UT, USA |
| Keisuke Kato | Ph.D. | Kyushu University | 04/99 – 03/00 | Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Toho University, Japan |
| Lev Lis | Ph.D. | Byelorussian Academy of Science | 03/98 – 10/00 | N/A |
| Qibo Zhang | Ph.D. | Oregon State University | 11/98 – 10/00 | Senior Research Scientist, Metabolon, Inc |
| Shinji Nagumo | Ph.D. | Kyushu University, Japan | 04/00 – 04/01 | Regents Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan |
| Duen-Ren Hou | Ph.D. | University of Texas at Austin | 01/01 – 09/01 | Professor and Chairman, Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Taiwan |
| Hiroshi Yamase | Ph.D. | Tokushima University, Japan | 04/99 – 11/01 | Research Associate, Marine Biotechnology Institute, Japan |
| Xuemei He | Ph.D. | University of Minnesota | 08/97 – 07/02 | Research Scientist, Life Science Group, Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| Zhishu Huang | Ph.D. | Zhongshan University, China | 01/01 – 01/03 | Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhongshan University, China |
| Min Zhang | Ph.D. | Zhongshan University, China | 04/02 – 01/03 | Natural Product Chemistry Laboratories, Guangdong Provincial Institute of Materia Medica |
| Alexander Wong | Ph.D. | University of British Columbia | 01/01 – 06/03 | Research Scientist, Cerilliant Co. |
| Zongbao Zhao | Ph.D. | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China | 08/98 – 10/03 | Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China |
| Mikio Fujii | Ph.D. | Kyoto University, Japan | 04/03 – 07/04 | Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan |
| Hyung-Jin Kwon | Ph.D. | Seoul National University, Korea | 1/01 – 9/04 | Professor, Department of Biological Science, Myongji University, Korea |
| Haruko Takahashi | Ph.D. | University of Tokushima, Japan | 04/03 -04/05 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Hua Zhang 張華 | Ph.D. | Peking Union Medical College, China | 04/01 -11/04 | Senior Marketing Director, World Financial Group, Houston, TX, USA |
| Chai-Lin Kao 高佳麟 | Ph.D. | National Taiwan University, Taiwan | 07/02 -08/05 | Chair and Professor, Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan |
| Rongson Pongdee | Ph.D. | Texas A&M University | 11/03 -06/05 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Sewanee: The University of the South, Tenn., USA |
| Sung-Ju Moon | Ph.D. | Seoul National University, Korea | 03/02 -08/05 | Principal Scientist, Chemistry Dept., Ambrx, La Jolla, CA, USA |
| Qingquan Wu | Ph.D. | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China | 03/03 -12/05 | Research Scientist, Hengrui Pharma, Shanghai, China |
| Tun-Cheng Chien | Ph.D. | University of Michigan | 05/05 -9/06 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan |
| Kenji Itoh | Ph.D. | Kyoto University | 4/04 – 4/07 | Research Associate, Kinki University |
| Gang Dong | Ph.D. | University of Tennessee | 1/05 – 5/07 | Research Scientist, Albany Molecular Research, Inc. |
| Feng Yan | Ph.D. | University of Texas at Austin | 1/05 – 6/07 | Senior Scientist in Analytical Chemistry, Nautilus Biotechnology |
| Xiaotao Pu | Ph.D. | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry | 8/05 – 7/07 | Principal Scientist, CCT Department of Development, Johnson Matthey |
| Svetlana Borisova | Ph.D. | University of Texas at Austin | 9/04 – 6/07 | Senior Scientist, Amyris Biotechnologies |
| Bryan Lepore | Ph.D. | Brandeis University | 11/05 – 2/08 | N/A |
| Yasushi Ogasawara 小笠原 泰志 | Ph.D. | Tokyo Institute of Technology | 10/05 – 12/11 | Associate Professor in Laboratory of Applied BioChemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan |
| Jordi Calveras | Ph.D. | Univesity of Barcelona | 2/10 – 8/12 | Research Scientist, SABIC |
| Steven Mansoorabadi | Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin | 6/06 – 8/12 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, AL, USA |
| Hui Huang | Ph.D. | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry | 9/08 – 10/12 | Senior Scientist, Daisy Brand, Dallas, TX, USA |
| Reid McCarty | Ph.D. | University of Arizona | 8/11 – 6/14 | Deceased, 6/2014 |
