Imperiali Lab Alumni
Dr. Christine Arbour (Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2024) Research Scientist Synthetic Molecule Design and Development, Lilly, Indianapolis, IN.
Dr. Greg Dodge (Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2024) Senior Research Fellow, Biogen, Cambridge MA.
Dr. Alyssa Anderson (Ph.D. 2023, Thesis title: Investigating structure-function relationships in bacterial glycoconjugate assembly enzymes), Scientist, AI Proteins, Boston MA.
Dr. Hannah Bernstein (Ph.D. 2023, Thesis title: Biochemical Characterization of Glycan Assembly Pathway Enzymes)
Dr. Leah Seebald (Postdoctoral Associate 2018-2022) Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Haverford College, Haverford, PA,
Dr. Liz Ward (Ph.D. 2022) Thesis title: Directed Evolution of Glycan-Binding Proteins. Scientist - Bioanalytical Assays at Affinivax.
Dr. Jean-Marie Swiecicki (Postdoctoral Associate 2015-2019) Senior Scientist Relay Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Cristina Zamora (Postdoctoral Associate 2015-2019) North America R&D Transversal Operations Project Lead, Sanofi Genzyme, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Sonya Entova (Ph.D. 2019) Thesis title:Structure-Function Relationships in Monotopic Phosphoglycosyl Transferases. Scientist - Protein Biochemistry, Amagma Therapeutics, Waltham, MA
Dr. Amael Madec (Postdoctoral Associate 2015-2018) Scientist I, Medicinal Chemistry at Relay Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Dr Nate Schocker (Postdoctoral Associate 2016-2018). Senior Scientist at GlycosBio, Inc. Houston, TX
Dr. Debasis Das (Postdoctoral Associate 2014-2018). Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalore India
Dr. Julie Silverman (Postdoctoral Associate 2013-2017). Senior Scientist, Anokion, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Joris DeSchutter (Postdoctoral Associate 2013-2016). Associate Director, Commercial Business Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Monika Musial-Siwek (Postdoctoral Associate 2013-2016). Head of Protein Sciences, Versant, Arlington, MA.
Dr. Vinita Lukose (Ph.D. 2015)
Thesis title: “Priming and Processing Glycosyltransferases in Bacterial N-linked Glycosylation Pathways”
Technical Business Development at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Dr. Maria (Marthe) Walvoort (Postdoctoral Associate 2012-2015). Associate Professor, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Dr. Garrett Whitworth (Postdoctoral Associate 2011-2015). Environmental Consultant and Data Analyst, Whitworth Environmental, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Dr. Michelle Chang (Ph.D. 2015)
Thesis title: “Biochemical and Biophysical Investigations of N-linked Glycosylation Pathways in Archaea”
Synthetic Biologist, Asimov, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Carsten Kroll (Postdoctoral Associate 2012-2014) External Innovation Lead - Small Molecule Research at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Dr. Silvano Sanchini (Postdoctoral Associate (2014-2016) Associate Principal Scientist - Analytical Project Leader at Lonza, Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Laura Peterson (Postdoctoral Associate 2012-2014) Lecturer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Stephanie Cheung (M.S. 2014)
Thesis title: “Development of fluorogenic biosensors for dynamic detection of cytokines”
Graduate Student, EMBL-Heidelberg, Ikmi lab, Germany.
Dr. Andrew Krueger (Postdoctoral Associate 2009-2013) Research Investigator, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Michael J. Morrison (Ph.D. 2013)
Thesis title: "Elucidation of the pathways responsible for the biosynthesis of UDP-N,N’-diacetylbacillosamine in bacterial pathogens."
Head of Molecular Discovery at Related Sciences
Dr. Marcie Jaffee (Ph.D. 2013)
Thesis title: "Investigation of the Structural Requirements for Oligosaccharyl Transferase Function."
R&D Technical Writer at Immucor, Inc.
Dr. Elke Piper (Socher) (Postdoctoral Associate 2010-2013)
Senior Research Scientist at Federal Institute of Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Dr. Philipp Schneggenburger (Postdoctoral Associate 2010-2013) Director Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Development and Manufacturing, Intellia Therapeutics, Cambridge MA
Dr. Meredith Hartley (Ph.D. 2011)
Thesis title: "Polyprenyl-dependent glycan assembly pathways in microbial pathogens."
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (https://chem.ku.edu/meredith-d-hartley).
Dr. Brenda Goguen (Ph.D. 2011)
Thesis title: "Development and Application of Chemical Tools for Investigating Dynamic Processes in Cell Migration."
