{"id":282,"date":"2013-03-28T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/thaigroup\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:49:53","slug":"graduate-student-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/thaigroup\/graduate-student-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Student Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Name<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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Dates in Group<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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Current Position<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mr. Hongda\u00a0 Zhao<\/span><\/td>\n12\/1999-8\/2001<\/span><\/td>\nScientist, FibroGen, Bay Area, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Krys Bronk<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n12\/1999-7\/2004<\/span><\/td>\nManager at W.R. Grace & Co. -Columbia, MD\u00a0 KrysBronk@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Kulandaivelu Sivanandan<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n8\/2001-1\/2007<\/span><\/td>\nChemist at Applied Materials- Santa Clara, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Subhadeep Basu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n8\/2002-8\/2007<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Staff Engineer at Intel Corp.- Santa Clara, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Britto Sandanaraj Selvaraj<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n8\/2002-8\/2007<\/span><\/td>\nAssistant Professor, IISER, Pune, India<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Geeta Kumar<\/span><\/td>\n1\/2004-6\/2004<\/span><\/td>\nUnknown<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Ilyas Unlu<\/span><\/td>\n1\/2004-6\/2006<\/span><\/td>\nPostdoctoral Research Scientist at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Elamprakash N. Savariar<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2004-10\/2008<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Principal Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals- San Diego, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Arpornrat Nantalaksakul<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2004-12\/2008<\/span><\/td>\nTechnical Manager at Ube Technical Center- Thailand<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Raghunath Roy<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2004-2\/2009<\/span><\/td>\nR&T Advisor at Albemarle Corporation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Naresh Theddu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2005-8\/2006<\/span><\/td>\nPost Doctoral Associate at the Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Akamol Klaikherd<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2005-10\/2009<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Group Director, Technical Service and Technical Development at Thai Wah Public Company Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Yangbin Chen<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2005-1\/2010<\/span><\/td>\nPrincipal Scientist at Medtronic USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Malar Azagarsamy<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2006-11\/2010<\/span><\/td>\nChemical Engineer at Apple- Santa Clara, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Tejaswini Kale<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2006-1\/2011<\/span><\/td>\nDirector, Chemical and Intellectual Property at Red Abbey Labs-Lutherville, MD<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Siriporn Jiwpanich<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2006-8\/2011<\/span><\/td>\nSEA Technical Leader, 3M, Bangkok, Thailand sjiwpanich@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Volkan Yesilyurt<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2006-9\/2011<\/span><\/td>\nLead-Drug product development at Takeda Pharmaceuticals- Cambridge,\u00a0 MA volkanyesilyurt@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Michael Lartey<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2006-10\/2011<\/span><\/td>\nLecturer at the University of Ghana in Legon-Accra, Ghana<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Nagamani Gavvalapalli (Chikkannagari)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2007-8\/2011<\/span><\/td>\nProgram Manager, Carbon Capture at the Department of Energy, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Daniella Gonzalez Toro<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n8\/2007-8\/2012<\/span><\/td>\nDirector Portfolio Management at L’Oreal-NJ, US<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Sompit Wanwong<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2008-11\/2012<\/span><\/td>\nAssistant Professor at KMUTT University in Thonburi, Thailand.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Bhooshan Popere<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2008-2\/2013<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Chemist at The Dow Chemical Company, Marlborough, MA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Reuben Chacko<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2008-3\/2013<\/span><\/td>\nScientist\/Team Leader at Brewer Science in Rolla, MO, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Judy Ventura<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n6\/2008-12\/2014<\/span><\/td>\nProcess Engineer at Teva Pharmaceuticals, FL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Jack Fuller<\/span><\/td>\n12\/2010-1\/2013<\/span><\/td>\nDirector of Business Development at BHE in Greater Boston Area, MA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Andrea Chacko (Della Pelle)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2009-8\/2013<\/span><\/td>\nScientist\/Team Leader at Brewer Science, Rolla, MO, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Feng Wang<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2009-9\/2013<\/span><\/td>\nProcess Support Engineer at Applied Materials- Santa Clara, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Diego Amado Torres<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2009-1\/2014<\/span><\/td>\nPrincipal Scientist at Cytiva<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Rajasekhar Reddy Rami Reddy<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2009-9\/2014<\/span><\/td>\nPrincipal Scientist- Chemistry Research and Development at Bioneeds India Private Limited in Bengalaru, Karnataka, India<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Ambata Poe<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2010-10\/2014<\/span><\/td>\nSenior End Use Research Specialist at The LYCRA Company in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Jing Guo<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2010-11\/2014<\/span><\/td>\nSenior on Product Performance Engineer at ASML- San Jose, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Longyu Li<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2011-6\/2015<\/span><\/td>\nProfessor, College of Polymer Science and Engineering at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Krishna R. Raghupathi<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2010-9\/2015<\/span><\/td>\nResearch Investigator, International Flavors and Fragrances, NJ, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Jiaming Zhuang<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2010-10\/2015<\/span><\/td>\nAnika Therapeutics- Bedford, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.