Dr. Xue’s Research Group
Dr. Xue’s research group consists of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows within the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
Current Group Members
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Dr. Yong Ai (Research Associate) Research Interests: ALDH2 inhibitors, hCAR/Nrf2 dual activators, CO antidote, |
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Mirza Baig (Postdoc) Research Interests: Wnt inhibitors, NLRP inhibitors, FSP1 inhibitors |
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Zijin Xu (G4) Research Interests: ALDH2 inhibitors by mimicking the active metabolites of DSF |
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Kieran Johnson (G3) Research Interests: Anti-pseudomonal agents by targeting the bacterial extracellular hemophore HasAp |
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Natalya Brown (G2) Research Interests: Theranostics targeting the Pseudomonas aeruginosa extracellular hemophore HasAp |
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Matthew Hou (P1) Research Interests: Covalent ALDH2 inhibitors |
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Ariana Covas (Postbac) Research Interests: Covalent ALDH2 inhibitors |
Former Group Members
Postdoc:
- Dr. Hannah Mbatia (2012)
- Dr. Chuangyu Qi (2012 – 13)
- Dr. Shilei Zhu (2013)
- Dr. Xinhua He (2012 – 14, current position: Beijing Ins. of Pharmacol. and Toxicol.)
- Dr. Wei Yang (2014 – 16, current position: Simcere Pharmaceutical Group)
- Dr. Huimin Cheng (2014 – 17, current position: XtalPi Inc)
- Dr. Dongdong Liang (2015 – 19)
PhD Students:
- Geoffrey Heinzl (2012 – 16, current position: FDA)
- Rachita Rai (2013 – 15, Master)
- Tao Liang (2013, rotation student)
- Chad Johnson (2015 – 16, rotation student)
- Kiwon Ok (2016, rotation student)
- Asmita Adhikari (2017, rotation student)
- Matthew Hursey (2018, rotation student)
- Christopher Goodis (2020, rotation student)
- Nathaniel McClean (2021, rotation student)
- Benjamin Diethelm-Varela (2018-21, Master)
- Elizabeth Robinson (2015 – 21, current position: APL)
- Garrick Centola (2015-2022, current position: FDA)
- Aziza Frank (2020 – 2025, current position: Scientist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research)
- Tristan Seals (2026, rotation student)
MS Students:
- Rajlaxmi Deshpande (2022 – 23)
- Gayatri Bhandarkar (2022 – 23)
- Mugdha Dange (2022 – 23)
- Ayush Sinha (2022 – 23)
- Tanya Bavadekar (2023 – 24)
- Shruti Kale (2024)
- Tanvi Jogalekar (2025)
- Ronil Patel (2025 – 26)
- Vanshika Dave (2025 – 26)
PharmD and Other Students:
- Emily Sartain (summer 2013, from Rice University)
- Kyle Wende (summer 2014)
- Tharcilla Aglio (summer 2014, Federal University of Juiz de For a, Brazil)
- Jung-Min Lee (2014, PharmD)
- Kelly Murphy (2014, PharmD)
- Sidick Jibril (2014-2015, PharmD)
- Nayara Cauneto (summer 2015, Federal University of Juiz de For a, Brazil)
- Priya Brunsdon (2015, PharmD)
- Tommy Lee (2015, PharmD)
- Yue Yin (summer 2017, from Binghamton University)
- Alexandra Morris (summer 2017, from UMBC)
- Nathen Shen (2017, PharmD)
- Phuc Tran (2017, PharmD)
- Chun Yin Li (2017, PharmD)
- Ana Continho (2014-18, PharmD)
- Keri McClelland (summer 2018, from Bryn Mawr)
- Meredith Kuser (summer 2018, from Wake Forest University)
- Assefa Akinwole (summer 2019, from UMBC)
- Ferideh Sistani-Khanaman (2018-20, PharmD)
- Aanye Gafrey (2020-21, PharmD)
- Heng Ung (2021, PharmD)
- Malaika Nyawara (summer 2022, from UMCP)
- Chiamaka Okereafor (2022, PharmD)
- Lucia Hwang (2021 – 22, PharmD)
- Negar Hamidi (2021 – 22, PharmD)
- Kelly Hoang (summer 2023, summer 2024, from UMCP)
- Andrew Ireland (summer 2024, UMBC)
- Kiana Behboudi (2023, PharmD)
- Ismael Watts-Ouattara (UMBC, 2023 – 24)
- Nikhil Reddy (2024)
- Samira Mousavi (2024)
Visiting Scholar:
- Dr. Xianyu Sun (2013)
- Dr. Chao Jiang (2014)
- Dr. Shaymaa Kassab (2014)
- Dr. Atef A Abdel-Hafez (2014, joint with the MacKerell Lab)
- Dr. Qianshou Zong (2016)
- Dr. Jingming Zhao (2018)
- Dr. Wan Pang (2020)