Jung Group Former Coworkers

Jung Group PhD's

John A. Lowe  1977  Senior Research Scientist, Pfizer, Groton, CT 
Charles A. McCombs  1978  Genesis Ministries, Arcadia, FL 
Leonard H. Davis  1979  Senior Applications Chemist, Cytec, Stamford, CT 
Mark A. Lyster  1979  Unemployed 
Teresa (Shaw) Speakman  1979  Lecturer, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA 
James P. Hudspeth  1979  Research Chemist, Seres Labs, Santa Rosa, CA 
Roberto P. Blum  1979  President, Blumos, Inc., Santiago, Chile 
Yuh-Guo Pan  1980  Independent Chemistry and Marketing Consultant, Stamford, CT 
Steven J. Miller  1981  Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Astra Zeneca, Wayne, PA 
Arthur W. Cabral  1981  Self-employed (Guildmaster, Longwood Wizards Guild), Sunnyvale, CA 
Gregory L. Hatfield  1982  Unknown 
Richard W. Brown  1982  Senior Staff Scientist, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA 
Kim M. (Halweg) Vogel  1982  Research Specialist, 3M, Minneapolis, MN 
Susan Y. Tamura  1983  Manager, Project Management, Arena Pharmaceutical, San Diego, CA 
Jeffrey A. Hagenah  1984  Patent Lawyer, Advanced Medicine, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 
Yumi Nakagawa Bartlett (Stevens)  1984  Senior Research Scientist, Chiron Inc., Emeryville, CA 
John C. Rohloff  1985  Director of Chemistry, Repldiyne Inc., Louisville, CO 
Gregg McCraw (Stevens)  1985  Marketing Manager, Special Fields, Clariant Corporation, Charlotte, NC 
Hiroko Masamune (Stevens)  1985  Independent Artist, Happy Willow Farm, North Stonington, CT 
Paul Kenney (Stevens)  1985  Research Chemist, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA 
Ken Kloc (Stevens)  1985  Environmental Scientist, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, Golden Gate University Law School, San Francisco, CA 
Ken Nakayama (Thompson)  1986  Professor, Cal State University, Long Beach 
Chris Buhr (Thompson)  1986  Associate Director, Exelixis, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA  
Jim Pruitt (Stevens)  1986  Principal Research Scientist, Cytokine PharmaSciences, King of Prussia, PA 
Dave Ryckman (Stevens)  1986  Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Cylene Pharmaceutical, Inc., San Diego, CA 
Gregory T. Lowen  1987  Lawyer, Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius LLP, Washington, DC 
David D. Grove  1987  Professor, Eckerd College, Tampa, FL 
Keith R. Buszek  1987  Associate Professor, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 
Susan M. (Kaas) Dansereau  1989  Teacher, Notre Dame Academy, Cincinnati, OH 
Young H. Jung  1989  Professor, College of Pharmacy, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul 
Jaquelyn Gervay-Hague  1990  Professor, University of California, Davis 
Haiji Xia  1990  Research Chemist, Chemistry Diversity, San Diego, CA 
David L. Spurgeon  1990  Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona 
Yong Mi Choi Sledeski  1990  Senior Research Scientist, Sanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ 
Ivan D. Trifunovich  1991  Senior VP & Manager, Genomics, Third Wave Therapeutics, Madison, WI 
Craig N. Zimmerman  1992  Director of Chemistry, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA 
Willard Lew  1992  Senior Research Chemist, Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA
Chris Siedem  1992  Research Chemist, Array BioPharma, Boulder, CO 
Claire Castro  1993  Professor, University of San Francisco 
Heather Rayle  1994  Chemical Mechanical Planarization Market Manager, Rodel, Inc., Phoenix 
Tina S. H. Choe  1994  Professor, Loyola Marymount University, LA, CA 
Derin C. D'Amico  1995  Senior Research Chemist, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 
Heidi J. Heitkamp  1995  Housewife and Mom, Santa Barbara, CA 
Laurie S. Starkey  1996  Professor, Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 
Binh T. Vu  1996  Research Chemist, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, NJ 
Mehrak Kiankarimi  1996  Project Leader, Project Management, Kalypsys, Inc., San Diego, CA 
Michael H. Parker  1997  Research Chemist, Johnson and Johnson Research Center, Spring House, PA 
Christopher Nichols  1997  Associate Professor, California State University, Chico 
Eric Chengda Yang  1997  CEO, Columbia Consulting Company, Taichung, Taiwan 
Bruce T. Fahr  1998  Research Chemist, Celgene Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA,  
Karen Anderson Evans  1998  Research Chemist, Glaxo Smith Kline, Collegeville, PA 
Yue Xu  1998  Research Chemist, Nanofluidics, Menlo Park, CA 
Tsvetelina Lazarova  1998  Director of Chemistry, MedChem Partners, Inc., Cambridge, MA 
Rodolfo Marquez  1999  Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK 
Ted Johnson  1999  Research Chemist, Pfizer Global R&D, Inc., La Jolla, CA 
Christopher Lee  2000  Senior Manager, Project Management, Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA 
Joe Pontillo  2001  Principal Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA 
Adrian Huang  2001  Research Chemist, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA 
Nobuko Nishimura  2001  Research Chemist, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 
Pablo Davidov  2002  Manager, Labock Technologies, Weston, FL 
Erich Wohlhieter  2002  Research Chemist, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 
Martha de la Rosa  2002  Research Chemist, Ardea Biosciences, San Diego, CA
William Nguyen  2003  Assistant Professor, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA 
Alexandra van den Heuvel  2004  Applicant for Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Cambridge, UK
Jacob Wasserman  2004  Patent Lawyer in Training, Foley Hoag Law Firm, Boston, MA 
Michael Lansdown  2004  Research Chemist, Battelle International, Charlottesville, VA 
Grazia Piizzi  2004  Research Chemist, Novartis Research, Cambridge, MA 
Brian Duclos  2005  Senior Scientist, Pfizer, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI 
Robert Tinder  2005  Research Chemist, Wyeth Research, Pearl River, NY 
Aaron Novack  2005  Research Chemist, Metabolex, Inc., Hayward, CA 
Sun-Joon Min  2005  Postdoctoral Associate, Prof. Sam Danishefsky, Columbia, U., New York 
Hisham Eissa 2005  Research Chemist, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN
Hiufung Chu  2007 Research Chemist, ChemoCentryx, Inc., Mountain View, CA 
David Ho  2007 Research Chemist, Abraxis Biosciences Inc., Marina del Rey, CA 
G-Yoon Jamie Im  2007  Postdoctoral Associate, Prof. Neil Garg, UCLA 