| Chih-Hau Chen | Ph.D. | National Chiao-Tung University | 7/12 – 7/13 | Research Scientist, Chirogate International, Inc., Taiwan |
| Wei He | Wuhan University | 3/18 – 3/20 | ||
| Yujie Geng | Ph.D. | Wuhan University | 5/17 – 4/20 | Research Scientist, Hzymes Biotech (瀚海新酶), Wuhan, China |
| Ri-dao Chen 陈日道 | Ph.D. | Peking Union Medical College | 9/19 – 12/20 | Associate Professor, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China |
| Xiao Liu | Ph.D. | Peking Union Medical College | 9/19 – 12/20 | Associate Professor, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China |
Former Graduate Students
| Name | Degree Awarded | Current Position |
| Oksoo Han | Ph.D., September, 1984 – June, 1989 | Professor, Department of Genetic Engineering and Institute of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Korea |
| “Mechanistic Studies of the Biosynthesis of CDP-Ascarylose: Purification of CDP-6-deoxy-Δ3,4-glucoseen Reductase and Characterization of Its NADH Oxidase Activity.” | ||
| Nancy D. Lenn | M.S., September, 1984 – September, 1987 | Northwest Nazarene University and Boise State University |
| “Mechanistic and Electron Transfer Properties of General Acyl- and Butyryl-CoA Dehydrogenase.” | ||
| Raymond N. Russell | Ph.D., January 1985 – July, 1991 | Attorney, Fredrickson and Byron, P.A., Minneapolis |
| “Part I. Stereochemical and Mechanistic Studies of the Biosynthesis of CDP-Ascarylose; Part II. Purification of a Lipid Inhibitor of Lymphoid Cell Growth from Macrophage Hybridoma Cells.” | ||
| Theresa M. Weigel | Ph.D., September 1985 – February, 1991 | Research Scientist, Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Lab, Rhaway, NJ |
| “Mechanistic Studies of the Biosynthesis of CDP-Ascarylose: Purification and Characterization of CDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-glucose-3-dehydrase.” | ||
| Vaughn P. Miller | Ph.D., September, 1985 – February, 1991 | Application Manager, RapidFire, Agilent Technologies |
| “Part I. CDP-6-deoxy-Δ3,4-glucoseen Reductase: Enzyme Purification and Mechanistic Studies; Part II. Studies of the Mechanistic Diversity of Sodium Cyanoborohydride Reduction of Tosylhydrazones.” | ||
| Stanley F. Lo | Ph.D., September, 1985 – August, 1992 | Associate Professor, Wisconsin School of Medicine & Director of Chemistry and Metabolic Genetic Labs, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, WI, USA |
| “Cloning and Characterization of the CDP-6-deoxy-Δ3,4-glucoseen Reductase Gene.” | ||
| Ding-yah Yang 楊定亞 | Ph.D., September, 1986 – May, 1992 | Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Dean of College of Science, Tunghai University, Taiwan |
| “Part I: Mechanistic Studies of Biosynthesis of 3,6-Dideoxyhexoses; Part II: Studies of the Mechanistic Diversity of Sodium Cyanoborohydride Reduction of Tosylhydrazones and Oxidation of Tosylhydrazines by N-Iodosuccinimide.” | ||
| Ming-Tain Lai 賴明添 | Ph.D., September, 1987 – August, 1992 | CSO and Executive Vice President, OBI Pharma, Inc. |
| “Mechanistic Studies of General Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase: The Molecular Basis of Jamaican Vomiting Sickness.” | ||
| Jon S. Thorson | Ph.D., September, 1987 – July, 1993 | Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky |
| “Studies of the Biosynthesis of 3,6-Dideoxyhexoses inYersinia pseudotuberculosis: The Molecular Basis of CDP-Ascarylose Formation.” | ||
| Yenyoung Lei | Ph.D., September, 1988 – May 1995 | Research Scientist,Applied Biosystems |
| “Mechanistic Studies of Enzymes Involved in the Biosynthesis of CDP-Ascarylose and TDP-Rhamnose” | ||
| Patricia A. Pieper | Ph.D., September, 1990 – February, 1997 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Anoka-Ramsey Community College at Coons Rapids, MN, USA |
| “Mechanistic Studies of CDP-6-deoxy-L-threo-D-glycero-4-hexulose-3-dehydrase (E1) and CDP-6-deoxy-L-threo-D-glycero-4-hexulose-3-dehydrase reductase (E3): Two Key Enzymes Involved in the Biosynthesis of CDP-Ascarylose” | ||
| Nanette L. S. Que | Ph.D., September, 1990 – February, 1997 | N/A |
| “Studies of the Biosynthesis of Bacterial Cell Wall and Antibiotic Deoxysugar Moieties: dTDP-Rhamnose, CDP-Ascarylose, and dTDP-Mycaminose” | ||
