Principle Investigator
Education
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Chemistry and Spanish, Trinity University
Experience
2023-Present Professor of Chemistry, Duke University
2020-Present Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Duke University
2020-2023 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Duke University
2015-2020 Assistant Professor of Department of Biochemistry, Duke University
2013-2020 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Duke University
2010-2013 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
Select Academic and Professional Honors
2023 RNA Society Elisa Izaurralde Award for Innovation in Research, Teaching, and Service
2022 Kavli Fellow
2021 American Chemical Society Women Chemist Committee Rising Star Award
2021 Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry
2020 Sloan Research Fellowship
2019 MedChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship
2018 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2017 Cottrell Scholar Award
2015 Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award
2014 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2011 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
2010 Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
2008 P.E.O. International Scholar Award
2004 NSF-IGERT Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2004 Dean’s Excellence Award Chemistry Dept. Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2004 Trinity University Chemistry Dept. McGavock Award for Outstanding Research
2003 Phi Beta Kappa
2003 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar
1999 National Merit Scholar
Contact: amanda.hargrove@duke.edu
CV (pdf)
Graduate Students
James Falese, 5th year PhD Candidate, Biochemistry
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wake Forest University
james.falese@duke.edu
Emily Swanson, 4th year PhD Candidate, Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry and Mathematics, Elon University
emily.swanson@duke.edu
Justin Martyr, 4th year PhD Candidate, Biochemistry
B.A. Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder
justin.martyr@duke.edu
Antonia Bruce, 3rd year PhD Candidate, Chemistry
B.S. Chemical Engineering, NC Agricultural & Technical State
antonia.bruce@duke.edu
TinTin Luu, 3rd year PhD Candidate, Chemistry
B.A. Biochemistry, University of San Diego
tintin.luu@duke.edu
Daniel Santana, 3rd year PhD Candidate, Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry, Wake Forest University
daniel.s.garcia@duke.edu
Marek Zorawski, MD/3rd year PhD Candidate, Biochemistry
B.A. Chemistry, Pomona College
marek.zorawski@duke.edu
Emma Walter, 1st year PhD Student, Chemistry
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Maryland
emma.walter@duke.edu
Undergraduate Students
Nadeska Montalvan (Duke 2024)
David Han (Duke 2025)
Grace Wang (Duke 2026)
Alumni
PhD Students
Dr. Kamillah Kassam (PhD)
Dr. Alex (Zhengguo) Cai (PhD), Current: Drug Design Researcher, Deep Potential Technologies, Beijing, China
Dr. Mikey Kwon (PhD), Current: Science Advisor/Patent Agent, Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA
Dr. Martina Zafferani (PhD), Current: Research Scientist, Pfizer, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Aline Umuhire Juru (PhD), Current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Dr. Sarah Wicks (PhD), Current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Dr. Emily J. McFadden (PhD), Current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Dr. Anita Donlic (PhD), Current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Dr. Christopher Eubanks (PhD), Current: Scientist I, KBI Biopharma, Durham, NC
Dr. Brittany Morgan (PhD), Current: May-Walt Life Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Michigan Life Sciences Fellow Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Giacomo Padroni (PhD), Current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Sean Piwarski (PhD), Current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke Cancer Institute – GU Oncology, Durham, NC
Dr. Neeraj Patwardhan (PhD), Current: Senior Scientist, Guide Therapeutics, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Gary Kapral (Postdoctoral Associate), Current: PhD Posters
Undergraduate Students
Dhanasheel Muralidharan (Duke 2022)
Kashyap Sreeram (Duke 2024)
Adeline Monaghan (Duke 2022)
Alex Wilson (Duke 2020), Current: Analyst, ClearView Healthcare Partners, New York, NY
Rachel Dveirin (Duke 2020), Current: PhD Student, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Shantal Jayawickreme, Current: Student, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Angela Liu (Duke 2019), Current: Orthopedic Surgery Intern, Stetson Powell Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Bilva Sanaba (Duke 2019), Current: Software Engineer, Amazon, San Francisco, CA
Malavika Puri (Duke 2019), Current: Gruber Science Fellow and PhD Student, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Noey Boldizsar (Duke 2021)
Colby Newson (Duke 2018)
Diane Karloff (Duke 2018), Current: PhD student, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Carlos Roble (Duke 2018)
Adina Jan (Duke 2018)
Jordan Forte (Duke 2015, Research Associate), Current: Student, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC
Rebecca Culver (Duke 2017), Current: PhD student, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Jason Xu (Duke 2017), Current: Student, University of California Irwine School of Medicine, Irwine, CA
Akshay Patel (NCSSM 2017)
Dillan Casanova (Duke 2016); Current: Student, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA
Rozalina Abramov (Queens College 2016); Current: Student, Long Island University School of Pharmacy, Brooklyn, NY
David Jones (Duke 2015), Current: Student, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Vihasa Govada (Duke 2017), Current: Student, Florida Atlantic University School of Medicine, Boca Raton, FL
Barbara Blachut (Duke 2015); Current: Student, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Young-Hyun Moon (Duke 2016)