Senior Director, New Product Planning & Corporate Strategy at Wave Life Sciences, Boston, MA.
Dr. Cliff Stains (Postdoctoral Associate 2008-2011) Associate Professor, University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA (http://chemistry.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/cs3dh)
Dr. James Morrison (Postdoctoral Associate 2008-2011) Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline, Upper Merion, PA.
Dr. Wendy Iskenderian-Epps (Ph.D. 2011)
Thesis title: "Mapping the Synapse: Synthesis and Validation of Chemical Probes for Interrogating PDZ Domains."
Lecturer, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Dr. Angelyn Larkin (Ph.D. 2010)
Thesis title: "Investigation of Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation in Archaeal and Bacterial Systems."
Patent Agent/Technology Specialist at Lando & Anastasi, LLP, Boston, MA.
Dr. Daniel Jiménez Teja (Postdoctoral Associate 2009-2010) Research Scientist, Lopez-Neyra Parasitology and Biomedicine Institute (IPBLN), Grenada, Spain.
Dr. Jerry Troutman (Postdoctoral Associate 2006-2010)
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. (http://chemistry.uncc.edu/faculty/131-troutman-jay-m.html)
Dr. Nelson Olivier (Postdoctoral Associate 2005-2009) Associate Director of Innovative Medicines Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA.
Dr. Matthieu Sainlos (Postdoctoral Associate 2004-2009)
Independent Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Bordeaux, France.
Dr. Galen Loving (Ph.D. 2009)
Thesis title: "New Tools Derived from the Solvatochromic 4-N,N-Dimethylamino-1,8-naphthalimide Fluorophore for the Detection of Biomolecular Interactions."
Scientist, Carmot Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Elvedin Lukovic (Ph.D. 2009)
Thesis title: "Development of Selective Peptide and Protein-Based Reporters of Kinase Activity Utilizing Chelation-Enhanced Fluorescence." Assistant Attending and Fellow in Critical Care Medicine at Fellow in Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Dr. Mark Chen (Ph.D. 2009)
Thesis title: "Investigating Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation Substrate Specificity and Effects on Protein Folding."
Manager of Analytics Automation and Data at Mountain Equipment Coop, Vancouver BC, Canada.
Dr. Juan Antonio González Vera (Postdoctoral Associate 2006-2008)
Research Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry Institute, Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Dr. Anne Reynolds (Postdoctoral Associate 2005-2008)
Intellectual Property Attorney at Casimir Jones, S.C. Madison, WI.
Dr. Langdon Martin (Ph.D. 2008)
Thesis title: "Development of Lanthanide-Binding Tags (LBTs) as Powerful and Versatile Peptides For Use in Studies of Proteins and Protein Interactions."
Professor of Chemistry, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC. (http://www.warren-wilson.edu/includes/staff_bios.php?user=lmartin)
Dr. Melanie Bonnekessel (Postdoctoral Associate 2007-2008)
Chemist, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Dr. Andreas Aemissegger (Postdoctoral Associate 2005-2007)
Director of Production at Bachem AG, Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Dora Carrico-Moniz (Postdoctoral Associate 2004-2007)
Associate Professor, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. (http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/Dora/index.html)
Dr. Elizabeth Taylor (Vogel) (Ph.D. 2006)
Thesis title: "Caged Phosphopeptides and Phosphoproteins: Probes to Dissect the Role of Phosphorylation in Complex Signaling Pathways."
Lecturer, CONCOURSE,, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Seungjib Choi (Ph.D. 2006)
Thesis title: "Development of Transition State Analogues Targeting Chitinases and Oligosaccharyl Transferase."
Research Scientist, Samsung, South Korea.
Dr. Bianca Sculimbrene (Postdoctoral Associate 2004-2006)
Associate Professor, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. (http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/bsculimb/)
Dr. Guofeng Zhang (Postdoctoral Associate 2003-2006) Research Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA.
Dr. Kerney Jebrell Glover (Postdoctoral Associate 2001-2006)
Associate Professor, Lehigh University, West Bethlehem, PA. (http://cas.lehigh.edu/casweb/content/default.aspx?pageid=526)
Dr. Mary O'Reilly (Ph.D. 2006)
Thesis title: "Investigating the Pathway of Asparaginen-Linked Glycoprotein Biosynthesis."
Scientific Illustrator and Designer, oreillyscienceart@gmail.com
Dr. Eranthie Weerapana (Ph.D. 2006)
Thesis title: "Investigating Asparagine-Linked Protein Glycosylation in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Systems."
