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Marvin J. Meyers, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Saint Louis University
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 314-977-5197
To schedule a meeting: https://marvinmeyers.youcanbook.me/
​Links:  ORCID iD, NCBI My Bibliography, Google Scholar.

I received my BA in chemistry from Dordt College (Iowa) and my PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois.  From 2000-2010, I worked as a medicinal chemist in drug discovery at Pfizer where I worked on new drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and pain.  In 2010, I joined a team of scientists at SLU working on discovering new drugs for rare and neglected diseases. ​ In 2018, I transitioned to the Department of Chemistry at SLU where we continue to work on new drug discovery for infectious and other diseases.

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Dr. Suvajit Koley
Post-doc, 2022-present (HBV and Cryptosporidium projects)
Ph.D. Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University

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Dr. Tim Huber
Post-doc, 2024-present (Cryptosporidium project)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Northern Illinois University

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Samantha (Sam) Brosend
Graduate Student, 2020-present (Cryptococcal Meningitis Project)
B.S. Biochemistry, Monmouth College


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Katie Richter
Graduate Student, 2021-present (TB project)
B.S. Chemistry, Monmouth College

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Hannah Lupton
Graduate Student, Biomedical PhD program, 2021-present (FSHD muscular dystrophy project)
Primary mentor: Dr. Fran Sverdrup (SLU Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Secondary mentor: Dr. Meyers

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Antonio Giardina
Graduate Student, 2022-present (Cryptosporidium project)
M.S. Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Catania

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Ankita Sarkar
Grad Student, 2023-present (Cryptosporidium project)
M.S. Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata

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Omoh Ben
Graduate Student, 2023-present (Tuberculosis project)
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Sumalatha Manyam
Graduate Student, 2024-present (Cryptosporidium project)
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Emily Harshbarger
​Undergraduate, Chemical Biology & Pharmacology, 2023-present

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Alisa Mara
​Undergraduate, Chemistry, 2023-present

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Elaine Lohse
​Undergraduate, Chemical Biology & Pharmacology, 2024-present

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Lupe Calixto
​Undergraduate, Biochemistry, 2024-present

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Katie Bauman
​Undergraduate, Biochemistry, 2024-present


Former Group Members
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Dr. Soumitra Guin
Current: Post-doc with Dr. Tom Burris at University of Florida
Post-doc, 2021-2024 (Cryptococcus and Cryptosporidium projects)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore

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Dr. Anusha Gokanapalle
Current: Post-doc with Dr. Jim Janetka at Washington University in Saint Louis
​Post-doc, 2022-2024 (Cryptosporidium project)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Yogi Vemana University

Jeremiah Brinken
​Summer REU 2024 (antiviral project)
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Caroline Christ
Current: PhD program at University of Washington
Undergraduate, Chemistry, 2021-2024 (Cryptosporidium project)

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Caitlin Hamill
Current: PharmD program at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis​
Undergraduate, Chemistry, 2022-2024 (Cryptosporidium project)

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Lane Hartman
Current: ​PhD program at St. Jude's
Undergraduate, Chemistry, 2021-2024 (Cryptosporidium project)

Greg Giovine
​Summer REU 2022, Summer REU 2023
Undergraduate, Chemistry, 2023-2024 (Cryptosporidium project)
Emily O'Hara
​Undergraduate, Biology, 2022-2023 (TB project)
Brooklyn Richardson
​Summer IDBI DeNardo Fellowship 2023
Undergraduate, Biology, Saint Louis University
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Maryam Zangi
Current: Research Scientist at City of Hope Cancer Center
Graduate Student, 2018-2023 (HSV, HBV and Cryptosporidium projects)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Saint Louis University, 2023
M.S. Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
                         B.S. Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology

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Dr. Tanner Schubert
Current: Post-doc with Dr. Yuyang Dong at Colorado State University
Graduate Student, 2018-2023 (Plasmodium and Cryptosporidium projects)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Saint Louis University, 2023
B.S. Chemistry, Saint Louis University

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Dr. Edmund Oboh
Current:  Post-doc with Dr. Dennis Liotta at Emory University
Graduate Student, 2018-2023 (Cryptosporidium project)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Saint Louis University, 2023
B.S. Chemistry, University of Cape Coast

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Dr. Makafui (Mark) Gasonoo
Current: Research Scientist at MilliporeSigma, Sheboygan Falls, WI
Post-doc, 2019-2022 (HBV and Cryptosporidium projects)
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Northern Illinois

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Ethan James
​Undergraduate, Biochemistry, 2021-2023 (FSHD project)

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Aaron Burroughs
Current: Industrial chemist​ at Elantas PDG
Undergraduate, Chemistry, 2021-2022 (Cryptosporidium project)

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Miguel Campos
Current: Chemistry graduate program at Northwestern University
SLU McNair Scholar Program
Undergraduate, Chemistry (Washington University in St. Louis), 2019-2022 (Cryptococcal Meningitis project)

Hannah Peek
Current: EMT​
SLU Undergraduate, Chemical Biology & Pharmacology, 2020-2022 (Cryptosporidium project)
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Dr. Nicholas (Nick) Jentsch
Current: Research Scientist at Fimbrion, St. Louis, MO
Post-doc, 2021-2022 (Cryptosporidium project; Cryptococcus project)
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi

Evan Miller
Graduate Student, Chemical Biology, 2019-2021 (FSHD muscular dystrophy project)
Primary mentor: Dr. Fran Sverdrup (SLU Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Secondary mentor: Dr. Meyers
Diana Urbina
Current: Pattonville High School; Incoming SLU student in Fall 2022
Summer research 2021
Nicole Shapiro
Current: Chemistry graduate school at the University of Iowa
Webster University, chemistry
Summer REU 2021
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Emmy Philo
Current:  Air Force, medical school
SLU Undergraduate, Chemistry, 2019-2021 (Cryptosporidium project)

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Andrew Van Nispen
Current: medical school
​SLU Undergraduate, Biochemistry, 2019-2021 (HBV project)

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Dr. Haresh Thakellapalli
Current: Research Scientist at AviSyn/Pfizer, Groton, CT
Post-doc, 2018-2019 (VLA4 and RelMtb projects)
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of West Virginia

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Brylon Denman
Current:  Chemistry graduate school at the University of Minnesota
SLU Undergraduate, Biochemistry, 2018-2020 (RANKL and Cryptosporidium projects)

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Carlos Kamal
Current:  SLU Medical Anatomy and Physiology Post-Baccalaureate program
SLU ​Undergraduate, Neuroscience, 2018-2020 (Cryptococcus project)

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Clayton Monia
Current: MS in Medical Physiology at Loyola Chicago ​
SLU Undergraduate, Health Sciences, 2018-2020 (Tuberculosis project)

Undergraduate student researchers and summer interns (pre-2020)
  • Lexi Overton, Summer REU 2019
  • Samantha Brosend, Summer REU 2019
  • Adriana Maribona, 2017-2019
  • Radhika Patel, 2017-2019
  • Ghazal Shami Alshlabi, Summer REU 2018
  • Tanner Schubert, 2016-2018
  • Ryan Engleman, 2016-2017
  • Sebastian Chirayil, 2016-2018
  • Albina Abdullaeva, 2014-2016
  • Alekya Tummala, 2014-2015
  • Elizabeth Anderson, 2013-2015
  • Maximillian Bourdillon, Summer 2014
  • Thomas Krenning, 2013-2014
  • Anjanette Smith, Summer 2013
  • Tyler Zahrli, Summer 2012
  • Sarah McNitt, 2012-2014
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