The Lipton Lab
Tarpo Department of Chemistry, Purdue University

Current Group Members

Graduate Students

Paul Ouellete 

PhD Candidate

Kaif Rashid Khan 

PhD Candidate

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Maya Kipfmiller 

PhD Candidate

Alexandra Davis

PhD Candidate

Undergraduate Students

Madison Flowers

Major: Chemistry

Minor: Biochemistry 

Lipton Group Alumni

Adam Mitrevski (Ph.D. 2025)

Abhijith Anil Kumar (Ph.D. 2025)

Miri Niedrauer (Ph.D. 2020)
Research Scientist, Eradivir.

Matt Hostetler (Ph.D. 2018)
Process Chemist, Evonik

Sarah E. St. John (Ph.D. 2013)
Vice President, Business Development & Marketing, Occam Health Services

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

Benjamin Barth (Ph.D. 2011)
Associate Professor, St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Gurusankar Ramamoorthy (Ph.D. 2010)
Senior Research Scientist II, Curia

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

Joseph Greene (Ph.D. 2009)

David C. Cranfill (Ph.D. 2007)
Technology & Innovation Director, Hunstman Polyurethane

Selcuk Calimsiz (Ph.D. 2007)
Senior Research Scientist II, 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 Project Manager, Evonik.

Ravi Krishnamoorthy (Ph.D. 2006)
Director Operations & External Services Quality, N.I.B.R.

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

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

Angel Morales-Ramos (Ph.D. 2004)
Scientific Leader, 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)
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)
Director, Human Pharma Operations, Boehringer Ingelheim

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

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

Leslie Vasquez-Serrano (PostDoc)
Owens Corning

Nivedita Namdev (Ph.D. 1997)
Director, Imago BioSciences, Inc.