Associate Professor, Boston College, Boston, MA. (http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/chemistry/faculty/weerapana.html)
Dr. Christian Hackenberger (Postdoctoral Associate 2003-2005)
Leibniz-Humboldt Professor for Chemical Biology, Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin, Germany. (www.fmp-berlin.info/hackenbe/)
Dr. Deborah Rothman (Ph.D. 2005)
Thesis title: "Caged Phosphopeptides and Phosphoproteins: Agents in Unraveling Complex Biological Pathways."
Director, Chemical Biology, Merck Kenilworth, NJ.
Dr. Melissa Shults Won (Ph.D. 2005)
Thesis title: "Chemosensing Strategies Utilizing the Novel Sulfonamidohydroxyquinoline Amino Acid Sox."
Vice President, Arima Genomics, San Diego, CA.
Dr. Christina Carrigan (Postdoctoral Associate 2003-2005)
R&D Scientist, Biomarkers, San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Mayssam Ali (Ph.D. 2004)
Thesis title: "Design and Structural Characterization of Oligomeric ßßa Mini-Proteins."
Associate, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. M. Eugenio Vazquez (Postdoctoral Associate 2001-2004)
Profesor Titular, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. (http://web.usc.es/~eugeniov/index.html)
Dr. Mark Nitz (Postdoctoral Associate 2001-2004)
Professor and Associate Chair, University of Toronto, Canada. (www.chem.utoronto.ca/staff/mnitz/mn/index.html)
Dr. Katherine Franz (Postdoctoral Associate 2000-2003)
Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Duke University, Durham, NH. (http://chem.duke.edu/faculty/katherine-j-franz)
Dr. Carlos Bosques (Ph.D. 2003)
Thesis title: "Effects of Glycosylation on the Structure and Fibrillization of Prion Protein Fragments."
Vice President of R&D and Innovation at Evolved By Nature, Arlington, MA
Dr. Maria Ufret (Ph.D. 2003)
Thesis title: "Studies Towards In Vivo Inhibition of Oligosaccharyl Transferase."
Principal Scientist, IPSEN Bioscience, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Robert Dempski (Ph.D. 2003)
Thesis title: "Investigation of the Yeast Oligosaccharyl Transferase."
Associate Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. (http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Faculty/red.html)
Soonsil Hyun (M.S. 2003)
Thesis title: "Design and Photochemical Properties of Caged Zn2+: Chelators Bind Zn2+ with High Affinity and Release it upon Photolysis."
Dr. Harm Brummerhop (Postdoctoral Associate 2001)
Scientist, Aventis Pharm, Germany.
Dr. Dierdre Pearce (Postdoctoral Associate 1997-2001)
Project Manager, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Dr. Kevin McDonnell (Ph.D. 2001)
Thesis title: "Incorporation of Catalytic Function into Folded Polypeptide Scaffold."
Director of Targeting Chemistry, BIND Biosciences, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Jennifer Ottesen (Ph.D. 2001)
Thesis title: "Design of Descretely Folded Mini-Protein Motifs."
Associate Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. (http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~biochem/faculty/Ottesen.html)
Dr. Sarah E. O'Connor (Ph.D. 2001)
Thesis title: "Conformational Effects of Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation."
Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany (https://www.sarahoconnor.org)
Dr. Adam Mezo (Postdoctoral Associate 1999-2000)
Senior Director and Head of Molecular Design, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA.
Dr. Nathalie Jotterand (Postdoctoral Associate 1999-2000)
Research Associate, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Dr. Stephane Peluso (Postdoctoral Associate 1999-2000)
Global Head of Oncology External Innovation at IPSEN, Boston, MA.
Dr. Vincent Tai (Ph.D. 2001)
Thesis title: "Mechanistic Studies of Oligosaccharyl Transferase Employing Synthetic Inhibitor and Substrate Analogues."
Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Dr. Peter Soderman (Postdoctoral Associate 1999-2000). Innovation Program Manager at the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dr. Michael Shogren-Knaak (Ph.D. 2000)
Thesis title: "Incorporating Functions into BBA Peptide Motifs."
Associate Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. (http://www.bbmb.iastate.edu/shogren-knaak.shtml)
Dr. Paula Eason (Postdoctoral Associate 1997-2000). Director of Medical Alignment, Lung Cancer, Medical Affairs at Astra Zeneca, Washington DC.
Dr. Jens Pohlmann (Postdoctoral Associate 1997-1998). Medicinal Chemistry Consultant, Basel, Switzerland.