\u00a0Hui Wang<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2011-5\/2016<\/span><\/td>\nResearch Chemist, US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Gunpowder, MD, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Sara LaTorra (Wojtas)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2015-5\/2016<\/span><\/td>\nBio\/Chem Lab Coordinator, Springfield College, MA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Zheyi Yi<\/span><\/td>\n1\/2015-5\/2016<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Software Engineer at AT&T in Mountain View, CA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Dongsik Yang<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2014-7\/2016<\/span><\/td>\nGraduate Student at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Kishore Raghupathi<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2012-4\/2017<\/span><\/td>\nProcess Engineer at Intel in Beaverton, OR, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Celia Homyak<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2013-10\/2017<\/span><\/td>\nScientist II at Ripple Foods in Berkeley, CA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Oyuntuya Munkhbat<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2012-12\/2017<\/span><\/td>\nAssociate Director at SQZ Biotechnologies in Watertown, MA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Youngju Bae<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2012-12\/2017<\/span><\/td>\nMerck Semiconductors- Korea baeyoungju@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Mallory \u201cMolly\u201d Gordon<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2012-10\/2017<\/span><\/td>\nScientist, Anika Therapeutics, MA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Poornima Rangadurai<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2013-11\/2017<\/span><\/td>\nProcess Engineer at Intel in Hillsboro, OR, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Priyaa Prasad<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2013-2\/2018<\/span><\/td>\nProcess Engineer at Intel in Hillsboro OR, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Huan “Joy” He<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2013-9\/2018<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Chemist at DuPont Chemical Company in Marlborough, MA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Uma Sridhar<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2014-9\/2018<\/span><\/td>\nResearch Chemist at the Office of the CTOm Applied Materials in San Francisco Bay Area, CA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Piyachai Khomein<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2013-1\/2019<\/span><\/td>\nPostdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, U.S.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Bin Liu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2014-3\/2019<\/span><\/td>\nAssistant Professor at University of Houston<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Mine Canacki<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2014-8\/2019<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Research Scientist at Vertex Pharma- Cambridge, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Bo Zhao<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2014-8\/2019<\/span><\/td>\nPrincipal Scientist at Regeneron- Tarrytown, NY<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Ziwen Jiang<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n6\/2015-9\/2019<\/span><\/td>\nAssistant Professor at University of Texas at Dallas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Jingjing Gao<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2015-02\/2020<\/span><\/td>\nAssistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering- UMass Amherst<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Wardah Ejaz<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2015-12\/2019<\/span><\/td>\nTechnology Development Module & Integration Engineer at Intel- Hillsboro, OR<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Vikash Kumar<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2015-06\/2020<\/span><\/td>\nEngineer at Intel- Portland, OR<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Kingshuk Dutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2016-7\/2020<\/span><\/td>\nResearch Advisor at Eli Lilly and Company- Indianapolis, IN<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Thameez Mohammed Koyassaeril Yehiya<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2016-02\/2021<\/span><\/td>\nPDT Etch Module Engineer at Intel- Portland, OR<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Francesca Anson<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2016-5\/2021<\/span><\/td>\nScientist at Genentech- San Francisco, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Manisha Shivrayan<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2017-5\/2021<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Product Development Engineer at 3M- Maplewood, MN<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Ann Fernandez<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2017-6\/2021<\/span><\/td>\nSenior Research Specialist at Dow- Midland, MI<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Hongxu Liu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2017-8\/2021<\/span><\/td>\nAssociate Professor in Sichuan University-Chengdu, China<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Khushboo Singh<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2017-8\/2021<\/span><\/td>\nResearch Scientist at Vertex Pharma- San Diego, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Peidong Wu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2018-10\/2022<\/span><\/td>\nPost Doctoral Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and Company- Cambridge, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Ruiling Wu<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2017-12\/2022<\/span><\/td>\nScientist II, Automation and Assay Development at Generate Biomedicines<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Myrat Kurbanov<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1\/2018-5\/2023<\/span><\/td>\nAnalytical Scientist at Scholar Rock- Cambridge, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Pintu Kanjilal<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n1\/2019-11\/2023<\/span><\/td>\nStrand Therapeutics-Boston, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Uyen “Jennie” Huynh<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n1\/2019-11\/2023<\/span><\/td>\nDiscovery Pharmaceutics Senior Scientist at Johnson & Johnson-San Diego, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Ritam Das<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n1\/2019-8\/2024<\/span><\/td>\nDevelopment Scientist at Genetech-San Diego, CA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Shuai Gong<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n1\/2019-12\/2024<\/span><\/td>\nScientist at Sanegene Bio-Boston, MA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Stephanie Le<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n1\/2019-12\/2024<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Ranit Dutta<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n1\/2020-12\/2025<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0Post Doctoral Research Scientist at Harvard Medical School<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Theeraphop(Theo) Prachyathipsakul<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n1\/2020-12\/2025<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0Post Doctoral Research Scientist at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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