Alumni

Alumni

Timothy Aballo, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist, Analytical Research and Developmentm, AbbVie, Chicago, IL

Kristen Andersen Birschbach, PhD

Position title: Director, Program Management, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Madison, WI

Aileen (Erickson) Barnes, MS

Position title: Biologist, Section on Heritable Disorders of Bone and Extracellular Matrix, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD

Deannalee M. Beauvais, PhD

Position title: Associate Scientist, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ryan Behrens, PhD

Position title: Postdoc, UW-Madison

Annette Figueroa Bernier, MS

Position title: Pharmaceutical Professional, Allergen, Waco, TX

Jabe Best, MD, PhD

Position title: Associate Physician of Psychiatry, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, CA

Akhil Bhalla, PhD

Position title: Principal Scientist, Denali Therapeutics, San Francisco Bay Area

Amit Bhatt, MD, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Washington University Physicians

Erin (McDearmon) Blondell, PhD

Position title: Director, Scientific Communications at AbbVie

Scott Bosley, MS

Position title: Scientist, Complete Phytochemical Solutions, Cambridge, WI

Sarang Brahma, MS

Position title: Senior Scientist - Analytical Development Group Lead at Asklepios Biopharmaceutical (AskBio) in RTP, North Carolina

Amanda (Urban) Branam PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Peterson Lab, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Eric Britigan, PhD

Position title: Account Manager II, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Madison, WI

Brandon Burbach, PhD

Position title: Senior Research Associate Scientist – Lab Medicine and Pathology Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Delana (Hopkins) Butz, PhD

Position title: Associate Group Leader, Pharmaceutical Product Development, Middleton, WI

Emily Cade, MS

Position title: Scientist, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Madison, WI

Wenxuan Cai, PhD

Position title: PharmD Student, UW-Madison

Deborah Capes, PhD

Position title: Senior Manager, Medical Writing, Cerevel Therapeutics, Madison, WI

Alex Carlson, PhD

Position title: Medical Writer, Technical Resources International, Washington D.C.

Ryan Chaffee, MS

Position title: Pharmacy Intern, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN; PharmD Student, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy

Keefe Chan, PhD

Position title: Research Officer, Division of Cancer Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Beth Chang, PhD

Position title: Sr. Medical Director, GRAIL Inc., San Francisco, CA

Yuenmu Chen, PhD

Position title: Scientist, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Eunjin Cho, PhD

Position title: Pharmacologist, South Korea

Jaehyung “Gus” Cho, PhD

Position title: Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Young C. Cho, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy, Marshall B. Ketchum University, Fullerton, California

Jianlin Chu, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist, Pfizer

Uyen Chu, PhD

Position title: Captain, US Army

Ka Young Chung, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, South Korea

Elizabeth Clawson, PhD

Position title: Researcher

Justine Coburn, MS

Position title: Quality Engineer, Elephas

Sarah Copeland, PhD

Position title: Postdoc, Weaver Lab, UW-Madison

Blue-Leaf (Hannah) Cordes, MD, PhD

Position title: Physician, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Neil Daily, PhD

Position title: R&D Scientist at InvivoSciences, Inc., Madison, WI

Monika Davare, PhD

Position title: Sada and Rebecca Tarshis Endowed Professor, Pediatric Research Associate Director, Pape Pediatric Research Institute Member: Knight Cancer Institute Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology School of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University

Nicholas Davis, MS

Position title: Scribe, St. Mary’s Hospital, Madison, WI

Ishani De, PhD

Position title: Technology Consultant, Life Sciences Practice Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Ashley (Conrad) Doan, PhD

Position title: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bryant and Stratton College, Milwaukee, WI

Renee Doughman, PhD

Position title: Director - Human Research Oversight/IRB, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Jason (Haichuan) Duan, PhD

Position title: Software Development Engineer, Amazon, Seattle, WA

Tyler Duellman, PhD

Position title: Research Scientist, Exact Sciences

Mark Eichelberg, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow at UW-Madison Johannsen Lab

