Jung Group Former Coworkers

Jung Group PhD's

John A. Lowe 

1977 

Research Chemist, Pfizer, Groton, CT 

Charles A. McCombs 

1978 

Research Chemist, Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN 

Leonard H. Davis 

1979 

Senior Applications Chemist, Cytec Industries, Stamford, CT 

Mark A. Lyster 

1979 

Research Chemist, Pharmacia, Kalamazoo, MI 

Teresa (Shaw) Speakman 

1979 

 

James P. Hudspeth 

1979 

Research Chemist, Seres Labs, Santa Rosa, CA 

Roberto P. Blum 

1979 

President, Blumos, Inc., Santiago, Chile 

Yuh-Guo Pan 

1980 

Research Chemist, Clairol, Inc. (Bristol- Myers), 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 

 

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 

Senior Medicinal Chemist, Arena Pharmaceutical, San Diego, CA 

Jeffrey A. Hagenah 

1984 

Patent Lawyer, Advanced Medicine, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 

Yumi Nakagawa Bartlett (Stevens) 

1984 

Research Chemist, Chiron Inc., Emeryville, CA 

John C. Rohloff 

1985 

Ex-Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences, Boulder, 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 

Staff Scientist, ARC Ecology, San Francisco, CA 

Ken Nakayama (Thompson) 

1986 

Associate Professor, Cal State University, Long Beach 

Chris Buhr (Thompson) 

1986 

Associate Director, Exelixis, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA  

Jim Pruitt (Stevens) 

1986 

Research Chemist, DuPont Pharmaceutical, Wilmington, DE 

Dave Ryckman (Stevens) 

1986 

Senior Investigator, PathoGenesis Corp., (A Division of Chiron), Seattle, WA 

Gregory T. Lowen 

1987 

Law Student, William and Mary University School of Law, Williamsburg, VA 

David D. Grove 

1987 

Associate Professor, Eckerd College, Tampa, FL 

Keith R. Buszek 

1987 

Associate Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KA 

Susan M. Dansereau 

1989 

Process Manager, Procter & Gamble Pharm., Cincinnati, OH 

Young H. Jung 

1989 

Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul 

Jaquelyn Gervay-Hague 

1990 

Associate Professor, University of California, Davis 

Haiji Xia 

1990 

Research Chemist, Human BioMolecular Research Institute, San Diego, CA 

David L. Spurgeon 

1990 

Instructor, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona 

Yong Mi Choi Sledeski 

1990 

Senior Research Scientist, Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ 

Ivan D. Trifunovich 

1991 

Senior V-President & Manager, Genomics, Third Wave Therapeutics, Madison, WI 

Craig N. Zimmerman 

1992 

Research Chemist, Microbia, Inc., Cambridge, MA 

Willard Lew 

1992 

Senior Research Chemist, Sunesis Pharmaceutical, South San Francisco, CA 

Chris Siedem 

1992 

Research Chemist, Array BioPharma, Boulder, CO 

Claire Castro 

1993 

Associate Professor, University of San Francisco 

Heather Rayle 

1994 

Chemical Mechanical Planarization Market Manager, Rodel, Inc., Phoenix, AZ 

Tina S. H. Choe 

1994 

Associate Professor, Loyola Marymount University, LA, CA 

Derin C. D'Amico 

1995 

Research Chemist, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA

Heidi J. Heitkamp 

1995 

Housewife and Mom, Santa Barbara, CA 

Laurie S. Starkey 

1996 

Associate Professor, Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 

Binh T. Vu 

1996 

Research Chemist, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, NJ 

Mehrak Kiankarimi 

1996 

Research Chemist, Neurocrine Biosciences, La Jolla, CA 

Michael H. Parker 

1997 

Research Chemist, Johnson and Johnson Research Center, Spring House, PA 

Christopher Nichols 

1997 

Assistant Professor, California State University, Chico 

Eric Chengda Yang 

1997 

Manager, Columbia Consulting Company, Taichung, Taiwan 

Bruce T. Fahr 

1998 

Research Chemist, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Redwood City, CA,  

Karen L. Anderson Evans 

1998 

Research Chemist, Glaxo Smith Kline, Collegeville, PA 

Yue Xu 

1998 

Research Chemist, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA 

Tsvetelina Lazarova 

1998 

Research Chemist, Suntory Pharmaceutical Research Labs, Cambridge, MA 

Rodolfo Marquez 

1999 

Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Scotland 

Ted Johnson 

1999 

Research Chemist, Pfizer Global R&D, Inc. (Agouron Pharmaceutical), La Jolla, CA 

Chris Lee 

2000 

Research Chemist, Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA 

Joe Pontillo 

2001 

Research Chemist 

Adrian Huang 

2001 

Research Chemist, Wyeth Research (Genetics Institute), Cambridge, MA 

Nobuko Nishimura 

2001 

Research Chemist, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 

Pablo Davidov 

2002 

Research Chemist, Icagen, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 

Martha de la Rosa 

2002 

Research Chemist, Ribapharm (ICN Pharmaceutical), Costa Mesa, CA 

Erich Wohlhieter 

2002 

Research Chemist, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 

Some Jung Group Postdoctorals

Bruce J. Gaede 

1975 

Senior Research Chemist, Process Development, Abbott, Chicago, IL 

Laurine M. Speltz 

1976 

Manager, Regulatory Affairs, BASF, Princeton, NJ 

Allen B. Mossman 

1976 

Research Chemist, Amoco, Napierville, OH 

Matthias R. Gisler 

1978 

Research Manager, Sandoz, Inc., Basel, Switzerland 

Muzzamil M. Mansuri 

1978 

Flagship Ventures, Cambridge, MA 

Kozo Shishido 

1979 

Professor, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan 

Manabu Node 

1979 

Professor, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan 

Patrick Y.-S. Lam 

1980 

Associate Director, Chemical & Phys. Science, BMS Pharm., Hopewell, NJ 

Lawrence Crane 

1980 

Associate Director, Electronics Product Development, Loctite, Rocky Hill, CT 

Rudolf W. Pfluger 

1981 

Plant Manager, Novartis Crop Protection, Pratteln, Switzerland 

Uta Jensen-Korte 

1982 

Manager, European Chemical Industry Council, Brussels, Belgium 

Long-Mei Zeng 

1982 

Professor, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, PRC 

Trevor W. Newton 

1982 

Senior Scientist, Intervet Inc., Schwabenheim, 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 