Dr. Jean Ernest Sohna Sohna (Postdoctoral Associate 1997-1998). Director, Vanga lama, Ltd. Norwich, UK
Dr. Kazuaki Kudo (Postdoctoral Associate 1997-1998)
Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Grant Walkup (Ph.D. 1998)
Thesis title: "Fluorescent Peptidyl Chemosensors for the Measurement of Divalent Metal Cation Concentrations."
Director of Biochemistry, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Richard Ping Cheng (Ph.D. 1998)
Thesis title: "Design and Synthesis of Metallopeptides; Incorporation of Unnatural alpha-Amino Acids and Construction of a Structural Template."
Professor of Chemistry,, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. (http://www.ch.ntu.edu.tw/english/faculty/rpcheng-e.html)
Dr. Christine Davis Rener (Postdoctoral Associate 1995-1997)
Vice Provost for Instructional Development and Innovation and Director of the Pew Faculty Teaching & Learning Center, Grand Valley State University (https://www.gvsu.edu/chem/christine-rener-120.htm)
Dr. Christine Kellenberger (Postdoctoral Associate 1996-1997)
Research Fellow, AFMB-CNRS, Marseille, France.
Dr. Rahul Pathak (Ph.D. 1997)
Thesis title: "The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Oligosaccharyl Transferase.”
Partner, Squire, Patton, and Boggs, San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Ming C. Hammond (Undergraduate Research 1996-1999)
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Alicia Torrado (Postdoctoral Associate 1994-1996)
Principal Research Scientist, Lilly S. A., Madrid, Spain.
e-mail: torrado_alicia@lilly.com
Dr. Tamara Lynn Hendrickson (Ph.D. 1996)
Thesis title: "Insights into the Mechanism of Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation: Kinetic Studies with Substrates and Inhibitors."
Associate Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, OH. (http://chem.wayne.edu/faculty/hendrickson/)
Dr. Ranabir Sinha Roy (Ph.D. 1996)
Thesis title: "Coenzyme-amino Acid Chimeras: New Residues for the Design of Functional Proteins.
Sr. Director and Compound Development Team Leader, Janssen Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, NJ.
Dr. Mary Denise Struthers (Ph.D. 1996)
Thesis title: "Structural Templates for Protein Design: The Assembly of Peptidyl Motifs with Defined Supersecondary Structure."
Director Immunoscience at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ.
Dr. William Dvorak Shrader (Postdoctoral Associate 1994-1996)
Fellow at BioElectron Technology Corporation, Mountain View CA
Dr. Keith Warren Rickert (Ph.D. 1996)
Thesis title: "Protein Glycosylation: Substrate Selectivity and Conformational Consequences."
Senior Research Scientist, Medimmune, Gaithersburg, MD
Dr. Lisa Wang (Postdoctoral Associate 1993-1995)
Senior Product Manager, Clinical and Educational Microscopes, Olympus America, Inc. Waltham, MA.
Dr. Jeffrey Spencer (Postdoctoral Associate 1993-1995).
Founder and CEO at STRATEGICS Inc. South San Francisco, CA
Dr. Stewart Lindsay Fisher (Ph.D. 1993)
Thesis title: "Unnatural Amino Acids in the Synthesis and Semisynthesis of Metalloprotein Motifs."
Chief Scientific Officer at C4 Therapeutics, Inc. Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Tarun Kapoor (Undergraduate Researcher 1989-1993)
PELS Family Professor, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Dr. Karen L. (Mrksich) Shannon Mrksich (Ph.D. 1992)
Thesis title: "Conformational and Mechanistic Studies of Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation."
VP, Intellectual Property at Beckman Coulter, La Brea, CA.
Thomas Prins (M.S. 1992)
Thesis title: "Synthesis of Unnatural Amino Acids with Chelating Side Chains and the Characterization of Peptides Incorporating them."
Kalypsys, San Diego, CA.
Dr. Masafumi Unno (Postdoctoral Associate 1991-1992)
Professor, Gunma University, Japan. (http://element.chem-bio.st.gunma-u.ac.jp/index-e.html)
Dr. Rex A. Moats (Postdoctoral Associate 1990-1992)
Assistant Professor Research, Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles / University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Dr. Janet Warren Zimmerman (Ph.D. 1990, Carnegie Mellon University)
Thesis title: "Investigation of the Initial Steps of Asparagine- Linked Glycosylation."
Group leader (Scientist I) in the Glycobiology group at Alpha-Beta Technology, Worcester, MA.
