:: Current Members
 

					Alvan Hengge Professor, Organic Chemistry Ph.D.: University of Cincinnati, 1987 (Organic chemistry) NIH Postdoctoral Fellow: 1987-1990, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biochemistry Assistant Scientist, Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Wisconsin, 1990-1996 Assistant Professor, USU Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 1996-2000 Associate Professor, USU Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2000-2004 Professor, USU Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry,2005-present USU College of Science Teacher of the Year, 2005 USU College of Science Researcher of the Year, 2006 Office phone: (435) 797-3442, FAX: (435) 797-3390 Lab phone: (435) 797-0023 E-mail: alvan.hengge@usu.edu
Tiago Brandão Postdoctoral Researcher tiago.brandao@aggiemail.usu.edu   Mark Haney Ph.D. Student smhaney@comcast.net   Vyacheslav Kuznetsov Ph.D. Student vhr-dsp@ya.ru   Yuan Chu Ph.D. Student yuan.chu@aggiemail.usu.edu Ryan Berry Undergraduate Student r.berry@aggiemail.usu.edu   Rebecca Mittchell Undergraduate Student rbmitchell@cc.usu.edu   Rochelle Kellett Undergraduate Student wandbaton@msn.com   Sara Huefner Undergraduate Student shuefner04@yahoo.com

:: Former Postdoctoral Reserchers

Dr. Przemyslaw Czyryca, October 1998-August 2003. Present position: Scientist, Computational Chemistry, Fujitsu.

Dr. Krzysztof Swierczek, February 2001-April 2003. Present position: NPS Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Eric Tanifum, May 2006-March 2008. Present position: Postdoctoral fellow at Gilbertson Lab, University of Texas Medical Branch, Chemical Biology Program, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

:: Former Graduate Students

Dr. Richard Hoff, Ph.D. (1999). "Investigation of the Cleavage of the Ester Bond in Phosphate Monoesters: Enzymatic and Solution Studies of Phosphoryl Transfer Reactions and Comparison with Sulfuryl Transfer Reactions." Present position: Associate Professor, U. S. Military Academy, West Point.

Dr. Irina Catrina, Ph.D. (2001). "Phosphorothioates as Models for Studying Phosphoryl Transfer Reactions." Present position: Research Associate, Hunter College, Department of Biological Sciences.

Dr. Piotr Grzyska, Ph.D. (2003). "Insights on Enzymatic and Uncatalyzed Phosphoryl Transfer." Present position: Postdoctoral fellow, Michigan State University.

Ms. Jamie Purcell, M.S. (2005). "1. Thermodynamic Investigation of Phosphoryl and Thiophosphoryl Transfer. 2. Kinetic Isotope Effects on Zinc-Mediated Phosphotriester Hydrolysis.Insights on Enzymatic and Uncatalyzed Phosphoryl Transfer." Present position: Ph.D. student at Emory University.

Dr. Kerensa Sorensen-Stowell, Ph.D. (2006). "Insights Into Solvation Effects on Phosphate, Phosphorothioate, and Sulfate Ester Hydrolysis Reactions." Present position: Assistant Professor, BYU-Idaho, Department of Chemistry.

Dr. Tim Humphry, Ph.D. (2006). "Investigations on the Effect of Metal Complexation Upon the Hydrolysis Reactions of Phosphate Esters." Present position: Postdoctoral fellow at North Carolina State University Department of Chemistry.

Ms. Robynn Cox, M.S. (2007). "A mechanistic study of purple acid phosphatases."

Dr. Subashree Iyer, Ph.D. (2007). "Synthesis and evaluation of phosphonic acids as phosphatase inhibitors. 2. Transesterification thio effects and kinetic isotope effects of thio-substituted ribonucleoside models."

:: Former Undergraduate Students

Samantha Streicher, 1997-1998
Paul Larsen, 1998-1999 (2 papers)
Kelly Southwick-Small, 1998-1999 (1 paper)
Sarah Fitch, 1998-1999
Justin Golightly, 1999 (1 paper)
David Cleverly, 1999-2000
Stuart Gibby, 2000-2002 (1 paper)
Jarod Younker, June 2001-August 2004 (3 papers, 3 poster presentations)
Jamie Purcell, June 2001-August 2004 (2 papers, 3 poster presentations)
Randy Christensen, January 2003-May 2003
Zahraa Al-Lawati, January 2004-August 2004
Darin Humphreys, January 2004-June 2005
Elise McKenna, May 2004-December 2004
Elizabeth Lund, May 2005-July 2007 (1 paper, 1 poster presentation)
Doug Holt, October 2005-December 2006