Vladimir Gevorgyan
Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry
2024 – Molecular Science Frontier Distinguished Lecturer, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2022 – Israeli Chemical Society, Honorary Member
2021 – Honorary Professor of Kuban State University
2018 – Markovnikov Medal, Moscow State University
2016 – Excellence in Synthesis Lectureship, UT Southwestern Medical Center
2016 – Foreign Member of Latvian Academy of Sciences
2015 – Lilly Lectureship at Imperial College London, London
2014 – Visiting Professor, Sorbonne Universities, Paris
2012 – University Scholar (University of Illinois)
2012-2019–Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
2012 – Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg State University
2011 – Abbott Symposium on Organic Synthesis Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago
2010 – Organic Synthesis Series Lectureship, Wayne State University
2008 – UIC Researcher of the Year
2003-2012 – Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
1999-2003 – Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
1997-1999 – Associate Professor, Tohoku University
1996 – Assistant Professor, Tohoku University
1995 – Visiting Professor, CNR, Bologna
1993-1994 – Ciba-Geigy International Postdoctoral Fellow, Tohoku University
1992-1993 – JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Tohoku University
1986-1991 – Group Leader, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis
1984 – PhD, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis
1978 – BSc, Kuban State University
Postdoctoral Researchers
Kallol Mukherjee
Postdoctoral Researcher
BSc, Visva-Bharati University
MSc, Visva-Bharati University
PhD, Hyderabad University
Nikita Kvasovs
Postdoctoral Researcher
BSc, University of Latvia
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas
Pramod Rai
Postdoctoral Researcher
BSc, North Bengal University
MSc, Sikkim University
PhD, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Tong Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher
BSc, Nanjing Agriculture University, China
MSc, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
PhD, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
Gaurav Prakash
Postdoctoral Researcher
BSc, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi
MSc, Aligarh Muslim University
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Graduate Students
Kelvin Pak Shing Cheung
Graduate Student
BSc, Chinese University of Hong Kong
MSc, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sidhant Wagulde
Graduate Student
BSc, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
MSc, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Sachin Giri
Graduate Student
BSc, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi
MSc, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Anastasiia Dubrovina
Graduate Student
BSc, Moscow State University
MSc, Moscow State University
NitishKumar Deo
Graduate Student
Integrated BS-MS
Indian Institute of Science Education
and Research, Bhopal
Subham Pradhan
Graduate Student
Integrated BS-MS
National Institute of Science Education
and Research, Bhubaneswar
Pranav Shridhar Mahulkar
Graduate Student
Integrated BS-MS
National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
Undergraduate Students
This can be you
Undergraduate Student
Hall of Fame
Graduate Students
Sumon Sarkar
PhD, 2023; Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024
Postdoctoral Fellow, Newhouse Group, Yale University
Ziyan Zhang
PhD, 2023
Postdoctoral Fellow, Arnold Group, Caltech
Mónica Rivas
PhD, 2022
Life Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mapp Lab, University of Michigan
Maxim Ratushnyy
PhD, 2019; Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020
Postdoctoral Researcher, Zhukhovitskiy Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Roohollah Shiroodi
PhD, 2015
Senior Scientist, AbbVie
Anna Sromek
PhD, 2005
Assistant Professor, HMS Assoc Dir, Med Chem Program, McLean Hospital
Joseph Kim
PhD, 2005
Marina Rubina
PhD, 2004
Director of Organic and Inorganic Laboratories, University of Kansas
Cathy Skontos
MS, 2011
Scientist at UOP
Jelena Markov
MS, 2002
Sharonda Benson
MS, 2000
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Community College of Baltimore County
Postdoctoral Researchers
Vitalii Palchykov
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020-2021
Director of the Research Institute of Chemistry and Geology
Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
Yadagiri Dongari
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020
Assistant Professor, IIT Roorkee
Anton Gulevich
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2014
Principal Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry
Loxo Oncology at Lilly
Maxim Uchuskin
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2014
Nugzar Ghavtadze
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2013
Research Scientist, Paraza Pharma
Yulia Volkova
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2013
Senior Researcher, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
Gang Chen
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2012
Director, Research Service Division, WuXi AppTec
Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2011
Associate Professor, Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), Lucknow
Alena Pankova
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2010
Aleksei Galenko
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2010
Choul-Hong Park
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2004
Victoria Ryabova
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2003
Principal Scientist, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis
Michael Rubin
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2002
Associate Professor at University of Kansas; Full Professor and Lab Director at the North Caucasus Federal University at Stavropol, Russia
Alexander Kel’in
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2001
Principal Scientist at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Undergraduate Students
Yusuf Noffel
Undergraduate Student, 2021-2024
Jessica Jin
Undergraduate Student, 2024
Rebecca Benny
Undergraduate Student, 2023
Humza Zaidi
Undergraduate Student, 2022
Michael Buck
Undergraduate Student, 2018
Faraj Mahchi
Undergraduate Student, 2014
Katrina Randle
Undergraduate Student, 2014
Ishmael L. Ochir
Undergraduate Student, 2014
Vikrant Saluja
Undergraduate Student, 2010
Frank Hwang
Undergraduate Student, 2007
Shadi Assaf
Undergraduate Student, 2007
Associate Professor at City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College
Dahrika Yap
Undergraduate Student, 2004
Process Chemist/CMC liaison, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Matt Conley
Undergraduate Student, 2004
Associate Professor, University of California Riverside
Reena Patel
Undergraduate Student, 2004
Chad Brower
Undergraduate Student, 2003
Jason Butt
Undergraduate Student, 2003
Technical Sales Representative, Lintech International
Visiting Researchers
Andranik (Andy) Mihranyan
Visiting Researcher, 2020-2023
BA, University of California Santa Barbara
MSc, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Fedor Kliuev
Visiting Researcher, 2023
BSc, HSE University, Moscow
Researcher, Institute of Organoelement Compounds (INEOS RAS)
Levon Kharatyan
Visiting Researcher, 2023
BSc, Yerevan State Medical University
Researcher, STCOPC NAS RA, Institute of Organic Chemistry
Movses Aghekyan
Visiting Researcher, 2023
BSc, Yerevan State Medical University
Researcher, STCOPC NAS RA, Institute of Organic Chemistry
Tetsuji Yata
Visiting Researcher, 2019-2020
PhD student at Osaka University
Aleksandr Koronatov
Visiting Researcher, 2019
Master’s Student, Saint Petersburg State University
Aleksei Kavun
Visiting Researcher, 2018
Taiki Morita
Visiting Researcher, 2018
Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Maxim Radzhabov
Visiting Researcher, 2017
Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Chicago
Masumi Sugawara
Visiting Researcher, 2014
Leonid Romashov
Visiting Researcher, 2013
Yoshihiro Inamoto
Visiting Researcher, 2013
JSPS Research Fellow
Anton Makarov
Visiting Researcher, 2012
Yoshiharu Onishi
