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Peter A. Crooks, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmaceutical Science
College of Pharmacy
University of Kentucky
907 Rose Street, 501A
Lexington, KY 40536
phone: 859-257-1718
fax: 859-257-7585
pcrooks@email.uky.edu

left to right: Hamad, Mohamed; Malkawi, Ahmad; Zheng, Guangrong; Venkatraj, Muthusamy;
Wei, Xiaochen; Sundar, Neelakantan; Haubner, Aaron; Sonar, Vijayakumar Narayana; Zhang,
Zhenfa; Crooks, Peter; Irfan, Shama; Al-Ghananeem, Abeer; Hojahmat, Marhaba; Zheng, Fang

List of Current Members of the Group

Crooks, Peter P. 257-1718 COP 501B PI pcrooks@email.uky.edu
Hojahmat, Marhaba 257-2300 ext. 240 ASTEC RA mhoja2@email.uky.edu
Sundar, Neelakantan 257-2586 CTW 454 RA sneel2@email.uky.edu
Zheng, Guangrong 257-2585 CTW 454 RA gzhen2@email.uky.edu
Al-Ghananeem, Abeer 323-7946 COP 415 RP analg0@email.uky.edu
Zheng, Fang 257-2579 CTW 457 PD fzhen2@email.uky.edu
Zhang, Zhenfa 257-2584 CTW 455 PD zzhan5@email.uky.edu
Malkawi, Ahmad 323-7946 COP 415 PD amalk2@email.uky.edu
Irfan, Shama 257-2584 CTW 455 PD shama.irfan@email.uky.edu
N-Nalluri, Buchi 323-7946 COP 415 RA nbnalld2@email.uky.edu
Albayati, Zaineb 323-7946 COP 415 VS zfadh2@email.uky.edu
Culver, John P. 257-2585 CTW 455 GS jculv3@email.uky.edu
Vartak, Ashish Pramod 257-2586 CTW 458 PD ashishvartak@email.uky.edu
Nair, Vipin Purushothaman 257-2300 ext. 240 ASTEC PD vipin.nair@email.uky.edu
Reddy, Thirupathi 257-2584 CTW 455 PD thirupathi.reddy@email.uky.edu
Eldridge, Joshua 257-2586 CTW 458 GS jeldr2@email.uky.edu
Dhooper, Harpreet Kaur 257-2585 CTW 454 GS hkdhoo2@email.uky.edu
Chakraborty, Ujjwal 257-2585 CTW 454 GS uchak2@email.uky.edu
Penthala, Narsimha Reddy 257-2585 CTW 454 PD npent2@email.uky.edu
Subramanian, Karunai Leela 257-2584 CTW 455 ? ksubr3@email.uky.edu

