The Lipton Group

Purdue University 

PI

Mark A. Lipton: Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry

University of California, Berkley, Post-Doctoral Fellow (1988-1990)
Columbia University, PhD (1988)
Columbia University, M.Ph. (1986)
Columbia University, M.A (1984)
Harvey Mudd College, B.S. (1981)

email: lipton@purdue.edu
Office: WTHR 409

Current Members

Adam Mitrevski (Graduate Student)

Indiana University (2019)
email: amitrev@purdue.edu 

Allie Davis (Graduate Student)

Indiana State University, B.S. (2018)
email: davi1379@purdue.edu

Abhijith Anil Kumar (Graduate Student)

IIRBS, Mahatma Gandhi University, Integrated B.S./M.S. (2016)
email: aanilkum@purdue.edu 

Kaif Rashid Khan

University of Dhaka, M.S. (2016), B.S. (2014)
email: khan236@purdue.edu 

Khalil Castillo-Aponte

Ithaca College, B.S. (2017)
email: casti101@purdue.edu 

Paul Ouellette

Central Connecticut State University, B.S. (2019)
email: pouellet@purdue.edu 

Lipton Group Alumni

 

Jordan Hunter (M.S. 2021)
Account Development Scientist, Catalyst Education

Miri Niedrauer (Ph.D. 2020)
Research Scientist, Novosteo Inc.

Matt Hostetler (Ph.D. 2018)
Assistant Professor, Marshall University

Sarah E. St. John (Ph.D. 2013)
Technical Account Manager, Phenomenex

Daneli Lopez-Perez (Ph.D. 2013)
FDA Chemist, US Department of Health and Human Services

Nawaporn Sanguantrakun (Ph.D. 2012)
Assistant Professor, St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Ben S. Barth (Ph.D. 2011)
Assistant Professor, St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Gurusankar Ramamoorthy (Ph.D. 2010)
Research Associate, Huntsman Cancer Institute

Soosung Kang (Ph.D. 2009)
Assistant Professor, Ewha Women's University

Joseph Greene (Ph.D. 2009)

David C. Cranfill (Ph.D. 2007)
Technical Manager, BASF

Selcuk Calimsiz (Ph.D. 2007)
Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences

Michelle K. Waddell (Ph.D. 2006)
Assistant Professor, Hampton University

Minoo Sedighi (Ph.D. 2006)
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA

Adam C. Myers (Ph.D. 2006)
Senior Research Investigator, Albany Molecular Research Inc.

Ravi Krishnamoorthy (Ph.D. 2006)
Associate Director, Novartis

Tefsit Bekele (Ph.D. 2004)
Milliken & Co

Christina M. Acevedo (Ph.D. 2004)
R&D, Milliken & Co

Angel Morales-Ramos (Ph.D. 2004)
GlaxoSmithKline
Jeff Turk (Post Doc, 2002-2004)
Associate Professor, Chemistry, Alma College

Nneka T. Breaux (Ph.D. 2003)
Regulatory Manager, Dow AgroScience

Rob Ferguson (Ph.D. 2003)
Associate Professor, N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University

Jason C. Thoen (Ph.D. 2001)
Associate Professor, Northwestern Health Sciences University

Jennifer Kowalski (Ph.D. 1998)
Boehringer Ingelheim

Steve Brunette (Ph.D. 1998)
Principal Scientist, Small-Molecule Discovery Research

Ken Gigstad (Ph.D. 1997)
Senior Scientist, Millennium Pharmaceuticals

Leslie Vasquez-Serrano (PostDoc)
Owens Corning

Nivedita Namdev (Ph.D. 1997)
Consultant, Biotech