   Some Jung Group Postdoctorals

Bruce J. Gaede  1975  Senior Research Chemist, Process Development, Abbott, Chicago, IL 
Laurine M. Speltz  1976  Retired 
Allen B. Mossman  1976  Research Chemist, BO America, Napierville, OH 
Matthias R. Gisler  1978  Research Manager, Sandoz, Inc., Basel, Switzerland 
Muzzamil M. Mansuri  1978  General Partner, JSB Partners Venture Capital Fund, Concord, MA 
Kozo Shishido  1979  Professor, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan 
Manabu Node  1979  Professor, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan 
Patrick Y.-S. Lam  1980  Associate Director, Chemistry, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ 
Lawrence Crane  1980  Vice President, Product Dev. & Engineering, Henkel Electronic Materials Group Irvine, CA 
Rudolf W. Pfluger  1981  Plant Manager, Novartis Crop Protection, Pratteln, Switzerland 
Uta Jensen-Korte  1982  Director, Chem. Policy/Reg. Affairs, Eur. Chem. Ind. Council, Brussels 
Long-Mei Zeng  1982  Professor, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, PRC 
Trevor W. Newton  1982  Head of External Cooperations, Herbicide Chemistry, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany 
Gurdial S. Arora  1983  Research Manager, Vaaho Photo Color, New Delhi, India 
Morio Asaoka  1983  Associate Professor, Japan Women's University, Tokyo, Japan 
Leslie J. Street  1983  Senior Research Chemist, Cortex Pharmaceutical, Irvine, CA 
Marta Figueredo  1984  Associate Professor, University of Barcelona, Spain 
J. Peter Klein  1985  Director of Discovery Chemistry, Cell Therapeutics Inc., Seattle, WA 
Ioulia C. Smonou  1985  Associate Professor, Iraklion University, Crete 
Ching-Yang Liu  1985  Associate Professor, Chinese Culture Univ., Taiwan 
Brian Love  1985  Associate Professor, East Carolina University 
Yoshihiro Usui  1985  Senior Research Scientist, Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceutical Co., Yokohama 
Chi Truc Vu  1985  Senior Research Chemist, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ 
Keith Hogan  1986  Research Chemist, Merck Frosst, Montreal, Canada 
Tsze Tsang  1986  Senior Research Chemist, Exelixis, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA 
Todd Jenson  1986  Process Research Group Leader, Novartis Pharma., East Hanover, NJ 
Stefan Abrecht  1987  Research Chemist, Hoffman-LaRoche, Basel, Switzerland 
David Head  1987  Unknown 
Wayne Vaccaro  1987  Research Chemist, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ 
Denis Jachiet  1987  Head, Seminary at St. Honore, Paris 
Yukinori Nagao  1988  Assistant Professor, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan 
John Gardiner  1988  Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology 
Jyh-Chyang Kevin Chao  1989  Research Chemist, China Steel Corporation, Taiwan 
Atsushi Hagiwara  1989  Research Chemist, Japan Tobacco Company 
Taxiarchis Georgiadis  1989  Principal Res. Scientist, Semafore Pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis, IN 
Yasuyuki Miyazawa  1989  Research Chemist, Nippon Soda Co., Odawara, Japan  
Heidi Hengelsberg  1989  Manager, Operating Division Performance Chemicals, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany 
Ruth (Hunter) Moneypenny  1989  Research & Development Manager, University of Liverpool
Qiming Xiang  1990 Professor, Chongqing Teachers College, Chongqing, China 
Adam Sledeski  1990  Senior Research Chemist, Sanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ 
Chung Kim  1991  Research Chemist, LG Chemical Ltd., Taejon, Korea 
Takayoshi Suzuki  1991  Assistant Professor, Teikyo University, Tokyo,Japan 
Ramadan Hassan  1991  Professor, United Arab Emirates University, UAE 
Young Moon Cho  1991  Research Chemist, Veterans Administration Hospital, West LA 
Nathalie Lensen  1992  Maître de Conférence, Première Classe, University of Cergy Pontoise, Paris 
Linda v. d. Bussche  1992  Head, Human Resources Dept., BASF, Ludwugshafen, Germany 