| Injae Shin | Ph.D., September, 1991 – April, 1995 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Korea |
| “Mechanistic Studies of Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases with MCPA-CoA Derivatives and Radical Probes” | ||
| Ding Li | Ph.D., September, 1991 – April, 1995 | Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhongshan University, China |
| “Mechanistic Studies of Inactivation of Enzymes Involved in Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Oxidation” | ||
| Cheryl El-Hilali | M.S., September, 1991 – Feburary, 1995 | n/a |
| Xuemei He | Ph.D., September, 1991 – August, 1997 | Research Scientist, Life Science Group, Bio-Rad Laboratories |
| “Biosynthetic Studies of Ascarylose, Streptose, and Cyclopropane Fatty Acids” | ||
| Wensheng Du | Ph.D., September, 1991 – July, 1997 | Director, Market Development, Akzol Nobel Chemicals |
| “Mechanistic Studies of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Deaminase” | ||
| Jocelyn Clark | M.S., January, 1993 – July, 1996 | Research Scientist, Paddock Laboratories, Inc. |
| “The Synthesis of Mechanistic Probes for Two Enzymes: Medium-chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase and Fosfomycin Epoxidase” | ||
| Zhihong Guo | Ph.D., September, 1992 – March 1998 | Professor,Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong |
| “Studies of the Biosynthesis of Bacterial Cell Wall and Antibiotic Deoxysugar Components: Yersiniose A, Mycarose, and Mycaminose” | ||
| Srikanth Dakoji | PhD., October 1998 | Physician, Minnesota |
| “Mechanistic Studies of the Enzymes Involved in Fatty Acid Metabolism: Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases and Enoyl-CoA Hydratases.” | ||
| David Johnson | PhD., January, 1999 | Research Scientist, MicroConstants |
| “Part I: Mechanistic Studies on Enzymes in the Ascarylose Biosynthetic Pathway. Part II: Biochemical and Mechanistic Studies on Enzymes Involved with Bacterial Resistance to Mitomycin C.” | ||
| Huawei Chen | Ph.D., October, 1999 | Research Scientist, Astra Zeneca R & D Boston |
| “Studies of the Biosynthesis of Bacterial Cell Wall and Antibiotic Deoxysugar Component: Yersiniose A, Mycarminose, and Mycarose.” | ||
| Tina Hallis | Ph.D., April, 2000 | Positivity Expert, Speaker, Author, The Positive Edge |
| “Biochemical and Mechanistic Studies on Enzymes Involved in the Biosynthesis of 3,6-dideoxyhexoses and the Branched- chain Sugar Mycarose.” | ||
| Gautam Agnihotri | Ph.D., June, 2000 | Research Scientist, Schering-Plough |
| “Mechanistic Studies on Enzymes Involved in Deoxyhexose Biosynthesis and on the Inactivation of Enoyl-CoA hydratase by (Methylenecyclopropyl)formyl-CoA.” | ||
| Lishan Zhao | Ph.D., May, 2000 | Head of Protein Engineering, Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. |
| “Biosynthetic Studies of D-Desosamine and Engi- neered Biosynthesis of Methymycin/Pickromycin analogs Carrying Modified Deoxysugars.” | ||
| Erich Molitor | Ph.D., December, 2000 | Senior Research Scientist, Segetis Inc |
| “Mechanistic Studies of Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase.” | ||
| Pinghua Liu 劉平華 | Ph.D., May, 2001 | Professor,Department of Chemistry, Boston University, MA, USA |
| “Insights into the Enzymes in Fosfomycin Biosynthesis: Mechanistic Studies of HPP Epoxidase.” | ||
| Jenefer Alam | M.S., May, 2003 | Research Scientist, Experimental Therapeutics Center, A*Star, Singapore |
| “Mechanistic Studies on the Biosynthesis of GDP-L-Colitose” | ||
| Vidusha Devasthali | M.S., August, 2003 | Research Scientist, Genentech |
| “Mechanistic Investigation of 1-Deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate Reductoisomerase” | ||
| Beth Paschal | Ph.D., December, 2003 | Phage Display Product Manager, New England Biolabs, Inc. |
| “Mechanistic Studies on Cyclopropyl Fatty Acid Synthase” | ||
| Noelle Beyer | Ph.D., July, 2004 | Associate Professor,Department of Chemistry, Southwest Minnesota State University, MN, USA |
| “I. Investigation of the Biosysnthesis of CDP-Colitose; II. Characterization of a Key Enzyme in the Biosynthesis of Mitomycin C.” | ||
