Group Members

	Shana J. Sturla, Ph.D. Principal Investigator sturl002@umn.edu Office Phone: 612-626-0496 Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001 B.S., Chemistry, University of Califormia at Berkeley, 1996 Medicinal Chemistry Profile Cancer Center Profile Professional Biography
	Marina Tanasova, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate tanas003@umn.edu Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Michigan State University, 2008 Breast Cancer Therapy by Tumor-Specific DNA-Repair Factor Cross-Linking
	Xiaodan (Kathy) Liu Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Student liuxx315@umn.edu B.S., Biology, Xiamen University, China, 2000 M.S., Biology, Xiamen University, China, 2003 I. Role of Protein Adducts in Chemotherapy; II. Chemical and Biochemical Evaluation of Inositol Phosphates and Kinase- and Phosphatase-Stable Analogs
	Rahul Lad Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Student ladxx004@umn.edu B. Pharm., University of Pune, 2003 M. Tech., Pharmacy, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, India, 2005 Detection of DNA Damage by Synthetic Nucleoside Probes: Chemical, Biophysical and Nanoparticle-Based Approaches
	Heidi Dahlmann Chemistry Graduate Student dahlm044@umn.edu B. S. Chemistry, Wisconsin Lutheran University, 2007 New Synthetic Methodologies for Selective Functionalization of Nucleosides as Mechanistic Probes of Mutagenesis
	Hailey Gahlon Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Student gahlo005@umn.edu B. S. Biomedical Sciences and Biochemistry, St. Cloud State University, 2007 Kinetic, Thermodynamic, and Structural Contributions to Polymerase Mediated Synthesis of Chemically Modified DNA
	Kathryn Pietsch Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Student piet0123@umn.edu B. A. Chemistry and Biology, Concordia College, 2006 Probing Mechanisms of Antitumor Drug Bioactivation with a Chemically Activated Acylfulvene Analog
	Eric Smolensky Chemistry Graduate Student (Pierre Lab) Chemical Biology Interface Program Trainee (Pierre and Sturla, Co-mentors) smol0040@umn.edu B. A. Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Morris, 2007 Targeting Biomolecules with Self-Assembled Nanoparticles

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