Dr. Noah Z. Burns
Associate Professor
nburns@stanford.edu
CV
Noah was born in Oakland, CA but grew up in south central Maine. He attended Columbia University in the city of New York where he was mentored by Professor James Leighton. He obtained his Ph.D. with Professor Phil Baran at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA and was then an NIH postdoctoral fellow with Professor Eric Jacobsen at Harvard University. He joined the chemistry faculty at Stanford University in the fall of 2012 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019.
Graduate Students
Brandon Derstine
5th-Year Graduate Student in Total Synthesis
B.S. in Chemistry from Hope College, 2019
derstine@stanford.edu
Hayden Anderson
4th-Year Graduate Student in Total Synthesis
B.S. in Chemistry from Trinity University, 2020
handers1@stanford.edu
Amy Su
2nd-Year Graduate Student in Methodology
B.A. in Chemistry from Columbia University, 2022
ajsu@stanford.edu
Alina cook
3rd-Year Graduate Student in Total Synthesis
B.S. in Chemical Biology from UBC, 2021
alinajc@stanford.edu
Undergraduate Students
James Collings
5th-Year Undergraduate in Chemistry
Matthew Martinez
4th-Year Undergraduate in Chemistry
Cameron Loughney
4th-Year Undergraduate in Chemistry
Lab Mascot
Lola
woof@stanford.edu
Area of Research: Sleep and Meditation
Alumni
Dr. Carl Mansson, Ph.D. 2023, Gilead Sciences
Dr. Sajan Patel, Ph.D. 2023, Gilead Sciences
Dr. Andrew Mayfield, Postdoc 2022, Yale University
Dr. Gabrielle Cabrera, Ph.D. 2022, Pfizer
Dr. Isaac Falk, Ph.D. 2022, Gilead Sciences
Dr. Joshua Farr, Ph.D. 2022, Gilead Sciences
Dr. Ben Boswell, Ph.D. 2021, Exelixis
Tofu, RIP 2021
Mr. Kensuke Suzuki, visiting Ph.D. 2019, Osaka University
Dr. Matt Epplin, Postdoc 2020, Arcus Biosciences
Dr. Grace Mckenna, Ph.D. 2020, Pfizer
Dr. Balint Gal, Ph.D. 2019, Arcus Biosciences
Dr. Carolyn Cohen, Ph.D. 2019, Amgen
Dr. Jaron Mercer, Ph.D. 2018, David Liu Postdoc
Dr. Myles Smith, Postdoc 2018, UTSW Medical School Professor
Dr. Matt Landry, Ph.D. 2018, Genentech
Dr. Cyril Bucher, Ph.D. 2018, Denali Therapeutics
Dr. Alex Burckle, Ph.D. 2018, Gilead Sciences
Mr. Xiaoqi Tian, visiting Ph.D. 2018, Tianjin University
Dr. Chang Min, Postdoc 2018, Incyte
Dr. Frederick (Fritz) Seidl, Ph.D. 2018, R2M Pharma, Inc.
Mr. Yuto Hioki, visiting Ph.D. 2018, Kobe University
Mr. Steven Shuken, M.S. 2018, Stanford University
Mr. Jovan Lopez, B.S. 2017, Merck South San Francisco
Mr. Vasil Vasilev, B.S. 2017, Thomas Maimone Graduate Student
Ms. Alison Valentine, M.S. 2017, Stanford Graduate School of Education
Dr. Hideya Ikemoto, visiting Ph.D. 2016, University of Tokyo
Dr. Anna Wagner, Postdoc 2015, Gilead Sciences
Dr. Dennis Hu, Ph.D. 2015, Drug Hunter
Dr. Grant Shibuya, Postdoc 2014, RAPT Therapeutics
