2017 Annual Report: Graduate Degrees Awarded (August 2016 - May 2017)

Please help the College of Pharmacy congratulate our most recent MS and PhD graduates.
 

Industrial and Physical Pharmacy

• Hyesun Hyun, PhD – May 12, 2017
  • Major Professor: Yoon Yeo
  • Thesis Title: Surface Modification of Polymer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors
  • Post-graduation destination: Remaining at Purdue for one-year postdoc

• Rubayat Khan, MS – August 6, 2016
  • Major Professor: Tonglei Li

• Christopher D. Kulczar, PhD – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Gregory T. Knipp
  • Thesis Title: The Development of Preclinical Strategies for Facilitation of Lead Candidate Selection
  • Post-graduation destination: Merck & Company, Rahway, NJ; Senior Scientist

• Anshul Mishra, MS – May 12, 2017
  • Major Professor: Elizabeth M. Topp

• Ehab Moussa, PhD – May 12, 2017
  • Major Professor: Elizabeth M. Topp
  • Thesis Title: Conformational Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies in Lyophilized and Spray-Dried Solids
  • Post-graduation destination: Abbvie

• Haichen Nie, PhD – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Stephen R. Byrn
  • Thesis Title: Acid-Bas Reactions in Different Solid-State Forms

• Jainik Piyushkumar Panchal, PhD – August 6, 2016
  • Major Professor: Elizabeth M. Topp
  • Thesis Title: Characterizing Protein Aggregates at Particulate & Molecular Scale
  • Post-graduation destination: Merck & Company, Kenilworth, NJ; Senior Scientist
     

Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

• Kiran Aslam, PhD – August 6, 2016
  • Major Professor: Tony Hazbun
  • Thesis Title: Deciphering the Role of HSP31 as a Multitasking Chaperone

• Nathan William Gardner, PhD – August 6, 2016
  • Major Professor: Chiwook Park
  • Thesis Title: Investigation of an Energetic Linkage between Ligand Binding and Protein Folding

• Kourtney M. Goode, PhD – May 12, 2017
  • Major Professor: Tony Hazbun
  • Thesis Title: Targeting the Hsp90 C-terminus: Development of Novel Allosteric Modulators of Chaperone Function

• Shana D. Hardy, PhD – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Robert L. Geahlen
  • Thesis Title: Syk Promotes Clearance of TGF-Beta-Induced P-Bodies in Breast Cancer Cells through the Enhancement of Autophagy

• Duy P. Hua, PhD – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Carol B. Post
  • Thesis Title: Unique Allsteric Mechanism Regulating Protein-Protein Interaction through Phosphorylation: A Case Study of the Conformational Changes in the Syk tandem Sh2 Protein

• Sarah L. Kelsey, MS – August 6, 2016
  • Major Professor: Chang-Deng Hu

• Dennis S. Monteleone, MS – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Weiguo A. Tao

• Li Pan, PhD – August 6, 2016
  • Major Professor: Weiguo A. Tao
  • Thesis Title: Development of Dendrimer-based Technologies for Phosphoproteomics & Glycoproteomics in Biomarker Discovery

• Gary J. Prato, MS – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Zhong-Yin Zhang

• Evan P. Pratt, PhD – May 12, 2017
  • Major Professor: Gregory H. Hockerman
  • Thesis Title: Cav 1.2-mediated Ca2+-induced Ca2+-release and Regulation of cAMP Dynamics and ERK Activation in Pancreatic b-cells

• Shari M. (Konst) Radford, MS – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Eric L. Barker
  • Thesis Title: Structure-function of the Dopamine Transporter in the Presence of Synthetic Cathinones & Amphetamines

• Robert J. Schuster, PhD – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Jean-Christopher Rochet
  • Thesis Title: Peptide Based Biosensors & Mass Spectrometry Methods to Measure the Activation of Tyrosine Kinases

• Bikash Shakya, PhD – May 12, 2017
  • Major Professor: Douglas J. LaCount
  • Thesis Title: Studying Protein-Protein Interactions between Plasmodium Falciparum Exported Protein and Erythrocyte Cytoskeletal Proteins and Understanding Their Function

• Daniel Ysselstein, PhD – December 18, 2016
  • Major Professor: Jean-Christopher Rochet
  • Thesis Title: Alpha Synuclein Membrane-induced Aggregation: Its Role in Parkinson’s Disease & a Potential Therapeutic Target
     

Pharmacy Practice

• Ahmed Mohamed A. Abozeid, PhD – May 12, 2017
  • Major Professor: Brian Overholser
  • Thesis Title: Influence of CYP2B6 Genotype on Efavirenz Pharmacokinetics and Associated QT-Interval Changes

• Wendy M. Lantaff, MS
  • Major Professor: Margie E. Snyder