Research Chemist, Merck, Harlow, England 

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 

Assistant 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 

Manager, Technology Transfer, Zeneca Ag Division, Richmond, 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 

 

Wayne Vaccaro 

1987 

Research Chemist, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ 

Denis Jachiet 

1987 

Diocesan Priest, 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 

Adjunct Assistant Professor, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 

Yasuyuki Miyazawa 

1989 

Research Chemist, Nippon Soda Co., Odawara, Japan  

Heidi Hengelsberg 

1989 

Research Chemist, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany 

Ruth (Hunter) Moneypenny 

1989 

 

Qiming Xiang 

1990

Professor, Chongqing Teachers College, Chongqing, China 

Adam Sledeski 

1990 

Research Chemist, 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, UCLA-Harbor Medical Center, Torrance 

Nathalie Lensen 

1992 

Matre de Confrence, Premire Classe, University of Cergy Pontoise, Paris 

Linda v. d. Bussche 

1992 

Manager, BASF Erd-Oel Division, Kassel, Germany 

Hakjune Rhee 

1992

Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea 

Jean-Marc Durgnat 

1992

Research Chemist, Nestle, Inc., Lausanne, Switzerland 

Angel Vidal Gomez 

1992

Assistant 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 

Chief Researcher, Process Development Labs, Sankyo, Inc., Hiratsuka, Japan

Thomas Klin 

1996

Consultant, Chemical Economical Handbook, SRI Consulting, Zrich, Switzerland 

Oliver Kretschik 

1996

Research Chemist, Bayer, Leverkusen, Germany 

Woo Song Lee 

1997

Senior Researcher, Korea Research Institute Bioscience & Biotechnology, Taejon, Korea

Steve Hardinger 

1997

Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, UCLA 

Usama Karama

1999

Assistant Professor, Chemistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

James Macdougall 

1999

Associate Scientist, Human BioMolecular Research Institute, San Diego, CA 

Daqing Sun

1999

Research Chemist, Tularik, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 

Hyung-ook Kim 

1999

Research Chemist, SK Chemicals, Seoul, Korea 

Akemi Mizutani (form. Toyota) 

2000

Senior Researcher, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Shizuoka, Japan 

Peter Zillig 

2000

Research Chemist, Rohner AG, Pratteln, Switzerland 

Jean-Marie Contreras 

2001

Research Chemist, Prestwich Chemicals, Strasbourg, France 

Shigeo Sugiyama 

2001

Research Associate, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan 

Valeriy Pavlov 

2001

Senior Research Scientist, NAEJA Pharmaceutical Inc., Edmonton, Canada 

Kentoku Gotanda 

2001

Research Chemist, Sankyo, Inc. Medicinal Chemistry Labs, Tokyo, Japan 

Franck Slowinski 

2001

Research Chemist, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Bagneux, France 

Cecile Dautel 

2001

Housewife and Mother, France

Annika Kers 

2001

Research Chemist, Astra-Zeneca, Sdertlje, Sweden 

Satoshi Kobayashi 

2002

Research Chemist, Process Development Labs, Sankyo, Inc., Hiratsuka, Japan 

Masayoshi Fukuoka 

2002

Research Chemist, Hanno Labs, Taiho Pharmaceutical, Saitama, Japan 

Humberto Cervantes Cuevas

2002

Professor, Univ. Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City

Bernhard Rausch

2003

Research Chemist, Clariant, Frankfurt, Germany

Some Jung Group Masters and Undergraduates

Guillermo R. Perdomo 

1975 

Research Chemist, Eastman Chemical Co., Inc. 

Paul Ornstein 

1976-7 

Research Chemist, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN 

Monica Mazurek 

1976-7 

Professor, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University 

Shannon Bongers 

1977-8 

MD, U Michigan, Asst Prof., Wayne State U. Dept. of Surgery 

Todd Blumenkopf 

1977-8 

Principal Analyst, Strategic Alliances, Pfizer Global Res., New London, CT  

Michael Varney 

1979-80 

Vice-President, Discovery Res., Pfizer Global, Inc., La Jolla, CA (Agouron) 

Pam Lewis Hagenah 

Sum 1981 

Operating Partner, Integral Capital Partners, Menlo Park, CA 

Hratch Karamanoukian 

1984-6 

MD, USC; Div. of Cardiothoracic Surg., Buffalo Gen. Hospital, SUNY Buffalo 

Dana Gordon 

1986-7 

Law Student 

Daisy Joe Du Bois 

Sum 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 

Keith Drouet 

Sum 1994 

Research Chemist, Arena Pharmaceutical, San Diego, CA 

Tom McGrath 

1998-99 

Medical School, MCP Hahnemann, Philadelphia 

Derek Stevens 

1997-2000 

MRI Braintree, The Boston Group, Braintree, MA 


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