Current Group Members

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

Graduate Students

Eric Davis
B.Sc. in Chemistry and B.A in Psychology. Tiffin University. 2015
Joined 2020
gm9453@wayne.edu
Andrew Herppich
B.Sc. Biochemistry, Oakland University, 2019
Joined 2020
aaherppich@wayne.edu
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