Graduate Students

Kate Dallmier

Kate Dallmier (GS - Yr 3)
Trainee, NIH Chemistry Biology Interface Training Grant (2025-26)
B.A. in Chemistry, St. Olaf College, 2023
 

Laura Hirsch

Laura Hirsch (GS - Yr 6)
University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellow (2026-26)
American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Predoctoral Fellow (2024-25)
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Vermont, 2020

Olivia Hjelm

Olivia Hjelm (GS - Yr 1)
B.S. in Chemistry, St. Olaf College, 2024


 

Farzana Kabir

Farzana Kabir (GS - Yr 4)
M.Pharm. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Dhaka, 2020
B.Pharm. Professional in Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, 2018

Mark Kelley

Mark Kelley (GS - Yr 2)
B.S. Biochemistry, Purdue University, 2024


 

Josh Legaspi

Josh Legaspi (GS - Yr 2)
B.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of West Florida, 2024

 

Alondra López Colón

Alondra López Colón (GS - Yr 4)
College of Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (2022-2025)
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico - Cayey, 2022

Brandon Schuldt

Brandon Schuldt (GS - Yr 4)
B.S. in Chemistry, B.S. in Biochemistry, South Dakota State University, 2022

 

Laboratory Manager

Ramkumar Moorthy

Ramkumar Moorthy, Ph.D.
Laboratory Manager (Researcher 6)
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, North Dakota State University, 2016
 

Postdoctoral Researchers

Rayhan Biswas

Rayhan Biswas (Postdoc)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2021-22
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, 2021
 

Rahul Kardile

Rahul Kardile (Postdoc)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2022; Postdoctoral Researcher, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2021-22
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2021
 

Jacob Sawyer

Jacob Sawyer (Postdoc)
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2026 (Harki lab). Thesis: “Synthesis and Characterization of Nucleoside Analogues as Fluorescent Tools and Antiviral Therapeutics”

 

McKenzie Wyllie

Mackenzie Wyllie (Postdoc)
Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry, 2026 (Harki lab). Thesis: “Targeting APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B in Cancer: Substrate Specificity, Allostery, and Degradation Strategies”

Undergraduate Students

Katelynn Schwantz

Katelynn Schwantz (UG - Junior)
B.S. in Chemistry major, Pharmacology minor, University of Minnesota