Dr. Thomas C. Brunold

Thomas was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1969. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Bern in 1996, working with Hans U. Güdel on the design and spectroscopic characterization of new transition-metal-based near-IR laser materials. From 1997 to 1999 he was a postdoctoral fellow with Edward I. Solomon at Stanford University, studying binuclear iron and manganese centers in proteins and synthetic model complexes. He joined the faculty at the University of WisconsinMadison in 1999.

Brad Betts

Brad grew up in Grafton, WI and is currently presuing a BS in Chemistry at UW-Madison.  In the summer of 2011 he joined the group where he works with Craig studying the interaction of superoxide with a Mn-based small molecule functional mimic of Fe- & Mn-dependent superoxide dismutases.  In his free time outside of the lab Brad is on the university rowing team and enjoys being active in general.

Beth Blaesi

Beth grew up in Kansas. She received a BS in Chemistry and a BS in Biochemistry from Kansas State University in 2009. She joined the group later that year and is currently studying cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) in an effort to elucidate its catalytic mechanism.

Craig Gutman

Craig grew up in Denver, CO. In 2008 he received a BS in Chemistry and a BS in Biology from Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR and  joined the Brunold group later that year. Within the group he works on studying cambialistic (non-metal specific) Fe- and Mn- dependent superoxide dismutases and related small-molecule functional mimics. He hopes to one day pursue a career in academics.

Chris Jordan

Chris is originally from Woodstown, NJ and he joined the group in 2009 after receiving a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in Mathematics from Hope College where he worked under Dr. Will Pollik. He especially enjoys cookies on Tuesdays and is currently working on computationally modeling the role of cobalamin in glutamate mutase.

Mickie Killian

Joined the group in 2011.

Ivan Pallares

Ivan joined the group in 2009 after receiving a B.S Chemistry Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Originally from Colombia, he came to Madison looking for more interesting climates. He works in the cobalamin subgroup.

Kristine Smith

Kristine joined the group in 2010 after receiving a B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. Originally from Seattle, she enjoys the outdoors and organizing. She works on studying cambialistic Fe- and Mn- dependent superoxide dismutases.

Nuru Stracey:

Joined the group in 2011. Previously worked in the Landis lab at UW. Received B.S in Chemistry from Yale University. She is originally from Botswana and enjoys reading, jogging, QI and the IT Crowd. Currently working on CDO.

Bradford Ryland

Joint member with Stahl group.

Olivia Watkins

PhD 2011

Volunteer chemistry outreach in Texas

Andrew Jasniewski

BS 2011

Chemistry PhD Student under Larry Que, U Minnesota

Jessica Gardner

PhD 2010

Post-Doc under Katherine Franz, Duke U

Karen Conrad

PhD 2010

Post-Doc under Brian Crane, Cornell U

Kiyoung Park

PhD 2010

Post-Doc under Ed Solomon, Stanford U

Kathy Van Heuvelen

PhD 2009

Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College

Laurie Grove

PhD 2008

Assistant Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Matt Liptak

PhD 2008

Assistant Professor, University of Vermont

Adam Fiedler

PhD 2006

Assistant Professor at Marquette U

Amanda J. Reig (Brooks)

PhD 2006

Assistant Professor at Ursinus College

Troy Stich

PhD 2005

Post-Doc under R. David Britt, UC Davis

Tim Jackson

PhD 2004

Assistant Professor at U Kansas-Lawrence

Jen Craft

PhD 2003

Chemistry & Physics Teacher at Noble and Greenough School

Juan Xie

PhD 2003

Ralph Schenker

Post-Doc

Test and Service CryoProbe at Bruker BioSpin AG

Rebecca Vander Zanden

MS 2008

Assistant Analytical Scientist at Sigma-Aldrich

Danielle Curran

MS