The Ellman Group

Current Group Members:


Prof. Jonathan Ellman
Boss

 


Dr. Shinichi Imamura
Visiting Scientist
Chemical Biology


Dr. Masakazu Wakayama
Visiting Scientist
Sulfinamide


Dr. Nobuhiro Fuchi
Visiting Scientist
Chemical Biology


Dr. Ashley Berman
Postdoc
C-H Activation

email: amberman

 


Dr. Jason Nichols
Postdoc
Sulfinamide

email: jnicholz

 


Denise Colby
5th Year
C-H Activation

email: dacolby


 


Melissa Beenen
5th Year
Sulfinamide

email: mbeenen

 


Melissa Leyva
4th Year
Chemical Biology

email: mjleyva


 


Mike Gribble
4th Year
C-H Activation

email: mgribble

 


MaryAnn Robak
4th Year
Sulfinamide

email: mrobak

 


Katrien Brak
4th Year
Chemical Biology

email: katrien


Katherine Rawls
4th Year
Chemical Biology

email: krawls


Sirilata Yotphan
3rd Year
C-H Activation

email: sirilata


Andy Tsai
3rd Year
C-H Activation

email: asctsai

 


Pete Marsden
3rd Year
C-H Activation

email: petermarsden

 


Rhia Martin
2nd Year
C-H Activation

email: rhia.martin


Kyle Kimmel
2nd Year
Sulfinamide

email: kkimmel

 

 

 

Note: All emails are @berkeley.edu

 

 

Shenanigans (Click here to see the Ellman group outside of lab)

Equipment (Click here to see all of our fly gear)

Former Graduate Students:

Ahrendt, Kateri
1998-2003
Annulation of Aromatic Imines via Directed C-H Activation with Wilkinson's Catalyst
Array Biopharma
Backes, Bradley
1993-1998
The "Safety-Catch" Principle in Solid-Phase Linkage Strategies and Diastereoselective Enolate Alkylation Reactions
Abbott Laboratories
Blum, Suzanne
1999-2001
Mechanism of Vanadium Catalyzed Oxidations
Faculty, U.C. Irvine
Boojamra, Dean
1993-1997
Synthesis of a 2508-Member Library of 1,4-Benzodiazepine-2,5-diones and a Highly Diastereoselective Method for the Synthesis of C-Glycosides of 2-Amino Sugars
Gilead Pharmaceuticals
Brinner, Kristin
1999-2004
The Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel and Potent Anti-Malarial Compounds and The Synthesis of 2-Substituted Pyrrolidines using tert-Butanesulfinamide The Total Synthesis of Antofine
NIH
Bunin, Barry (Combinatorial.com)
1992-1996
Applications of Combinatorial Synthesis to Drug Discovery and Catalysis Development
President, Collaborative Drug Discovery
Chen, Qi-Qi (M.S. degree)
1993-1995
Progress Toward the Synthesis of a Library of b-Turn Mimetics
Medical School
Cheng, Karen (M.S. degree)
2002-2004

 

Choong, Ingrid
1993-1999
New Methods and Approaches Toward Lead Optimization and Drug Discovery
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals
Cogan, Derek
1994-1999
The Preparation of tert-Butanesulfinamide and Its Application in the Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Amines
Boehringer Ingelheim
Dragoli, Dean
1996-2001
The Parallel Asymmetric Synthesis of Prostaglandins and Chiral Amine Derivatives
ChemoCentryx
Evans, Jared
1999-2004
Asymmetric Synthesis of b-Amino Alcohols and Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Sulfinic Esters
Gilead Pharmaceuticals
Huang, Lily
1997-2002
Cysteine Protease Inhibitor Libraries
Array Biopharma
Kick, Ellen
1993-1998
The Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Aspartic Acid Protease Inhibitor Libraries Targeting Cathepsin D
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Kochi, Takuya
2000-2004
Asymmetric Synthesis of Amines Using N-Sulfinyl Metalloenamines
Faculty, Keio University (Japan)
Lee, Alice
1996-2001
General Methods for the Combinatorial Synthesis of Cysteine Protease Inhibitor Libraries
Johnson and Johnson
Lee, Christina
1994-1998
The Development, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Aspartyl Protease Inhibitor Libraries Targeting Cathepsin D and Plasmepsin II
Booz-Allen and Hamilton
Lewis, Jared
2002-2007
Discovery, Optimization, and Mechanisms of New Transformations Proceeding via Catalytic C-H Bond Activation
Postdoc, Caltech
Liu, Kevin (Guangcheng)
1993-1998
Development of Methodologies for Asymmetric Synthesis and Drug Discovery
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Maly, Dustin
1997-2002
1. Protease Substrate Profiling
2. Target Guided Ligand Assembly
Faculty, University of Washington
Marenus, Linda (M.S. degree)
1996-1998
Synthesis and Screening of a Vancomycin-based Receptor Library
Advanced Medicine
McMahon, Jeff
2001-2006
New Asymmetric Methods Using tert-Butanesulfinamide and the Application of tert-Butanesulfinamide Methods to the Total Synthesis of  the Natural Product Tubulysin D
ChemoCentryx
Owens, Tim
1997-2002
Design and Application of Sulfinamide-Based Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis

Roche, Palo Alto

Patterson, Andrew

2003-2008

1. Development of the Substrate Activity Screening Method for the Identification of Nonpeptidic Protease Inhibitors
2. Synthesis and Biological Study of Tubulysin D and Related Analogues