| Svetlana Borisova | Ph.D., August, 2004 | Senior Scientist, Amyris Biotechnologies |
| “Genetic and Biochemical Studies of the Biosynthesis and Attachment of D-Desosamine,the Deoxy Sugar Component of Macrolide Antibiotics Produced by Streptomyces venezuelae“ | ||
| Feng Yan | Ph.D., December, 2004 | Senior Scientist in Analytical Chemistry, Nautilus Biotechnology |
| “Biochemical and Spectroscopic Studies of (S)-2-Hydroxypropylphosphonic Acid Epoxidase in Fosfomycin Biosynthesis” | ||
| Lin Hong | Ph.D., December, 2004 | Research Scientist, University of New Mexico, NM, USA |
| “Biochemical Studies of the Enzymes Involved in Deoxysugar D-Forosamine Biosynthesis” | ||
| William Kittleman | Ph.D., December, 2006 | Senior Biochemist, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories |
| “Characterization and Mechanistic Studies of the Type 2 Isopentenyl Diphosphate:Dimethyallyl Diphosphate Isomerase from Staphylococcus aureus“ | ||
| Chad Melancon III | Ph.D., December, 2006 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, NM, USA |
| “Investigation and Engineering of Macrolide Antibiotic Sugar Biosynthesis and Glycosylation Pathways of Actinomycetes“ | ||
| Peng Gao | Ph.D., August, 2007 | Research Associate, Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTHSCH, TX, USA |
| “Studies of Activation, Automodification, and Transmodification of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1” | ||
| Wei-Luen Allen Yu | Ph.D., December, 2007 | N/A |
| “Studies of the Biosynthesis of the Nitrosuagr D-Kijanose and the Function of the Glycosyltransferase Helper Protein in Glycosylation of Macrolide Antibiotics” | ||
| Jeffrey Wayne Munos | Ph.D., May, 2008 | Research Scientist, DuPont, Palo Alto, CA, USA |
| “Mechanistic Studies of HPP Epoxidase and DXP Reductoisomerase: Applications to Biosynthesis and Antibiotic Development” | ||
| Ping-Hui Szu | Ph.D., May, 2008 | Staff Scientist, Radiant Genomics, SF, CA, USA |
| “The Biosynthesis of TDP-D-Desosamine: Characterization and Mechanistic Studies of DesII, A Radical S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Enzyme” | ||
| Zhihua Tao 陶志華 | Ph.D., August, 2008 | Associate Director, BPS Bioscience, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA |
| “Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1: Domain C Structure, Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation Sites and Physiological Functions” | ||
| Ying Zhou | Ph.D., August, 2009 | Research Scientist, New England Biolabs, Inc. |
| “Studies of the Metal Binding Properties and DNA Recognition Mode of the Unusual Zinc Fingers in Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 and the Investigation of Its Interaction with Apoptosis Inducing Factor (AIF)” | ||
| Jessica White-Phillip | Ph.D., July, 2010 | Biomedical Laboratory, Eagle Applied Sciences |
| “Glycosylation Reactions in Secondary Metabolism: Glycosylation Events in C-Mannosylation and the Biosynthesis of Kijanimicin” | ||
| Hak Joong Kim 金學中 | Ph.D., August, 2010 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea University, South Korea |
| “Investigation of the Post-Polyketide Synthase (PKS) Modifications During Spinosyn A Biosynthesis in Saccharopolyspora spinosa“ | ||
| Christopher Thibodeaux | Ph.D., August, 2010 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada |
| “Mechanistic Studies of Two Enzymes that Employ Common Coenzymes in Uncommon Ways” | ||
| Eita Sasaki 佐佐木 榮太 | Ph.D., May, 2011 | Assistant Professor, Analytical Chemistry for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University |
| “Biosynthetic Studies of Thiosugar-containing Natural Products, BE-7585A and Lincomycin A” | ||
| Wei-Chen Chang 張瑋成 | Ph.D., August, 2011 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, NC, USA |
| “Mechanistic Studies of Two Iron-containing Enzymes that Catalyze Unusual Chemical Transformations” | ||
| Sei Hyun Choi | Ph.D., December, 2013 | Senior Director, Innovo Therapeutics, Daejeon, South Korea |
| “Synthetic Approaches to Investigate the Chemical Mechanism in the Biosynthesis of Natural Products “ | ||
