Principal Investigator
| Prof. Mary Kay Pflum |
| B.A., Carleton College, 1992 Ph.D., Yale University, 1999 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 1999-2001 Joined the faculty, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 2001 |
| Research interest(s)/area of expertise Protein post-translational modification, histone deacetylase proteins, chemical genetics, medicinal chemistry |
| pflum@wayne.edu |
Faculty Fellow
| Erome Hankore, Ph.D. |
| Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2019 |
| Joined 2024 |
| erome.hankore@wayne.edu |
Postdoc Fellow
| Mahamadou Djibo, Ph.D. |
| Ph.D., Chemistry, Paris Cité University, 2016 |
| Joined 2025 |
| ic6969@wayne.edu |
Graduate Students
| Augustine Chidi Madueke |
| M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2021 |
| Joined 2021 |
| augustinemadueke@wayne.edu |
| Rachael Taiwo Tiamiyu |
| B.Sc. Biochemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2018 |
| Joined 2022 |
| rachael.tiamiyu@wayne.edu |
| Tolulope Oyewumi |
| M.Sc. Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu, 2022 |
| Joined 2022 |
| hl3778@wayne.edu |
| Valentine Nwanelo |
| B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2017 |
| Joined 2022 |
| valentinenwanelo@wayne.edu |
| Andrea Van Engen-Ver Beek |
| B.Sc. Biochemistry, Calvin University, 2023 |
| Joined 2023 |
| avanengenv@wayne.edu |
| Toluwalope Alabi |
| B.Sc. Biochemistry, MountainTop University (2021) |
| Joined 2024 |
| ht4731@wayne.edu |
| Jethro Akaito |
| BSc Chemistry, Kaduna State University (2018) |
| Joined 2025 |
| Jethro.akaito@wayne.edu |
Cuuent Undergraduate Students
Angela Belanger
Mehreen Siddiqui
Humaira Shaik
Post-Baccalaureate Students
Sahil Patel
Erika Fells