The Disney Lab

Matthew David Disney
Tenured Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Graduate Program Faculty Member, Kellogg School of Science and Engineering
Email: Disney@scripps.edu

Education:
Grade 1-8, Saint Ursula School, Baltimore, Maryland
Grade 9-12, Calvert Hall College, Towson, Maryland
B.S., Chemistry, The University of Maryland, College Park, 1997
M.S., Physical Chemistry, The University of Rochester, 1999
Ph.D., Chemistry, The University of Rochester, 2003
Post Doctoral Fellow: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and ETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, 2002-2004

Awards and Honors:
-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Fellow; University of Maryland, College Park. 1995 – 1997
-Eric A. Batista Award; University of Maryland, College Park. Award for most outstanding undergraduate research. 1997
-Sherman-Clark Memorial Fellow; University of Rochester. 1997 – 1999
-Elon Huntington Hooker Memorial Fellow; University of Rochester. 2000 – 2001
-Arnold Weissberger Memorial Fellow; University of Rochester. 2001 – 2002
-Roche Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH, Zürich). June 2003 – May 2004
-Second Year Roche Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH, Zürich). June 2005 January 2005
-Camille & Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award. September 2005 – August 2010
-NYSTAR JD Watson Young Investigator Award. July 2007 – June 2009
-Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award. July 2008 – June 2011
-Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. August 2010 - July 2015
-University at Buffalo, Exceptional Scholar – Young Investigator Award. June 2011
-The American Chemical Society Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry David Y. Gin Award. 2011

Current Group Members

	Tuan Tran Graduate Student (External) Email: ttran@scripps.edu Education: B.S., Biochemistry – SUNY at Buffalo, 2007
	Sai Velagapudi Graduate Student (External) Email: SVelaga@scripps.edu Education: B.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, India, 2006
	Lirui Guan Research Associate Department of Chemistry Email: LGuan@scripps.edu Education: B.S., Analytical Chemistry, Hunan University, China, 2001 M.S., Organic Chemistry, Auburn University, 2005 Ph.D., Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 2010
	Suzanne Rzuczek Research Associate Department of Chemistry Email: SRzuczek@scripps.edu Education PharmD., Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, New Brunswick, NJ, 2005 Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2011 The Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation has offered Dr. Rzuczek a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to support her research project, "Rational Design of Potent Compounds Targeting RNA in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1."
	Wang-Yong Yang Research Associate Department of Chemistry Email: wyang@scripps.edu Education: B.S., Chemistry, Pusan National University, Korea, 1996 M.S., Organic Chemistry, Pusan National University, Korea, 1998 Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Florida State University, FL, 2011 Dr. Yang has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from FRAXA Research Foundation for his research project, "Design of small molecules to target r(CGG) expansions as a therapeutic option for Fragile X Syndrome."
	Zhaoming Su Research Associate Department of Chemistry Email: ZSu@scripps.edu Education: Ph.D. candidate, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC B.S., Chemistry with honors, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2005
	Erik Fostvedt Research Associate Department of Chemistry Email: efostved@scripps.edu Education: Ph.D. candidate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California Davis B.S., Biological Sciences, California State University, Chico, CA, 2007
	Yiling Luo Research Associate Department of Chemistry Email: YLuo@scripps.edu Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Maryland B.Sc. in Biomedical Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
	Jessica Childs Staff Scientist Department of Chemistry Email: JDisney@scripps.edu Education: B.S., Chemistry, Messiah College, Grantham, PA, 1998 M.S., Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2000 Ph.D., Biophysical Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2003 Post-doctoral: Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, 2003-2005
	HaJeung Park Staff Scientist, X-ray Core Director, TRI Email: hajpark@scripps.edu Education: D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Korea, 1996 Ph.D., Biochemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2002
	Margaret (Peggy) Harris Administrative Assistant III R Department of Chemistry Email: mharris@scripps.edu

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