Alumni

Alumni

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

Justine Coburn, MS

Position title: Quality Engineer, Elephas

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

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, Animal Metabolic Assessment Core Diabetes and Obesity Medical Institute (DOMI) Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology (IGMG) 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

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