Hakjune Rhee  1992 Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea 
Jean-Marc Durgnat  1992 Research Chemist, Nestle, Inc., Lausanne, Switzerland 
Angel Vidal Gomez  1992 Associate Professor, University of Murcia, Spain
Lee Roberts  1992 Research Chemist, Fisons, Inc., UK 
Byoung-Suk Lee 1994  Research Chemist, Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical Co., Seoul, Korea 
Hosung Yu  1994  Research Chemist, Samsung Corp., Taejon, Korea 
Emmanouil Spyrou  1994  Research Chemist, Huls, Inc., Darmstadt, Germany
Susumu Harashima  1995  Vice Director, Process Development Labs, Sankyo, Inc., Hiratsuka, Japan 
Thomas Kälin  1996 Consultant, Chemical Economical Handbook, SRI Consulting, Zürich, Switzerland 
Oliver Kretschik  1996 Manager, Material Protection Products, Lanxess Corp., Pittsburgh 
Woo Song Lee  1997 Senior Researcher, Korea Res. Inst. Biosci. & Biotech. (KRIBB), Taejon, Korea
Steve Hardinger  1997 Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, UCLA 
Usama Karama 1999 Assistant Professor, Chem. Dept., King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
Daqing Sun 1999 Research Chemist, Amgen (Tularik), Inc., South San Francisco, CA 
Hyung-ook Kim  1999 Research Chemist, SK Chemicals, Seoul, Korea 
Akemi Mizutani (Toyota)  2000 Senior Researcher, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Shizuoka, Japan 
Peter Zillig  2000 Research Chemist, Rohner AG, Pratteln, Switzerland 
Jean-Marie Contreras  2001 Senior Research Chemist, Prestwick Chemicals, Strasbourg, France 
Shigeo Sugiyama  2001 Research Associate, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan 
Valeriy Pavlov  2001 Senior Research Scientist, Girindus America Inc., Solvay Group, Cincinnati, OH 
Kentoku Gotanda  2001 Research Chemist, Sankyo, Inc. Medicinal Chemistry Labs, Tokyo, Japan 
Franck Slowinski  2001 Research Group Leader, Sanofi-Aventis, Bagneux, France 
Cecile Dautel  2001 Housewife and Mother, France
Annika Kers  2001 Research Chemist, Astra-Zeneca, Södertälje, Sweden 
Satoshi Kobayashi  2002  Research Chemist, Process Development Labs, Sankyo, Inc., Hiratsuka, Japan 
Yuji Nishikimi  2002  Research Chemist, Takeda, Inc., Tokyo, Japan 
Masayoshi Fukuoka  2002  Research Chemist, Hanno Labs, Taiho Pharmaceutical, Saitama, Japan 
Humberto Cervantes Cuevas  2002  Professor, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City 
Bernhard Rausch  2003  Research Chemist, Clariant, Frankfurt, Germany 
Maya Escobar  2003  Patent Lawyer in Training, Ropes and Gray LLP Law Firm, Boston, MA 
Raphael Robiette  2004  Chargé de Recherches, FNRS, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium 
Barbara Hoffmann  2004  Research Chemist, DyStar, Frankfurt, Germany 
Naotsuke Hikage  2004  Associate Chief Researcher, Process Development Labs, Sankyo, Inc., Hiratsuka, Japan 
Brent Smith  2004  Research Chemist, DuPont Crop Protection, Newark, DE 
Daniela Angst  2004  Research Chemist, Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland 
Gianluca Sbardella  2004  Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, University of Salerno, Italy 
Dawei Yue  2004  Postdoctoral Associate, Prof. Ding, Scripps, La Jolla, CA 
Andreas Maderna  2004  Principal Research Scientist, Wyeth Research, Pearl River, NY 
Yuichi Fukuda  2004  Research Chemist, Kyowa Pharmaceutical, Shizuoka, Japan 
Wan-Joong Kim  2005  Research Chemist, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea 
Samedy Ouk  2005  Senior Researcher, Ardea Biosciences, San Diego, CA 
Jeremy Clemens 2006 Research Chemist, Wyeth Research, Pearl River, NY
Hye-Young Jang  2006  Assistant Professor, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea 
Michael Trzoss  2007  Senior Researcher, Trius Pharmaceutical, San Diego, CA 
Masayuki Murakami  2007  Associate Chief Researcher, Process Development Labs, Sankyo, Inc., Hiratsuka, Japan
Lukasz Koroniak  2007 Research Chemist, Abraxis Biosciences Inc., Marina del Rey, CA 
Peng Cui  2008 Research Chemist, Albany Molecular Research Inst., Albany, NY 

