Below is a list containing some of the recent graduates from the Microbiology and Immunology Ph.D. program.
| Name |
Undergraduate Institution &
Degree |
Ph.D. Year Conferred |
Current Position |
| Emily Desmet |
University of
New Hampshire
B.S. |
2012 |
Postdoc
Cornell University
College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Vincent Fong |
Lehigh University
B.S./M.S. |
2012 |
Medical Student
University of Rochester |
| E. Matthew Kennedy |
University of Delaware
B.S./B.A/ |
2012 |
Postdoc
Duke University
Durham, NC |
| Jie Li |
Nankai University
B.S./M.S.
|
2012 |
Postdoc
LaJolla Institute for
Allergy and Immunology |
| Safiehkhatoon Moshkani |
California State Univ Los Angeles
MS |
2012 |
Postdoc
Albany Medical College |
| Joanna Olsen Touger |
Williams College
BS |
2012 |
Medical Student
University of Rochester |
| Maria Arevalo |
University of Rochester
B.S. |
2011 |
Postdoc
University of Texas -
El Paso
El Paso, TX |
| Kendra Bussey |
MIT
B.S. |
2011 |
Postdoc
Helmholtz Centre for
Infection Research
Braunschweig, Germany |
| Cristina Capella |
University of
Puerto Rico
B.S. |
2011 |
Postdoc
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH |
| Winnie Chan |
University of California
Santa Cruz
B.S. |
2011 |
Postdoc
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL |
| Keith Olsen |
Williams College
B.A. |
2011 |
Medical Student
University of Rochester |
| John Puskas |
RIT
B.S. |
2011 |
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
and Research Institute
Tampa, FL |
| Matthew Quinn |
RIT
B.S. |
2011 |
Postdoc
Northwestern University |
| Félix Santiago |
University of
Puerto Rico
B.S. |
2011 |
Postdoc
University of Texas
Medical Branch
Galveston, TX |
| Michael Valentino |
SUNY Geneseo
B.S. |
2011 |
Postdoc
Schepens Eye Institute
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
| Mohammad Ashfaqul Alam |
University of Dhaka
(B.S. & M.S.) |
2010 |
Postdoc
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
| Kevin Cook |
University of Buffalo
B.S. |
2010 |
Postdoc
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC |
| Ana Goyos |
Florida International University
B.S. |
2010 |
Postdoc
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA |
| Vincent Isabella |
Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S. |
2010 |
Postdoc
Northeastern University
Boston, MA |
| Eric LoVullo |
Arizona State University
B.S. |
2010 |
Postdoc
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC |
| Tâm Quách |
University of Maryland
B.S. |
2010 |
Postdoc
Medizinische Hochschule
Hannover, Germany |
| Elizabeth Sorensen |
Oberlin College
B.S. |
2010 |
Postdoc
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
|
| Kenneth Barth |
Niagra University B.S. |
2009 |
Postdoc
Boston University
Boston, MA |
| Sara Johnston |
Utica College
B.S. |
2009 |
NSERC Fellow
USAMRIID |
| Kofi Mensah |
University of Rochester
B.S. |
2009 |
Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
Cornell University
New York, NY |
| Heidi Morales Diaz |
Florida Internation University
B.S. |
2009 |
Postdoc
Universiteit Katholiek-Leuven
Belgium |
| Helen Ngai |
SUNY Binghamton
B.S. |
2009 |
Staff Fellow
FDA
Rockville, MD |
| Mark Skasko |
Clarkson University
B.S. |
2009 |
Postdoc
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA |
| Dorothy Sojkay |
University of Illonois
B.S. |
2009 |
Postdoc
Washington University
St. Louis, MO |
| Mawadda Al-Naeeli |
Univ. of
Western Ontario
B.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
(Nancy Nossal Fellowship)
NIDDK, NIH
Bethesda, MD |
| Thaddeus Carlson |
Bates College
B.S. |
2008 |
Scientist
Tempero Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge, MA |
| CPaulinehugh |
Millikin University
B.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
| Pratima Deshpande |
Oklahoma State Univ.