List of the Former Group Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Dr. Francesco DeSimone (Italy) 1974,1975
  • Dr. Eliseo Ramundo (Italy) 1975
  • Dr. Antonio Dini (Italy) 1975
  • Dr. E. Huq (Bangladesh) 1976 - 1977
  • Dr. Michio Sato (Japan) 1982 1983
  • Dr. Abdulghani A. Houdi (United Kingdom) 1985 - 1986
  • Dr. Terence Tita (U.S.A.) 1987
  • Dr. Chen-Yie Chien (U.S.A.) 1986 - 1988
  • Dr. Anita Rathore (India) 1989 - 1991
  • Dr. Balwinder Bhatti (India) 1990 - 1999
  • Dr. Alain Ravard (France) 1991 - 1995
  • Dr. Naranjan Deo (India) 1992 - 1995
  • Dr. Grazyna Cynkowska (Poland) 1993 - 2000
  • Dr. Tadeusz Cynkowski (Poland) 1993 - 2000
  • Dr. Latch Trifonov (Bulgaria) 1994 - 1995
  • Dr. Chongxi Yu (USA) 1995 - 1996
  • Dr. Muhammad Qureshi (Pakistan) 1996 - 1998
  • Dr. Haeil Park (South Korea) 1996 - 1998
  • Dr. Srishailkumar B. Hadimani (India) 1996 - 1999
  • Dr. Raj Puri (India) 1997 - 1998
  • Dr. Wenkui Li (Hong Kong) 1998 - 1999
  • Dr. Xu- Rui (People’s Republic of China) 1998 - 2001
  • Dr. Xiaochen Wei (People’s Republic of China) 1999 - 2005
  • Dr. Jianjun Gao (Japan) 2000 - 2001
  • Dr. Vijayakumar Narayana Sonar (India) 2000 - 2008
  • Dr. Xiao Ming Yu (People's Republic of China) 2002 - 2003
  • Dr. Jianhong Chen (People’s Republic of China) 2002 - 2005
  • Dr. Mohamed Hamad (Sudan) 2002 - 2006
  • Dr. Timothy Benson (United Kingdom) 2003
  • Dr. Muthusamy Venkatraj (India) 2005
  • Dr. Vijender R. Adelli (Indian) 2007
  • Dr. Syed Raziullah Hussaini (United Kingdom) 2006 - 2007
  • Dr. Vipin Purushothaman Nair (South Africa) 2006 - 2008

Visiting Scientists

  • Dr. Jerzy W. Krechniak (Poland) 1984 - 1985
  • Dr. Lyaquatali A. Damani (United Kingdom) 1985 - 1986
  • Dr. Zhao-Xia Fang (People's Republic of China) 1988 – 1991
  • Dr. Talal A. Aburjai (University of Jordan) 2004

Ph.D. Students

  • Howard E. Rosenberg (University of Cambridge) graduated in year 1975
  • Richard Szyndler (University of Manchester) graduated in year 1976
  • Trevor Deeks (University of Manchester) graduated in year 1979
  • Peter Burn (University of Manchester) graduated in year 1981
  • Eric Benghiat (University of London) graduated in year 1982
  • Mohamad S. Shaker (University of Jordan) graduated in year 1983
  • Kenneth C. Cundy (University of Manchester) graduated in year 1984
  • Abdul Al-Ghani Hoodi (University of Bagdhad) graduated in year 1986
  • Samirah Hassan (University of Baghdad) graduated in year 1987
  • Chukwemeka G. Nwosu (University of Pennsylvania) graduated in year 1987
  • Riad Awad (University of Jordan) graduated in year 1987
  • William F. Pool (University of California, San Diego) graduated in year 1987
  • C. Steven Godin (University of Massachusetts) graduated in year 1988
  • Hana Dannan (University of Damascus) graduated in year 1988
  • Santosh C. Kottayil (University of Poona) graduated in year 1993
  • Supinan Na-Phuket (University of the Phillipines) graduated in year 1997
  • Jyothi Matharu (University of Bombay) graduated in year 1997
  • Omar Ghosheh (University of Jordan) graduated in year 2000
  • Michelle Howard-Sparks (University of Kentucky) graduated in year 2000
  • Aimee Bence (Houghton College) graduated in year 2001
  • Joshua R. Ring (Dartmouth College) graduated in year 2006
  • Joshua T. Ayers (Dartmouth College) graduated in year 2006
  • Aaron Haubner(University of Kentucky) graduated in year 2007

M.S. Students

  • Trevor Deeks (University of Manchester) graduated in year 1976
  • Nabil N. Daoud (University of Baghdad) graduated in year 1981
  • Jeffrey Leigh (University of Manchester) graduated in year 1982
  • Amal N. A. Al-Taae (University of Baghdad) graduated in year 1983
  • Shyamala Chan
  • Drasekaran (University of Poona) graduated in year 1993
  • Min Li (University of Beijing) graduated in year 1996
  • David Worthen ( St. Johns University) graduated in year 1997
  • Jason Swango (Berea College) graduated in year 1997

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