Robert Arnold
Graduate student
B.Sc. - University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Microbiology, 2009)

Research: Co-culture of bacteria, gene expression, microbiology

Yazmin Carrasco
Graduate student
B.Sc. - University of Texas El Paso

Research: Natural products isolation, HTS, discovery of anti-cancer compounds

Kiara Fairman
Graduate student
B.Sc. – Alabama State University (Chemistry, 2009)

Research interests: medicinal chemistry and structure elucidation
Outside interests: drawing, arts and crafts, and music

Youcai Hu, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral research associate
Ph.D. – Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College, China (Medicinal Chemistry, 2009)
B.Sc. – Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China (Medicinal Chemistry, 2003)
B.Sc.– Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China (Medicinal Chemistry, 2000)

Research interests: Natural products isolation

Matthew Jamison
Graduate student           
B.Sc. - University of Texas at Dallas

Research: Natural products isolation, microbiology

Ende Pan, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral research associate
Ph.D. – Virginia Tech University (Chemistry, 2010)
M.Sc. – Xiamen University, P. R. China (Chemistry, 2003)
B.Sc. – Xiamen University, P. R. China (Chemistry, 2000)

Research Interests: Natural product chemistry, MS and NMR for structure elucidation, biosynthesis and synthesis of natural products, biological evaluation of natural products, and drug discovery

Jamie Rogers
Graduate student
B.A. - Illinois Wesleyan University (Chemistry, 2008)

Research Interests: Discovery and characterization of biologically active natural products and medicinal chemistry.  
Outside interests:  The STL Cardinals

Nathan Stewart
Research Assistant
B.Sc. Oklahoma Christian University (Biology, 2009)

Research Interests: Discovery of new and interesting marine microorganisms and assessing the biological functionality of their metabolites
Outside Interests: I enjoy exercise, rock climbing, and time spent with family and friends