HOME RESEARCH PEOPLE PUBLICATIONS MISC Prof. Wetzler Modi Wetzler Research Assistant Professor B.A./B.A. University of Buffalo in Chemistry and English (double major), 1999 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley with Prof. David Wemmer (Chemistry Department), 2007 Post-doc Stanford University with Prof. Annelise Barron (Bioengineering Department) 2007-2011 Graduate Students Paris Hamilton Ph.D. Candidate B.S. James Madison University, Chemistry 2009 M.S. Clemson University with Prof. Dev Arya (chemistry Department), 2011 Project: Novel ways to PEGylate peptides and using those techniques to improve metabolic peptide PK/PD Kirtsin Sockwell Ph.D. Student B.S. University of Alabama, Chemistry 2012 Project: Actinyl-specific ligands for nuclear separations, uranium seawater mining, and actinide decorporation agents Dani Dong Ph.D. Student B.S. Coker College, Chemistry 2011 Project: Better peptoid oligomer/polymer synthesis and novel separations methods Undergraduate Students Matt Wasilewski Senior, Chemistry major Project: Faster, greener, and simpler syntheses of azamacrocycles Grayson Panetti Junior, Chemistry major Project: novel actinide/actinyl ligand development Trinh Chu Senior, Biological Sciences Project: PEGylated argipressin/vasopressin analogs Andrew Swartz Senior, Biological Sciences Project: Peptoid analogs of GLP-1 Reggie Johnson Junior, Biological Sciences Project: Peptoid polymers as silk mimics Alumni Undergraduate lab alumni Taylor Cook, Chemical Engineering, Spring 2012 - Spring 2013; currently working with Mark Blenner in Chemical Engineering Jake Perry, Chemical Engineering, Spring 2012 - Spring 2013; currently working with Scott Husson in Chemical Engineering Melissa Kallas, Pre-pharmacy, Fall 2012; currently attending USC Pharmacy School Leah Williams, Psychology, Spring 2012 - Spring 2013 Ivan Suarez-Diaz, Berea College, Chemistry, Summer 2012 Zanib Hassan, Biochemistry, Spring 2012 Alex Blumer, Biology, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012