Members
Principal Investigator
Abram J. Axelrod
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease
Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery
Purdue Cancer Center
Postdoctoral Fellow, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 2013 - 2018
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2012
M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2007
B.A. Brandeis University, 2003
Email: aaxelro@purdue.edu
Phone: +1-765-496-1182
Office: DRUG 247
Postdoctoral Researchers
Zhongdong Sun
B.S. in Pharmacy at Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China
M.S. in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science at Hokkaido University
Ph.D., Prof. Masakatsu Shibaasaki's Research Group at the Insititute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo
University of Tokyo
May 2018 – Present
sun920@purdue.edu
Bishwa Bhetuwal
B.S. in Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
M.S. in Organic Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Ph.D., Prof. Jianglong Zhu Research Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
Nov 2020– Present
bbhetuwa@purdue.edu
Graduate Students
Jaysan Janabel
B.S. in Chemistry in 2017 at Nazarbayev University
Department of Chemistry
October 2018 – Present
jjanabel@purdue.edu
Hani Lakkis
B.S. in Chemistry in 2019 at University of California - Los Angeles
Department of Chemistry
October 2019 – Present
hlakkis@purdue.edu
Joshua Rumple
B.S. in Biochemistry in 2019 at Framingham State University
Department of Chemistry
October 2019 – Present
rumplej@purdue.edu
Andrew Encinas
B.S. in Biochemistry in 2019 at University of California - Riverside
Department of Chemistry
October 2019 – Present
encinas@purdue.edu
Andrew Caskey
B.S. in Chemistry in 2020 at Auburn University
Department of Chemistry
October 2020 – Present
acaskey@purdue.edu
Haylie Hennigan
B.S. in Biochemistry in 2020 at Rowan University
Department of Chemistry
October 2020 – Present
hhennig@purdue.edu