Alumni
Kristen Andersen, PhD
Position title: Manager, 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
Jabe Best, MD, PhD
Position title: Associate Physician of Psychiatry, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, CA
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
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
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
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
Blue-Leaf (Hannah) Cordes, MD, PhD
Position title: Physician, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Monika Davare, PhD
Position title: Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), Portland, OR
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
Corinne (Vokoun) Esquibel, PhD
Position title: Light Microscopy Core Facility Manager, Van Andel Institute, Greater Grand Rapids Area
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
Dominique Fontanilla, PhD
Position title: Senior Director, CNS and Immunology and Inflammation at 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
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
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
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: Chemistry and Honors Chemistry Teacher, City High School, Iowa City, IA
Shreeya Jayaraman, MBA, MS
Position title: Senior Manager - Strategic Initiatives, TAKE Solutions, Chennai Area, India
Jeffrey R. Jones, PhD
Position title: Postdoc, Gage lab at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
Misuk Kang, PhD
Position title: Deputy General Manager/Project Manager, Green Cross Corporation, Yongin, South Korea
Stacey Kigar, PhD
Position title: Postdoc Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry
James Kinter, MS
Position title: Health, Wellness, and Fitness Professional, Brandywine Crossfit, West Chester, PA
Lucas Klemm, PhD
Position title: Scientist I, 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
Cynthia J. Koziol-White, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers University
Sujatha (Venkataraman) Kumar, PhD
Position title: Senior Scientist, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA
Pratik Lalit, PhD
Position title: Principal Scientist/Associate Director, Cell Therapy, Cardiovascular Stem Cell Biology Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine (AIRM), Marlborough, MA
Jennifer Lamberski, PhD
Position title: Patent Examiner, US Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
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
Matthew Marengo, PhD
Position title: Discovery Team Lead, Enabling Technologies, Bayer Crop Science, St. Louis, MO
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
Benjamin Meline, MS
Position title: Senior Research Specialist at Cellular Dynamics International, Madison, WI
Walatta Mesquitta, PhD
Position title: Research Fellow, Camargo Lab, Stem Cell Program, Hematology/Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Katarzyna Modzelewska, PhD
Position title: Associate Director of Preclinical Research Resource, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah
Yukiko Muroi, PhD
Position title: Instrumental Scientist Product Performance Evaluation, L’Oréal, Kanagawa, Japan
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
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
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
Andrew Petersen, PhD
Position title: Assistant Scientist, UW Human Stem Cell Editing Service, UW-Madison
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
Gail Seabold, PhD
Position title: Scientific Skills Coach, National Institutes of Health, Washington D.C. Area
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
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
Jessica Townsend, MS
Position title: Scientist I - Analytical Development, bluebird bio, Cambridge MA
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
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
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
Nicole Zwifelhofer, MS
Position title: Senior Scientist, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Madison, WI