| Grace He Sun | Ph.D., December, 2013 | International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF), Carrollton, TX, USA |
| “Studies of Unusual Catalysis: A Tale of Four Enzymes from Diverse Biosynthesis Pathways “ | ||
| Cheng-Hao Mel Liu 劉正豪 | Ph.D., December, 2013 | Senior Scientist, PharmaEngine, Taipei, Taiwan |
| “Probing Chemical Mechanism of Two Enzyme-catalyzed Reactions by Chiral Substrate Analogues “ | ||
| Namho Kim 金南鎬 | Ph.D., December, 2013 | Senior Scientist, OliX Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA, USA |
| “Mechanistic Investigations of SpnF- and SpnL-Catalyzed Cyclizations in the Biosynthesis of Spinosyn A “ | ||
| Eta Isiorho | Ph.D., May, 2014 | Research Assistant Professor, Macromolecular Crystallization Facility Manager, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center |
| “Structural Characterization of Post-PKS Enzymes Involved in Spinosyn Biosynthesis “ | ||
| Meilan Wu | Ph.D., August 2014 | Research and Development Department, Sanofi, Shanghai, China |
| “DNA Recognition and Mechanistic Investigation of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1” | ||
| Chia-I Lin | Ph.D., May 2015 | Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences, Inc., CA, USA |
| “Biosynthetic Studies of Lincomycin A, A Thiosugar-containing Natural Product” | ||
| Ke-Yi Lin | Ph.D., August 2015 | Research Scientist, Chiome Bioscience, Tokyo, Japan |
| “Molecular Mechanism of Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation Catalyzed by Human Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 “ | ||
| Anthony Romo | Ph.D., May, 2016 | Clinical Research Pharmacist, Bristol Myers Squibb, New Jersey |
| “Discovery of the Amipurimycin and Miharamycins Biosynthetic Gene Clusters and Insight into the Biosynthesis of Nogalamycin” | ||
| Hak Joong Kim | Ph.D., May, 2016 | Innovo Therapeutics, Inc., Seoul, South Korea |
| “Characterization of Two Radical S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Enzymes in the Biosynthesis of Aminoglycosides” | ||
| Jon Peter Gengler | M.S., December, 2016 | N/A |
| “Biosynthesis of Sulfur-Containing Heterpocycles in Natural Products” | ||
| Byung-sun Jeon 全柄宣 | Ph.D., May, 2017 | Senior Research Scientist, Center for Neuro-Medicine, Korean Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea |
| “Mechanistic Studies of SpnF and SpnL-catalyzed Cyclization Reactions in Spinosyn A Biosynthesis” | ||
| Yeonjin Ko 高娟珍 | Ph.D., May, 2017 | Senior Research Scientist, Chemical Kinomics Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea |
| “Unusual carbohydrate biosynthesis : mechanistic studies of DesII and the biosynthesis of formycin A” | ||
| Geng-Min Lin | Ph.D., August, 2017 | Postdoctoral Associate, Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA |
| “Unusual Carbohydrate Biosynthesis: Studies of the Flavin-dependent Isomerase UGM, the Radical S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Enzyme DesII, and the Biosynthesis of Herbicidins” | ||
| Jung-Kuei Chen | Ph.D., May, 2018 | Postdoctoral Associate, The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, MA, USA |
| “Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1: Protein Substrates Identification and Biological Functions Characterization“ | ||
| Aoshu Zhong | Ph.D., August, 2018 | Postdoctoral Associate, NIH, MD, USA |
| “Biosynthetic Studies of Oxetanocin A and Mechanistic Studies of a B12-Dependent Radical SAM Enzyme” | ||
| Richiro Ushimaru | Ph.D., November, 2019 | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| “Part I: Biosynthetic Studies of Thiosugar Natural Products Part II: Mechanistic Studies of Hyoscyamine 6β-Hydroxylase” | ||
| Shao-An Wang | Ph.D., January, 2020 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| “Studies on Enzymatic Structure Maturations in Formycin A and Lincomycin A Biosynthesis” | ||
| Ph.D., August, 2021 | Medical School for MD training, TX, USA | |
| “Biosynthesis of the Unusual Spirocyclic Ortho-d-lactone of Hygromycin B: Mechanistic Studies of Radical S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Epimerase HygY and 2-Oxoglutarate-dependent Nonheme Iron Oxygenase HygX” |