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Lab Alumni

Doctoral

Liam Gracia, PhD  (2023-2026)  Current Position: Scientist at Sutter Health

Katherine Mueller, PhD  (2018-2024)  Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Emily Snavely, PhD  (2011-2017)  Current Position: Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology; Assistant Professor of Pathology at UVA Health

 

Victoria Carpenter, PhD  (2012-2017)  Current Position: Medical Student at University of New Mexico

 

Sena Bae. PhD  (2013-2017)  Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University

Ryan Baxter  (2013-2016)  MS degree award 2016. Current position: Research Associate, University of Colorado

 

Marcela Kokes, PhD  (2008-2015)  Current Position: Senior Scientist at Acelot 

 

Yi-Shan Chen, PhD  (2007-2014)  Current Position: Director at CRISPR Therapeutics

 

Bidong Nguyen, PhD  (2006-2013)  Current position: Research Scientist, ETH Zurich

 

Ine Jorgensen, PhD  (2005-2011)  Current position: Director Medical Affairs Strategy - ILD and Respiratory,  Boehringer Ingelheim

 

Mark Vignola, PhD  (2003-2009)  Current position: Chief Financial Officer at Terns Pharmaceuticals

 

Jordan Cocchiaro, PhD  (2003-2008)  Current position:  Senior Scientific Program Leader at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (Duke Univ.)

 

Kris Spaeth, PhD  (2002-2008)  Current position: Faculty at Austin Community College

Postdoctoral

 

Lee Dolat, PhD  (2016-2022) Current Position: Senior Scientist at Chordoma Foundation

Dustin Middleton, PhD  (2019-2022)  Current Position: R&D Scientist, Medical Diagnostics at Canatu 

 

Lauren Davey, PhD  (2018-2022) Current Position: Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Canada

 

Victor Ocasio, PhD  (2014-2020)  Current Position: Sr. Field Application Scientist - High Content Screening and Analysis at Revvity

 

Michitaka Susuki, PhD  (2015-2018)  Current position: Assistant Professor Fukushima Medical University

 

Barbara Sixt, PhD  (2013-2016)  Current position: Docent in Infection Biology at Umeå University, Sweden

 

Jeff Barker, PhD  (2009-2015)  Current Position: Director, Laboratory Operations - Antibody Discovery at IQVIA

 

Joe Dan Dunn, PhD  (2008-2014)  Current position: Research Scientist/Grant and Science writer, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)

 

Alex Saka, PhD  (2008-2013)  Current position: Investigador Independiente at CONICET, Argentina

 

Yadunanda Kumar, PhD  (2003-2009)  Current Position: Director, R&D (Head of Development) Altusx Enterprises Pte Ltd., Singapore

 

Sergey Konstantinov, PhD, MBA  (2008-2009)  Current Position: Associate Director at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, The Netherlands

 

Terry Dixon, MD/PhD  Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Medical University of South Carolina

Staff

 

Per Malkus, PhD, Senior Research Scientist  (2014-2020)

Anton Xavier, Research Analyst and Manager  (2006-2008)

Ozge SheRa Kuddar, Research Analyst  (2018-2021)

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