Some Jung Group Masters, Undergraduates, and Other Research Associates

Guillermo R. Perdomo  1975  Research and Development Manager, Eastman Chemical Co., Inc. 
Paul Ornstein  1976-7  Senior Research Chemist, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN 
Monica Mazurek  1976-7  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University 
Shannon Bongers  1977-8  MD, Surgery, Plano, TX 
Todd Blumenkopf  1977-8  Associate Director, Worldwide Project Management, Pfizer Global Research, New London, CT 
Michael Varney  1979-80  Vice-President, Small Molecule Drug Discovery, Genentech, Inc., S. San Francisco, CA 
Pam Lewis Hagenah  1981  Operating Partner, Integral Capital Partners, Menlo Park, CA 
Hratch Karamanoukian  1984-6  MD, USC; Div. of Cardiothoracic Surg., Buffalo Gen. Hosp., SUNY Buffalo 
Dana Gordon  1986-7  Patent Lawyer, Foley Hoag Law Firm, Boston, MA 
Daisy Joe Du Bois  1987  Research Chemist, Roche Biosciences, Palo Alto, CA 
Richard Budhu  1987-8  Research Chemist, Merck, Sharpe, & Dohme Co., Inc. 
Sepehr Sarshar  1988-9  Vice President of Chemistry, Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Vista, CA 
Hossein Razavi  1988-9  Research Chemist, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Ridgefield, CT 
Dani Houdaverdis (Jordan Verdis)  1990-1  Contract Systems Administrator and Real Estate Agent 
Keith Drouet  1994  Director of Business Development, Cambridge Major Laboratories, Germantown, WI 
Tom McGrath  1998-99  Medical School, MCP Hahnemann, Philadelphia 
Derek Stevens  1997-2000  MRI Braintree, The Boston Group, Braintree, MA 
Cecile Santos  2002-03  Adjunct Chemistry Lecturer, Pepperdine U., Mailbu, CA 
Meera Iyer
2005-7
Graduate Student, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Lynnie Lin
2006-7
Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, UC San Diego, CA


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