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PHD’S FAMILY TREE WERNER ROLFINCK MD Padua 1625 NICOLO DA LONIGO MD/PhD Padua 1453
GEORG WOLFGANG WEDEL MD Jena 1669
ANTONIO MUSA BRASAVOLA MD/PhS Ferrara 1520
JOHANN ADOLPH WEDEL MD Jena 1697 GEORG ERHARDT HAMBERGER MD Jena 1721
GABRIELE FALLOPIO MD Ferrara 1548 GIROLAMO FABRICI MD Padua 1559
CHRISTOPH ANDREAS MANGOLD MD Erfurt 1751
GIULIO CESARE CASSERI MD Padua 1580
ERNST GOTTFRIED BALDINGER MD Jena 1760 JOHANN CHRISTIAN WIEGLEB Apothecary Langensalza 1765
ADRIAAN VAN DEN SPIEGHEL MD Padu 1603
JOHANN FRIEDRICH AUGUST GOTTLING Apothecary Langensalza 1775 KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM GOTTLOB KASTNER PhD Jena 1805 JUSTUS VON LIEBIG PhD Erlangen 1822 HENRY ADAM WEBER BS Munich 1868 WILLIAM MCPHERSON DSc Ohio State 1895 (Weber) PhD Chicago 1899 (Nef) HOWARD JOHNSON LUCAS MA Ohio State 1908
AUGUST WILHELM VON HOFMANN PhD Giessen 1841 JOHANN C. W. F. TIEMANN PhD Berlin 1870 JULIUS OSCAR STIEGLITZ PhD Berlin 1889
KARL VON AUWERS PhD Berlin 1885 GEORGE ARMAND ROBERT KON DSc Imperial College 1922 JOCELYN FIELD THORPE PhD Imperial College 1926 REGINALD PATRICK LINSTEAD PhD Imperial College 1926
WILLIAM GOULD YOUNG PhD Caltech 1929
WILLIAM VON EGGERS DOERING PhD Harvard 1943
JOHN D. ROBERTS PhD UCLA 1944
JEROME ABRAHAM BERSON PhD Yale 1949
GEORGE M. WHITESIDES PhD Caltech 1964
PETER BRENDAN DERVAN PhD Yale 1972
CLAY C. C. WANG AB Harvard 1996 PhD Caltech 2001 JUNKO YAEGASHI PhD USC 2015
How do the endeavors of a 17th century Paduan relate to the research of a 21st century USC PhD candidate? When Junko Yaegashi, PhD ’15, earned her doctorate for work conducted in the laboratory of Professor Clay Wang at the School of Pharmacy, she received a genealogy of her degree that revealed the answer. Wang prepares genealogies for all of his graduating PhD students so they can see their place in chemistry’s progress and impact. Enjoyable and inspirational, Wang’s “family trees” result from a premise that infuses his entire philosophy of teaching and learning. He believes that, even as science advances, the
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methodology propelling that progress remains basically the same. This proposition also guides how he runs his lab, which engages in natural product drug discovery by examining fundamental questions. This approach leads to breakthroughs, even when the underlying answers sought still prove elusive. “We now have new tools to understand old questions,” says Wang. “Some of my teachers were the smartest scientists in their generation, yet they weren’t able to answer all the questions.” Wang’s genealogies place this pursuit of answers in perspective for graduates such as Yaegashi, who will further that lineage as they pioneer future discoveries.