Staff Scientists
Co-Directors Daniel Romo (left) and John L. Wood (right)
Professor Daniel Romo:
Schotts Professor of Chemistry (2015-present)
Co-Director, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Laboratory (2015-present)
Director of The Baylor Undergraduate MiniPharma (2016-present)
Gradipore Professor of Chemistry (2014-2015), Texas A&M
Director, Natural Products LINCHPIN Laboratory (2010-2015), Texas A&M
Director of Chemistry, TAMU Undergraduate MiniPharma (2010-present), Texas A&M
Education: B.A., Chemistry/Biology, Texas A&M University
Ph. D., Chemistry, Colorado State University (w/ Prof. Albert I. Meyers)
Amer. Cancer Soc. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University (w/ Prof. Stuart L. Schreiber)
Professor John L. Wood:
Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Scholar, Baylor University (2013-present)
A. I. Meyers Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University (2006-2013)
Professor of Chemistry with Tenure, Yale University (1998-2006)
Associate Professor of Chemistry (non tenured), Yale University (1997-1998)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Yale University (1993-1997)
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (w/ Prof. Stuart L. Schreiber)
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, (w/ Prof. Amos B. Smith, III)
Assistant Director Kenneth G. Hull
Assistant Director, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Lab (2015-present)
Co-Director, Natural Products LINCHPIN Laboratory (2013-2015)
Experience: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals R&D, Infection iMED, Boston, MA: Principal Scientist (2002-2012), Scientist (1998-2002); Hoffmann-La Roche Pharmaceuticals, Principal Scientist, Oncology (1998); Associate Res. Investigator (1994-1997) then Senior Scientist (1996-1997), Inflammation/Autoimmune Diseases; Senior Scientist, Bronchopulmonary Research (1991-1994)
Education: Post-Doctoral, University of Pennsylvania (w/ Prof. Amos B. Smith, III)
Ph. D., Organic Chemistry, University of Georgia (w/ Prof. George Majetich)
B.S., Chemistry, University of Georgia
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Anjana Delphe-Acharige
Experience: Post-doctoral research associate, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Lab (June 2021- present)
Education and work experience: Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Kansas State University (w/ Prof. Stefan H. Bossmann) (Aug. 2016 – 2021)
Research Scientist, Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, Sri Lanka (w/ Dr. Dinara Gunesekera) (May 2014 – May 2016)
B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Chemistry, Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Sep. 2010 – May 2013)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Umamaheswara Rao Boddu
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India.
Former Members
Fulbright Scholar Hien Minh Nguyen
Fulbright Scholar, Baylor University, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Lab (09/2022-01/2023)
Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam 07/2019-Present
PhD: University of Toyama, Japan (10/2015-03/2019), (with Prof. Hiroyuki Morita)
MSc: Can Tho University, Vietnam (2009-2011)
BSc. Can Tho University, Vietnam (2004-2008)
Senior Research Associate Haoran Xue
Post-Doctoral Associate Venkata Kovvuri
Education: Post-Doctoral, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Lab (June 2020-March 2021)
Post-Doctoral, Baylor University (w/ Prof. Daniel Romo) (Sept. 2016- May 2020)
Post-Doctoral, University of Grenoble Alpes (w/ Prof. Yannick Vallée) (2014-2016)
Ph. D., Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India (w/ Dr. J. S. Yadav)
M.S., Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
B.S., Sciences, Andhra Loyola College, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Vijayawada, India
Post-Doctoral Associate Yu-Wen Huang
Post-doctoral associate, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Lab (2016-2018)
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Rochester (w/ Prof. Alison J. Frontier) (Sep. 2009-Mar. 2016)
Research Assistant, Genomic Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (w/ Prof. Shang-Cheng Hung) (Nov. 2008-Jul. 2009)
M.S., Organic Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University (w/ Prof. Shang-Cheng Hung) (Jul. 2005-Jun. 2007)
B.S., Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University (Sep. 2001-Jun. 2005)
Senior Research Associate Mingzhao Zhu
Senior Research Associate, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Lab (2015-2018)
Research Associate, Natural Products LINCHPIN Laboratory (2011-2015)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (2009-2010)
Background: Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellow – University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (April 2007 – March 2009)
Postdoctoral Fellow – Leibniz University of Hanover, Hanover, Germany (Feb. 2006- March. 2007) Natural product synthesis
Ph.D. – Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany (Oct. 2001-Dec. 2005)
M.S. – Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
B.S. – Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Assistant Director Ke Kong
Assistant Director, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Lab (2014-2017)
Scientist, Amgen (2011- 2013)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University (w/ Prof. John L. Wood)
Ph. D., Organic Chemistry. Texas A&M University, TX (w/ Prof. Daniel Romo)
B. S., Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China
Fulbright Scholar Kenneth Eyong
Fulbright Scholar, Baylor University, Baylor Synthesis and Drug-Lead Discovery Lab (2016-2017)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Organic Chemistry The University of Yaounde I, Cameroon 2010-Present
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Organic Chemistry, The University of Yaounde I, Cameroon (2008-2010).
Post-Doc: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) Chennai, India (2007-2013)
Post Doc: TU Dortmund, Germany (2009)
PhD: TU Paderborn, Germany (2002-2005)
MSc: The University of Yaounde I, Cameroon (2009-2001)
BSc. The University of Buea, Cameroon (1994-1997)