Martin Ensenberger, PhD

Position title: Senior Research Scientist, Promega Company, Madison, WI

Corinne (Vokoun) Esquibel, PhD

Position title: Light Microscopy Core Facility Manager, Van Andel Institute, Greater Grand Rapids Area

Joseph Esquibel, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor Of Biology at Lansing Community College

Chantell Evans, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna Gray Fellow

Jonathan Fitzgerald, MS

Position title: Entrepreneur

Dominique Fontanilla, PhD

Position title: Senior Director, Head of Datamonitor Healthcare (Citeline) Chicago, IL

E. Camilla Forsberg, PhD

Position title: Professor, Biomolecular Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz

Allison (Friedlein) Fuelling, MS

Position title: High School Science Teacher, Marshall Public School, Marshall, WI

Laura Funk, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist, Elephas, Madison WI

Joe Gallant, PhD

Position title: Research Associate, LeBeau Lab, UW-Madison

Monica Gavala, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca

Bryan Glaser, PhD

Position title: Senior Vice President of Business Development, Invenra, Inc. Madison, WI

Michael L. Gonzales, PhD

Position title: Senior Product Applications Specialist, Fluidigm Corporation Biotechnology Company, San Francisco, CA

Jennifer E. Grant, PhD

Position title: Concentration Director, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Biology Department College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Management

Zachery Gregorich, PhD

Position title: Staff Scientist, Dr. Wei Guo Lab, UW-Madison

Michael Hanna, PhD

Position title: Postdoc, Pietro De Camilli Lab, Yale University

Keith Hanson, MD, PhD

Position title: Hospitalist - Pediatric, OSF HealthCare, Peoria, IL

Kevin Hayes, PhD

Position title: Global Lead, Data Science Strategy and Communications, Corteva Agriscience

Jessica Heck, PharmD, PhD

Position title: Acute Care Clinical Pharmacist, Denver VA Medical Center (ECHCS), Denver, CO

Andrew Hedman, PhD

Position title: IRTA Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Lindsay Hill-Batorski, PhD

Position title: Research Scientist at Luminex Corp, Madison, WI

Brian Hoffmann, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Biology and Bioengineering Center Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Tony T. Huang, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor, Co–Course Director, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, New York University

Jill Humston, PhD

Position title: Organizing Fellow, National Education Association and Iowa State Education Association

Hogune Im, PhD

Position title: Senior Genomics Scientist, Samsung SDS Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Margaret Jameson, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher, UW-Madison

Reema Jasuja, PhD

Position title: Principal Scientist, Pfizer, Cambridge, MA

Shreeya Jayaraman, MBA, MS

Position title: Senior Manager - Strategic Initiatives, TAKE Solutions, Chennai Area, India

Lisette Jenkins, MS

Position title: Student, CRNA, NSU

Jeffrey R. Jones, PhD

Position title: Postdoc, Gage lab at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA

Nate T. Jones, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Ming-Fen Ho Lab, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Oisun Jung, PhD

Position title: Postdoc, Rapraeger Lab, UW-Madison

Misuk Kang, PhD

Position title: Deputy General Manager/Project Manager, Green Cross Corporation, Yongin, South Korea

Maya Karta, PhD

Position title: Research Scientist, Eli Lilly and Company, San Diego, CA

Stacey Kigar, PhD

Position title: Postdoc Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry

Hyun-Jung Kim, PhD

Position title: Professor of Pharmacology, Seoul, Korea

HyungTae Kim, PhD

Position title: Medical Student, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

James Kinter, MS

Position title: Health, Wellness, and Fitness Professional, Brandywine Crossfit, West Chester, PA

Lucas Klemm, PhD

Position title: Scientist II, iPSC Editing, Regenerative Medicine, ElevateBio, Waltham, MA

Jessica (Holden) Kloda, PhD

Position title: Senior Project Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Resources International, Washington D.C. Metro Area

Stephen Knight, JD, MS

Position title: Registered Patent Attorney, Compliance Analyst Special Counsel, Greater Denver Area, CO

Megan Koth, PhD

Position title: Quality Control Manager, LGC Biosearch Technologies, Middleton, WI

Cynthia J. Koziol-White, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers University

Chateen (Carbonara) Krueger, MS

Position title: Supervisor in R&D, Exact Sciences, Madison, WI

Sujatha (Venkataraman) Kumar, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA

Lina Kwong, PhD

Position title: Molecular and Cell Biologist, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Pratik Lalit, PhD

Position title: Principal Scientist/Associate Director, Cell Therapy, Cardiovascular Stem Cell Biology Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine (AIRM), Marlborough, MA

Lloyd Lam, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist III, AbbVie, Greater Chicago Area

Jennifer Lamberski, PhD

Position title: Patent Examiner, US Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA

Scott LeBlanc, PhD

Position title: Data Analyst, Case Snow Management, North Attleboro, MA

A. Soren Leonard, PhD

Position title: Patent Examiner (Pharmacology), US Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA

Indra Lim, MD, PhD

Position title: Physician, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institiute Minneapolis, MN

Bernice Lin, PhD

Position title: Vice President of Operations, Lin-Zhi International, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA

Peter Luong, PhD

Position title: Biosciences Sale Specialist, Nikon Instruments, Madison, WI

Angela Mabb, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Georgia State University

Gennifer Mager, PhD

Position title: Assistant Teaching Professor of Biology, Ball State University

Stephanie Maiden, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor of Biology, Truman State University

Matthew Marengo, PhD

Position title: Discovery Team Lead, Enabling Technologies, Bayer Crop Science, St. Louis, MO

Melissa Martowicz, PhD

Position title: Senior Application Specliast, Gilson, Madison, WI

Lisa M. Maurer, MD, PhD

Position title: Fellow, Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Kevin W. McCool, MD, PhD

Position title: Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School

Christopher Mehl, MS

Position title: Customer Support Manager, Software Trainer, Certara University

Benjamin Meline, MS

Position title: Senior Research Specialist at Cellular Dynamics International, Madison, WI

David Mellman, JD, PhD

Position title: Director, Intellectual Property Attorney, Regeneron

Walatta Mesquitta, PhD

Position title: Research Fellow, Camargo Lab, Stem Cell Program, Hematology/Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Kassondra Meyer, PhD

Position title: Medical Scientist, AstraZeneca, Washington D.C. Area

Jennifer Mirrielees, MD, MS

Position title: Fellow, Emergency Medicine, UW Health

Stanford Mitchell, MS

Position title: Assistant Manager, St. Vincent de Paul, Madison, WI

Katarzyna Modzelewska, PhD

Position title: Associate Director of Preclinical Research Resource, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah

Elaine Morlock, PhD

Position title: Medical Science Liaison, Sage Therapeutics

Chris Morrow, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mair Lab, Harvard University

Partha Mukhopadhyay, PhD

Position title: Consultant, 314e Corporation, Detroit, MI

Yukiko Muroi, PhD

Position title: Instrumental Scientist Product Performance Evaluation, L’Oréal, Kanagawa, Japan

Paul Nuzzi, PhD

Position title: Attorney, Choate Hall and Stewart Law Firm Boston, MA

Kevin Oelstrom, PhD

Position title: Sales Representative, Formulatrix

Hulya Zeynep Oktay, MD, MSc

Position title: PhD Student, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Institute for Medical Immunology), Germany

Christian Ortiz Hernandez, MS

Position title: Associate Scientist, PPD/Thermo Scientific, Middleton, WI

Chorom Pak, PhD

Position title: Founder & CEO, LynxBio, Madison, WI

Michael Palte, MD, PhD

Position title: Principal Clinical Scientist, Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit, Biogen

Harrison Pantera, PhD

Position title: Research Specialist, Gene Expression Facility, UW-Madison Biotechnology Center

Joseph Pasquarella, MS

Position title: Medical Student, University of Minnesota

Natalie Patzlaff, PhD

Position title: Manager, Medical Communications, Global Medical Affairs, United Therapeutics

Derek Pavelec, PhD

Position title: Director of Bioinformatics, UW Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Aude S. (Ada-Nguema) Peden, JD, PhD

Position title: Associate at Foley & Lardner LLP

Erik Peden, PhD

Position title: Research Associate, Massachusetts General Hospital

Andrew Petersen, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist in iPSC group at Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics, Inc (FCDI), Madison, WI

Ginny Powers, PhD

Position title: Project Manager, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Madison, WI

Chao Qi, JD, PhD, MBA

Position title: Director, IP Management, GHB Intellect

Prashant Rajbhandari, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator Co-Director, Director, Metabolic Assessment Core, Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Institute, Disease Mechanism and Therapeutics Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Hospital, Manhattan, NY

Subramaniam Ramachandran, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Michelle (Perry) Rittenhouse, PhD

Position title: Manager Clinic Integration and Support, Centura Health, Centennial, CO

Lindsey Roper, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor of Biology, Grace A. Tanner Distinguished Faculty Lecturer (2023), College of Science, Southern Utah University

Adam Schaenzer, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University, Canada

Christina Scribano, PhD

Position title: Research Scientist, Elephas

Gail Seabold, PhD

Position title: Scientific Skills Coach, National Institutes of Health, Washington D.C. Area

Naval Shanware, PhD

Position title: Senior Consultant, Navigant, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Celeste Sheftel, PhD

Position title: Research Compliance, University of Minnesota

Patrick Smith, PhD

Position title: Postdoc, Dr. Amy Lee Lab, Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA

Julie Sommer, PhD

Position title: Patent Specialist, Valneva, Vienna, Austria

Shihu Sun, PhD

Position title: Investment and Business Development, InnoSpring, Inc., Santa Clara, CA

Sainath Suryanarayanan, MS

Position title: Assistant Scientist, Community & Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Joseph Szulczewski, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Hahn Lab

Anthony T. Trinh, PhD

Position title: Scientist II, QualTex Laboratories, San Antonio, TX

Jay Tan, PhD

Position title: Assistant Professor, Aging Institute of UPMC, Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

David Thiriot, PhD

Position title: Principal Scientist, Vaccine Research and Development at Merck, Greater Philadelphia Area

Lucas Tomko, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Kentucky; Dr. Jessica Blackburn lab

Brian Torres, PhD

Position title: Honorary Fellow, Ruoho Lab, UW-Madison

Jessica Townsend, MS

Position title: Scientist I - Analytical Development, bluebird bio, Cambridge MA

Khoa Tran, PhD

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

Daniel Turner, PhD

Position title: Postdoc, UW-Madison

Kelly (Christopherson) Wagoner, PhD

Position title: Stay-at-home parent, with partner at Takeda

Matthew Wagoner, PhD

Position title: Senior Director of Investigative Toxicology, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA

Ping Wang, PhD

Position title: Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

Chao Weng, MS

Position title: Medical Student

Siobhan Wilson, MD, PhD

Position title: Clinical Associate Professor, UW Health East Clinic & Internal Medicine at UW Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI

Marites Woon, PhD

Position title: Assistant Scientist, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison

Jing Wu, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist, Novartis

Felix Yeh, PhD

Position title: Director, Head of Biomarker Sciences and Operations, Project Team Leader, Alector

Lauren Zasadil, PhD

Position title: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow of the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, Amon Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lihong Zhan, PhD

Position title: Senior Scientist, Denali Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA

Zhen Zhang, PhD

Position title: Pharmacologist, FDA, Washington D.C. Area

Amber Zhou, PhD

Position title: Associate, McKinsey & Company

Yiming Zhu, PhD

Position title: Associate Director, Biomarker Sciences, Avidity Biosciences

Nicole Zwifelhofer, MS

Position title: Senior Scientist, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Madison, WI