M.S, |
2008 |
Postdoc
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
| Cindy Duke |
CUNY City College
B.S. |
2008 |
Resident Physician
OB/GYN
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD |
| Megan Enos |
Univ. of Rhode Island
B.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA |
| Shoshana Katzman |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
UC San Francisco
San Francisco, CA |
| Luen-Luen Li |
National Taiwan University
M.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Manorville, NY |
| Paula Menges |
St. Francis University
B.S. |
2008 |
Special Agent
FBI |
| Vanessa Morales-Tirado |
Univ. of Puerto Rico
B.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
St. Judes Children's Hospital
Menphis, TN |
| Fernando Ontiveros |
National University
of Mexico
B.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
| Darwin Operario |
University of
California-Davis
B.S. |
2008 |
Research Associate
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
| Ramil Sapinoro |
Pacific University
B.S. |
2008 |
Assistant Professor
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY |
| David Simon |
SUNY Binghamton
B.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
National Institute of Health
Maryland |
| Xiaomin Su |
South China University of Tehnology
B.S. |
2008 |
Postdoc
University of CA , San Francisco
San Francisco, CA |
| Byron Au-Yeung |
University of Rochester
B.S. |
2007 |
Postdoc
UC San Francisco
San Francisco, CA |
| Amit Lugade |
Duke University
B.S. |
2007 |
Postdoc
Roswell Park Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY |
| Kathlyn Santos |
University of
Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
B.S. |
2007 |
Postdoc
NIH Vaccine Research Center
Bethesda, MD |
| Matthew Seavey |
University of Vermont
B.S. |
2007 |
Research Scientist II
Cephalon |
| Nadine VanAlst |
Rochester Institute
of Technology
B.S. |
2007 |
Product Development Scientist
Sheffield Biosciences Norwich, NY |
| Christine Zanghi |
Denison University
B.S. |
2007 |
Fellow, Anesthesiology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
| Christa Chatfield |
Michigan State University
B.S. |
2006 |
Postdoc
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL |
| Robert Domaoal |
Boston University
B.A. |
2006 |
Postdoc
Yale University
New Haven, CT |
| Jennifer Guess |
USAF Academy
B.S. |
2006 |
Major USAF
USAF Strategic Command
Florida |
| Heather Lankes |
Canisius College
B.S. |
2006 |
Translational Research Scientist
Roswell Park
Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY |
| Casey Maguire |
University of Maine
B.S. |
2006 |
Instructor in Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Mass. General Hospital
Boston, MA |
| Christine Malboeuf |
University of Rochester
B.S. |
2006 |
Staff Scientist
Broad Institute, MIT
Cambridge, MA |
| Kelly Roth |
SUNY Fredonia
M.S. |
2006 |
Assistant Professor
Genesee Community College
Arcade Campus Center, NY |
| Melanie Wellington |
Brown University
B.S. |
2006 |
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
| Jesse Wells |
Ithaca College
B.S. |
2006 |
Microbiologist
Food & Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD |
| Kyung Hee Yi |
Wellesley College
B.A. |
2006 |
Postdoc
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD |
| Zhu Julia Zhen |
Shandong University
B.S |
2006 |
Postdoc
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
| Joshua DiNapoli |
University of
Nevada-Reno
B.S. |
2005 |
Senior Scientist
& Manager
Viral Immunology
Sanofi Pasteur |
| Anthony Flores |
University of Wyoming
B.S. |
2005 |
Clinical Postdoc
Baylor University
Houston, TX |
| Elizabeth Fozo |
University of Delaware
B.S. |
2005 |
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN |
| Richard Gillis |
Montana State University
B.S. |
2005 |
Scientist -
Proto Labs
Maple Plain, MN |
| Julia Kaufman |
SUNY Albany
B.S. |
2005 |
Scientist
Rockefeller University
New York, NY |
| Denise Ray |
New Hartford
B.S. |
2005 |
Senior Fellow
National Institute of
Environmental Health
and Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC |
| Jon Raymond |
University of Rochester
B.S. |
2005 |
Sr. Microbiologist
The Dow Chemical Company
Chicago, IL |
| Jennifer Snyder |
Brandeis University
B.S. |
2005 |
Postdoc
Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology
San Francisco, CA |
| Li Yang |
Beijing Medical University
B.S. |
2005 |
Sr. Staff Application Scientist
Beckman Coulter
Miami, FL |
| Tracy Diamond |
University of Rochester
B.S. |
2004 |
Team Leader
Merck Pharm, Inc. |
| Willis Huang |
Harvard University
B.S. |
2004 |
Radiology Residency
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
| Li Ping |
University of Brasilia
B.S. |
2004 |
Sr. Scientist
Medtronic Sofamor Danek
Memphis, TN |
| Don Nguyen |
McGill University
B.S. |
2004 |
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pathology
Yale University
New Haven, CT |
| Josue Padilla Torres |
University of Puerto Rico
D.M.D. |
2004 |
Dentist - Private Practitioner
Rochester, NY |
| Servio Ramirez |
Rochester Institute
of Technology
B.S. |
2004 |
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA |
| Michael Turner |
University of Vermont
B.S. |
2004 |
Senior Scientist
Genzyme
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Ramothea Webster |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.S. |
2004 |
Clinical Resident
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY |
| Kellie Weiss |
University of Nevada
B.S. |
2004 |
Patent Attorney, Sterne
Kessler Goldstein Fox,
Washington DC |
| Thomas Westbrook |
Allegheny College
B.S. |
2003 |
Assistant Professor Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology & Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Waco, TX
|
| Deborah Brown |
University of Rochester
M.S. |
2002 |
Assistant Professor
University of
Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE |
