
Vladimir Gevorgyan
Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry
Markovnikov Medal, Moscow State University, 2018
Foreign Member of Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2016
Lilly Lectureship at Imperial College London, London, 2015
Visiting Professor, Sorbonne Universities, Paris, 2014
University Scholar (University of Illinois), 2012
Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012-2019
Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg State University, 2012
UIC Researcher of the Year, 2008
Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003-2012
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999-2003
Associate Professor, Tohoku University, 1997-1999
Assistant Professor, Tohoku University, 1996
Visiting Professor, CNR, Bologna, 1995
Ciba-Geigy International Postdoctoral Fellow, Tohoku University, 1993-1994
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Tohoku University, 1992-1993
Group Leader, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, 1986-1991
PhD, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, 1984
BSc, Kuban State University, 1978
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Xiangqing Jia
Postdoctoral Researcher
BSc, China Pharmaceutical University
PhD, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS
Postdoc, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Jian Fang
Postdoctoral Researcher
BSc, East China University of Science and Technology
MSc, New York University
PhD, University of Vermont
PostDoc, University of Texas at Dallas


Ziyan Zhang
Graduate Student
BSc, Beijing Technology and Business University

Sumon Sarkar
Graduate Student
BSc, Jadavpur University
MSc, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur



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

Andranik (Andy) Mihranyan
Graduate Student
BA, University of California Santa Barbara
MSc, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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

Hall of Fame
Graduate Students

Daria Kurandina
PhD, 2020
Postdoctoral Researcher, Yaghi Group, University of California, Berkeley

Maxim Ratushnyy
PhD, 2019; Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020
Postdoctoral Researcher, Zhukhovitskiy Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Padon Chuentragool
PhD, 2018
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Phipps Lab, University of Cambridge














Todd Schwier
PhD, 2008
Associate Director, Manufacturing & Operations at Ionis Pharmaceuticals



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



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



Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2011
Assistant Professor, Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), Lucknow

Alena Pankova
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2010

Aleksei Galenko
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2010

David Tilly
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2007
Senior Research Associate, Clayden Lab, University of Bristol

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

Michael Buck
Undergraduate Student, 2018

Mirela Sparano
Undergraduate Student, 2018



Faraj Mahchi
Undergraduate Student, 2014

Katrina Randle
Undergraduate Student, 2014

Ishmael L. Ochir
Undergraduate Student, 2014

Corey Yarborough
Undergraduate Student, 2013
PhD Candidate, Mohr Lab, University of Illinois at Chicago

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
Assistant Professor, University of California Riverside

Reena Patel
Undergraduate Student, 2004

Chad Brower
Undergraduate Student, 2003

Visiting Researchers

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
Researcher in Advanced Materials Development Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Company

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
Visiting Researcher, 2012

