PRINCIPAL INVEstigator
Contact: huang-r at purdue dot edu
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rong huang, Ph.D.Rong obtained her BS in pharmacy and MS in pharmaceutical sciences from Tongji Medical University. After teaching at Tongji for 2 years, she came to Purdue to pursue a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry with Richard Borch in 2001. She worked on the design, synthesis and evaluation of prodrugs to disrupt SH2 domain-mediated protein-protein interaction. After graduation, she did her postdoc training with Phil Cole at Johns Hopkins University, where she developed a method to site-specifically introduce acetyl-Lys mimics into proteins, as well as worked on histone demethylase enzymology and inhibitor discovery. In 2011, she joined Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Medicinal Chemistry as an Assistant Professor. In 2017, Rong returned to Purdue as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 2023. In Feb 2024, Rong was ratified as the Evanson-McCoy Professor. Huang Lab applies an interdisciplinary approach to understand the molecular mechanisms of methyltransferases and acetyltransferases, design and synthesize selective and potent inhibitors to manipulate the epigenetic pathways, and to develop novel and targeted epigenetic drugs.
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current lab members
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Dr. Ming He
From 10/2022 to Present Associate Researcher |
Dr. Dattatraya Masal
From 3/2025 to present Research Fellow |
Dr. Shihao Cheng
From 10/2023 to present Research Fellow |
Erwin Dow
From 12/2024 to Present Graduate Student |
Emma Seipp
From 12/2020 to Present Graduate Student |
Regina Nam
From 10/2023 to Present Graduate Student |
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Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Iredia D Iyamu
(05/2019-11/2023) Current: Assistant Professor, University of Kansas School of Pharmacy |
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Dr. Zhi Huang
(08/2019-04/2020) Current: Assistant Professor, CAS Heifei Institute of Physical Science |
Dr. Ayad Al-Hamashi (01/2018-10/2018)
Current: Associate Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Baghdad, Iraq 
Dr. Javeena Hussain
(10/2022 - 09/2023) Current: Research Fellow at RTI International |
Dr. Linjie Li (01/2017-02/2019)
Current: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 
Dr. Baharul Islam
(01/2024 - 07/2024) Current: Cornell University |
Dr. Stacie L. Richardson
(04/2013-12/2014) Current: Associate Group Leader, PPD, Richmond, VA 
Dr. Noha Ahmed
(08/2022 - 08/2024) Current: Baylor University |
Dr. Gang Zhang
(01/2012-12/2015) Current: Sr. Scientist, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Washington DC 
Dr. Akshay Kulkarni
(9/2022 - 4/2025) Current: Sr. Research Investigator at BMS |
Graduate Students
Ying Meng, Ph.D.
(12/2018 - 08/2024) Current: Scientist, Dualitybio, Shanghai, China 
Krystal Diaz, M.S. (12/2019-07/2023)
Current: Senior Associate Scientist, Pfizer, Pearl River, NY |
Guangping Dong, Ph.D. (11/2015-08/2021)
Current: Scientist, XtaiPi Inc. Shanghai, China |
Brie Baxley, Ph.D. (11/2013-05/2017)
Current: Clinical Trial Manager, ICON Srategic Solutions, Durham, NC |
Yunfei Mao, Ph.D. (11/2012-07/2016)
Current: Data Analyst, Capitol One, Richmond, VA |
Undergraduate and Pharm D. Students
Claire Reyes (1/2023 - 12/2024) Pharm D student, Purdue University
Suhyun Han (2/2023 - 04/2024) Undergraduate student in pharmaceutical science, Purdue University. Current: Pharm D student in the University of Minnesota
Gray Yuanrui Zhao (01/2019-12/2020)-Undergraduate student in BSPS, Purdue University. Current: Graduate student at MCMP in Yang Yang Lab