Postdoc, Stanford
Peltier, Hillary
2002-2007
Development of tert-Butanesulfinamide-Based Methods and the Application of These Methods Toward the Stereoselective Syntheses of Biologically Relevant Molecules Including Tubulysin D

Johnson and Johnson

Plunkett, Matthew
1992-1996
The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of 1,4-Benzodiazepine Libraries
CIBC World Markets
Salisbury, Cleo
2000-2005
New Chemical Tools for Studying Protease Activity and Specificity
Novartis
Schenkel, Laurie
2000-2005
Design and Application of Chiral Sulfinyl Imine Ligands and Synthetic Applications of N-Sulfinyl Metalloenamine-Based Diastereoselective Reactions
Amgen
Soellner, Matt

2006-2008

Application of SAS to phosphatases Faculty, University of Michigan
Souers, Andrew
1996-2001
The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Libraries of b-Turn Mimetics
Abbott Laboratories
Tan, Kian
1999-2004
Functionalization of Heterocycles via C-H Bond Activation
Faculty, Boston College
Tang, Tony
1997-2002
Applications of tert-Butanesulfinyl Imines Toward the Asymmetric Synthesis of b-Amino Acids, 1,2- and 1,3-Amino Alcohols
Array Biopharma
Thalji, Reema
1999-2004
Catalytic Intramolecular Hydroarylation of Alkenes via Directed C-H Bond Activation
GlaxoSmithKline
Thompson, Lorin
1992-1997
The Solid-Phase Synthesis of Prostaglandins
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Virgilio, Alex
1992-1997
The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Libraries of b-Turn Mimetics
Amgen
Weix, Daniel
2000-2005
An Improved Synthesis of tert-Butanesulfinamide and Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Branched Amines
Faculty, University of Rochester
Wiedemann, Sean
2001-2005
Scope and Mechanism of a Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Addition of Heterocycles to Alkenes
Postdoc, Princeton
Wood, Warren
2000-2005
Methods Towards the Rapid and Efficient Synthesis of Peptidic and Nonpeptidic Cysteine Protease Inhibitors

Faculty, University of Portland

Former Visiting Students

Bonnekessel, Melanie
2002-2003

Fürstner group, MPI für Kohlenforschung, Germany

Olsen, Jacob

1998-2000
Synthesis and Screening of a Vancomycin-based Receptor Library
Sanofi-Avantis (Germany)
Schurer, Stephan
1995-1996
The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Libraries of b-Turn Mimetics 
Scripps, Florida
Wakao, Masahiro
2000-2001

Faculty, Kagoshima University (Japan)

Former Postdocs

Berst, Fred
2001-2003
Novartis
Greiveldinger, Guy
1997-1998
CarboGen
Haque, Tasir
1997-1999
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Jain, Rishi
2002-2004
Novartis
Kallander, Lara
1998-2000
GlaxoSmithKline
Kim, Jin Mi
1998-2000
Boehringer Ingelheim
Kim, Kyungjin
1995-1997
Hoffman-LaRoche
Leonetti, Francesco
1998-2000
Faculty of University of Bari, Italy
O'Mally, Steven
2004-2005
Chemistry Instructor, Stuyvesant High School
Rech, Jason
2006-2007
Johnson and Johnson
Rosenquist, Asa
1997-1999
AstraZeneca
Steck, Peter
2002-2003
Boston Consulting Group, Germany
Szewczyk, Jason
1999-2001
Merck Pharmaceuticals
Wang, Xueqing
2000-2002
Abbott Laboratories
Watzke, Anja
2005-2006
Sanofi-Aventis (Germany)
Woodard, Benjamin
2000-2002
Array Biopharma
Xu, Ruo
1996-1997
Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals

Former Visiting Scholars

Chino, Masao
1999-2001
Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation, Japan
Habashita, Hiromu
1997-1999
Ono Pharmaceuticals, Osaka, Japan
Inagaki, Hiroaki
2005-2006
Daichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Japan
Koh, Jung Sung
1995-1996
Lucky Pharmaceuticals, Korea
Moon, Young-Choon
1996-1998
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA
Mukade, Tsutomu
2001-2003
Kureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Tsuruoka, Hiroyuki
2003-2005
Daichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Japan
Woolard, Frank
1996-1998
ChemRx Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, CA
Yato, Michihisa
2004-2005
Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

Former Undergraduates

Ankar, Naomi
2000-2001
Graduate Student, Harvard University
Baldwin, Chris
1996-1997
unknown
Bauza, Yazmin Rosa
2002
Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
Borg, George
1998-2000
Graduate Student, Harvard University
Burdett, Matt
1998-2000
Sunesis
Burows, Kristina
1994-1996
Arch Venture Partners
Chee, Raymen
2002
University of California, Berkeley
Gelling, Victor
2001
Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fernandez, Juan
1995-1997
Chiron Corp., Emeryville, CA
Kung, Daniel
1993
Pfizer
Kwack, Heemun
1993-1995
E.R. Doctor, San Francisco
Moore, Fred
1995-1996
Graduate Student, UCSF
O'Brian, John
1998-1999
BP
Phillips, John
1993-1994
Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Song, Eddy
1993-1994
Gilead Pharmaceuticals
Shi, YiLi
2003-2005
Graduate Student, University of California, Irvine
Volkman, Steve
1996-2001
Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
Wu, Jessica
2004-2006
Graduate Student, Harvard University