Postdoctoral Fellows
Madhu Sudan Manna
madhu.manna@utsouthwestern.edu
Hometown: Contai, West Bengal, India
B.S.: Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, India
(Chemistry, 2008)
M.S.: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
(Chemistry, 2010; Advisor: Tharmalingam Punniyamurthy)
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
(Organic Chemistry, 2015; Advisor: Santanu Mukherjee)
Research: Catalytic Reactions, Medicinal Chemistry
Santhivardana Reddy Yetra
santhi.yetra@utsouthwestern.edu
Hometown: Guntur, India
B.S.: Hindu College, Guntur, Andrapradesh, India
(Chemistry: 2008)
M.S.: Govt. Arts College, Andhra University, Rajahmundry, India
(Chemistry: 2010)
Ph.D.: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
Chemistry, 2016; Advisor: Akkattu Biju)
Postdoc.: Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
(Chemistry, 2019; Advisor: Lutz Ackermann)
Research: Catalytic Reactions, Medicinal Chemistry
Badrinath Kakde
badrinath.kakde@utsouthwestern.edu
Hometown: Borgaon (Math), India
B.S.: Dr. B. R. Barwale College, Jalna, India.
(Chemistry, 2007)
M.S.: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India.
(Chemistry, 2009; Advisor: Charansingh Gill)
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.
(Organic Chemistry, 2015; Advisor: Alakesh Bisai)
Research: Chemical Biology, Catalytic Reactions, Natural Product Synthesis
Melanie Rodriguez
Melanie.Rodriguez@UTSouthwestern.edu
Hometown: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
B.S.: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
(Chemistry and Molecular Biology, 2014)
Ph.D.: Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey
(Chemistry, 2021; Advisor: Stacey Brenner-Moyer)
Research: Medicinal Chemistry
Graduate Students
Mohammed Sharique
mohammed.sharique@utsouthwestern.edu
Hometown: Lucknow, India
B.S./M.S.: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India
(Chemistry, 2014; Advisor: Alakesh Bisai)
Research: Catalytic Reactions, Natural Product Synthesis
Vaishnavi N Nair
vaishnavinarayanan.nair@utsouthwestern.edu
Hometown: Kerala, India
B.S./M.S.: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India
(Chemistry, 2016; Advisor: Alakesh Bisai)
Research: Catalytic Reactions, Natural Product Synthesis
Cooper Vincent
cooper.vincent@utsouthwestern.edu
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
B.S.: Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
(Chemistry, 2017; Advisor: Stephen Warren)
M.S.: Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
(Chemistry, 2019; Advisor: Gregory O'Neil)
Research: Natural Product Synthesis, Catalytic Reactions
Nate Schmitt
nathan.schmitt@UTSouthwestern.edu
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
B.S.: Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
(Chemistry, 2020; Advisor: David Minter)
Research: Natural Product Synthesis, Catalytic Reactions