Timothy J. Amos (09/2020-12/2020)- Undergraduate student in Chemistry, Purdue University
Alexis T. Reidel (08/2019-12/2019)-Undergraduate student in BSPS, Purdue University
Nathan J Becker (01/2018-05/2018) -undergraduate student in Biology at Purdue University
Pahul Hanjra, B.S. (06/2013-05/2016) - MD/PhD student at Univ of Texas (2018-present)-Fulbright Scholarship awardee, Norway (08/2017-06/2018)
Ariel Nash, B.S. (06/2013–05/2014) - Resident in Albany Medical Center-Pediatrics (2018-); Medical Student at VCU (2014-2018)
Kathryn Marshman, B.S. (06/2016-05/2017) - Pharmacy Technician in Springfield, VA
Pei-Chun Chu, Pharm D (01/2016-05/2016) - Pharmacist, Raleigh, NC
High School Students
Kshitji Saste, Moroe Township High School, (Summer 2012) - Rutgers University (2013-
Ashwin Chetty, Henrico High School (Summer 2016) - Yale University (2017-
Sabrina Ye, Godwin High School (2016-2017) -College of William & Mary (2020-
Serena Yu, West Lafayette High School (Summer 2021, 2023)
International Visiting Students
Simon Angel Henao Toro, Visiting undergraduate student, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, Colombia (02/2024-08/2024)
Juan Jose Raffaeli Yepes, Visiting undergraduate student, Universidad CES in Medellin, Colombia (02/2023-08/2023; 01/2024-07/2024)
Anselmo Reggiardo, PhD Student, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Summer 2012)
Andrea Citarella, MS student, University of Messina, Italy (Fall, 2016) Current: PhD student at University of Vienna (2018-2020)
Congyu Zhang, Visiting undergraduate student, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China (01/2019-05/2019)-PK/PD Master program in University of Buffalo (2019-)
Claire Reyes (1/2023 - 12/2024) Pharm D student, Purdue University
Suhyun Han (2/2023 - 04/2024) Undergraduate student in pharmaceutical science, Purdue University. Current: Pharm D student in the University of Minnesota
Gray Yuanrui Zhao (01/2019-12/2020)-Undergraduate student in BSPS, Purdue University. Current: Graduate student at MCMP in Yang Yang Lab
Timothy J. Amos (09/2020-12/2020)- Undergraduate student in Chemistry, Purdue University
Alexis T. Reidel (08/2019-12/2019)-Undergraduate student in BSPS, Purdue University
Nathan J Becker (01/2018-05/2018) -undergraduate student in Biology at Purdue University
Pahul Hanjra, B.S. (06/2013-05/2016) - MD/PhD student at Univ of Texas (2018-present)-Fulbright Scholarship awardee, Norway (08/2017-06/2018)
Ariel Nash, B.S. (06/2013–05/2014) - Resident in Albany Medical Center-Pediatrics (2018-); Medical Student at VCU (2014-2018)
Kathryn Marshman, B.S. (06/2016-05/2017) - Pharmacy Technician in Springfield, VA
Pei-Chun Chu, Pharm D (01/2016-05/2016) - Pharmacist, Raleigh, NC
High School Students
Kshitji Saste, Moroe Township High School, (Summer 2012) - Rutgers University (2013-
Ashwin Chetty, Henrico High School (Summer 2016) - Yale University (2017-
Sabrina Ye, Godwin High School (2016-2017) -College of William & Mary (2020-
Serena Yu, West Lafayette High School (Summer 2021, 2023)
International Visiting Students
Simon Angel Henao Toro, Visiting undergraduate student, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, Colombia (02/2024-08/2024)
Juan Jose Raffaeli Yepes, Visiting undergraduate student, Universidad CES in Medellin, Colombia (02/2023-08/2023; 01/2024-07/2024)
Anselmo Reggiardo, PhD Student, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Summer 2012)
Andrea Citarella, MS student, University of Messina, Italy (Fall, 2016) Current: PhD student at University of Vienna (2018-2020)
Congyu Zhang, Visiting undergraduate student, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China (01/2019-05/2019)-PK/PD Master program in University of Buffalo (2019-)
