Alumni

Graduate Alumni

Claire Cook
Defended Thesis June 2023
Marina Sarcinella
Defended Thesis May 2023, Analytical Scientist at Corteva Agriscience
Nick Glenn
Defended Thesis April 2023, Analytical Development Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Nico Mesyngier
Defended Thesis February 2023, Postdoc with Dr. Jiarong Hong (U Minnesota)
Gloria Diaz
Defended Thesis October 2022, Scientist I at Pacific Biosciences
Colleen Riordan
Defended Thesis June 2021, Investigator at GlaxoSmithKline
Shannon Quevedo
Defended Thesis March 2021, Professor at Virginia Military Institute
John Orlet
Defended Thesis March 2021, Bristol Myers Squibb
Cole Chapman
Defended Thesis February 2021, SiPhox
Sara Medfisch
Defended Thesis January 2021, NGM Biopharmaceuticals
Emily Mordan
Defended Thesis December 2020, Dow Chemical Company
Steven Doonan
Defended Thesis May 2019, Postdoc in the lab of Gary Patti (WUSTL)
Mari Cardenosa
Defended Thesis April 2019, Postdoc in the lab of Laura Lechuga (ICN2)
Heather Robison
Defended Thesis September 2017, Nutcracker Therapeutics
Yi Xu
Defended Thesis August 2018, Zymo Research
James Wade
Defended Thesis March 2017, Dow Chemical Company
Richard Graybill
Defended Thesis March 2017, LEK Consulting
Alex Stanton
Defended Thesis May 2017, Environmental Protection Agency
Ellen Muehl
Defended thesis August 2016
Dan McCurry
Defended thesis August 2016, Professor at Bloomsburg University
Winnie Shia
Defended thesis August 2015, Center for Disease Control
Jessica Banks
Defended thesis May 2015, Moderna Therapeutics
Aurora Alsop
Defended thesis May 2015, Veterinary Medicine at Illinois
Melinda McClellan
Defended thesis December 2014
Jared Kindt
Defended thesis August 2013, Abbvie
Matthew Luchansky
Defended thesis October 2012, PPG Industries
Abraham Qavi
Defended thesis May 2012, Resident Physician at Washington University School of Medicine
Christine Herman
Defended thesis March 2012, Freelance Science Journalist
Adam Washburn
Defended thesis November 2011, Eli Lilly
Teresa Fraterman
Defended thesis February 2011, Prof. John Katzenellenbogan, UIUC Chemistry
Ji-Yeon Byeon
Defended thesis December 2010, LG

Post-Doc and Visiting Scientist Alumni

Vishal Sahore
Postdoc (February 2020), Sekisui Diagnostics, LLC
Jonas Leuermann
Visiting pre-doctoral scholar (July - September 2019), Graduate student at Bionand
Nina Arnfinnsdottir
Visiting Post-doctoral scholar (February - April 2019), post-doc at NTNU
Meng Sun
Postdoc (October 2017), Lab of Qiong Yang (UM)
Enrique Valera
Postdoc (September 2016), Bashir Lab (UIUC)
Josh Tice
Post-doc (January 2014), Luminex Corporation
Courtney Sloan
Post-doc (May 2013), Pfizer
Ted Limpoco
Post-doc (April 2012), Asylum Research
Ott Scheler
Visiting pre-doctoral fellow (February-July 2011), Professor at the Tallinn University of Technology
Nicole Tolan
Post-doc (July 2011), Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Undergraduate and Masters Students

Samantha Edgcombe
B.S. Biochemistry (2023), Eli Lily
Briana Bowen
B.S. Chemistry (2021)
Michaela Barber
B.S. Chemistry (2021)
Robert Moeller
M.S. Chemistry (2020)
Steven Quarin
M.S. Chemistry (2019)
Jenny Choi
B.S. Chemistry (2019)
Melissa Lin
M.S. Chemistry (2018)
Josh Jones
B.S. Chemical Engineering (2018)
Dongkwan Lee
B.S. (2018)
Ruth Londono
B.S. (2017)
Jose Beserra
B.S. (2017)
Chris Para
B.S. (2016)
Mallika Modak
B.S. Bioengineering (2015); Medical Student, Feinberg School of Medicine (Northwestern, MD/PhD Program)
Amy Oreskovic
B.S. Bioengineering (2015); Graduate Student, University of Washington (Bioengineering)
So-Hyun Kyra Lee
B.S. Chemistry (2013); Graduate student, California Institute of Technology
Paige Malec
B.S. Chemistry (2012); Graduate student, University of Michigan
Greg Potts
B.S. Chemistry (2011); Graduate student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Adrienne Bowman
B.S. Chemistry (2011); currently working for Dow Chemical
Kim Lenkeit
B.S. Chemistry (2013); Undergraduate student, Loyola University Chicago
Yueming Zhao
B.S. Chemistry (2013); Undergraduate student, UIUC
Mark Geiger
M.S. Chemistry (2008); Lawyer
Jen Hyland
M.S. Chemistry (2008); Nurse
Rachel Masyuko
B.S. Chemistry (2007), currently working at Archer Daniels Midland Company
Ryan Meiergerd
M.S. Chemistry (2007), Officer, United States Air Force