{"id":61,"date":"2019-09-18T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/wqshi\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:27:21","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.bsu.edu\/wqshi\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-196\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/03125921\/19693398_10154481265620807_6261348013879316726_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/03125921\/19693398_10154481265620807_6261348013879316726_o.jpg 1141w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/03125921\/19693398_10154481265620807_6261348013879316726_o-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/03125921\/19693398_10154481265620807_6261348013879316726_o-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-people.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/04\/03125921\/19693398_10154481265620807_6261348013879316726_o-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nDr. Wei Shi (Principle Investigator)<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">sss<\/span>Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (postdoc)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">sss-<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Medicinal chemistry and chemical biology studies to repurpose an anti-<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">ssssss<\/span> fungal drug (itraconazole) for treating cancer through antiangiogenesis<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">sss<\/span>University of Alberta (Ph.D.)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">sss-<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bioorganic chemistry studies to develop new carbohydrate-containing<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">ssssss<\/span> chemical entities for DNA binding and topoisomerase inhibition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Patricia Barbara Tumfuo (M.Sc. graduate student, 11\/2024- )<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana (Chemistry, 2017-2021)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyler Paine (Undergrad, 05\/2025- )<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ball State University (Biochemistry, 08\/2023- )<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">aaa<\/span>Monroe Central Junior\/Senior High School (2020-2023)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katelyn Rutsey (Undergrad, 01\/2026- )<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ball State University (Cellular and Molecular Biology, 08\/2023- )<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">aaa<\/span>Carroll High School (2020-2023)<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300\">Alumni<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Precious Ajifa Nnamdi (M.Sc. graduate student, 08\/2023-07\/2025)<br \/>\nArman Khosravi (M. Sc. graduate students co-mentored with Dr. Robert Sammelson, 09\/2021-07\/2023)<br \/>\nKwabena Baffour Duah (M.Sc. graduate student, 09\/2019-07\/2021)<\/p>\n<p>Rutendo Aleph Gwata (Undergrad, 08\/2025-12\/2025)<br \/>\nKaylin Nolen (Undergrad, 06\/2025-08\/2025)<br \/>\nSimon Klinger (Undergrad, 05\/2024-04\/2025)<br \/>\nKelsey Slattery (Undergrad, 05\/2023-07\/2024)<br \/>\nLexi Fraley (Undergrad, 12\/2023-05\/2024)<br \/>\nTalon Cotterman (Undergrad, 05\/2023-05\/2024)<br \/>\nLucy McGovern (Undergrad, 01\/2024-05\/2024)<br \/>\nDillon Haynes (Undergrad, 01\/2022-12\/2023)<br \/>\nLily Haley (Undergrad, 09\/2023-12\/2023)<br \/>\nJalyn Johnson (Undergrad, 01\/2023-07\/2023)<br \/>\nGriffin Thomas (Undergrad, 01\/2022-05\/2023)<br \/>\nCourtney Detwiler (Undergrad, 01\/2022-05\/2023)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Elaina Buskirk (Undergrad, 01\/2023-05\/2023)<br \/>\nAshley Anderson (Undergrad, 09\/2020-12\/2022)<br \/>\nKatie Burton (Undergrad, 09\/2021-12\/2022)<br \/>\nLauren Andrews (Undergrad, 09\/2019-05\/2022)<br \/>\nHayden Schneider (Undergrad, 01\/2020-05\/2022)<br \/>\nJada Harvey (Undergrad, 08\/2020-05\/2022)<br \/>\nSeth McKinney (Undergrad, 03\/2022-05\/2022)<br \/>\nNathan Murphy (Undergrad, 01\/2021-05\/2021)<br \/>\nSchuyler Lewis (Undergrad, 03\/2021-05\/2021)<br \/>\nJulia Ysidron (Undergrad, 01\/2020-08\/2020)<br \/>\nMary Asante (Undergrad, 05\/2020-06\/2020)<br \/>\nPrincess Walker (Undergrad, 08\/2019-05\/2020)<\/p>\n<p>Karisten Poole (High School, 09\/2022-04\/2023 )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Wei Shi (Principle Investigator) sssJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (postdoc) sss-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Medicinal chemistry and chemical biology studies to repurpose an anti- ssssss fungal drug (itraconazole) for treating cancer through antiangiogenesis sssUniversity of Alberta (Ph.D.) sss-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bioorganic chemistry studies to develop new carbohydrate-containing ssssss chemical entities for DNA binding and topoisomerase inhibition Patricia Barbara Tumfuo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-page\/page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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