The Axelrod Research Group

Laboratory for Chemical Synthesis and Bioorganic Chemistry

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

 


Undergraduate Students

Erick Morgan

Major: Chemistry (ACS)
Minor: Physics
January 2019 – Present
morga208@purdue.edu