Program Alumni

Below is a list containing some of the recent graduates from the Microbiology and Immunology Ph.D. program.

Name Undergraduate Degree Ph.D. Conferred
(year)
Current Employer
Arevalo, Maria University of Rochester
B.S.
2011 Postdoc
University of Texas -
El Paso
El Paso, TX
Chan, Winnie University of California -
Santa Cruz
B.S.
2011 Postdoc
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Valentino, Mike SUNY Geneseo
B.S.
2011 Postdoc
Schepens Eye Institute
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Alam, Mohammad Ashfaqul University of Dhaka
(B.S. & M.S.)
2010 Postdoc
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Cook, Kevin University of Buffalo
B.S.
2010 Postdoc
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Goyos, Ana Florida International University
B.S.
2010 Postdoc
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Isabella, Vincent Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S.
2010 Postdoc
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
LoVullo, Eric Arizona State University
B.S.
2010 Postdoc
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Quách, Tâm University of Maryland
B.S.
2010 Postdoc
Medizinische Hochschule
Hannover, Germany
Sorensen, Elizabeth Oberlin College
B.S.
2010 Postdoc
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Barth, Ken Niagra University B.S. 2009 Postdoc
Boston University
Boston, MA
Chabrier-Rosello, Yeissa University of
Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
B.S.
2009 Postdoc
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Johnston, Sara Utica College
B.S.
2009 NSERC Fellow
USAMRIID
Mensah, Kofi University of Rochester
B.S.
2009 Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
Cornell University
New York, NY
Morales Diaz, Heidi Florida Internation University
B.S.
2009 Postdoc
Universiteit Katholiek-Leuven
Belgium
Ngai, Helen SUNY Binghamton
B.S.
2009 Staff Fellow
FDA
Rockville, MD
Skasko, Mark Clarkson University
B.S.
2009 Postdoc
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA
Sojka, Dorothy University of Illonois
B.S.
2009 Postdoc
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Al-Naeeli, Mawadda Univ. of
Western Ontario
B.S.
2008 Postdoc
(Nancy Nossal Fellowship)
NIDDK, NIH
Bethesda, MD
Carlson, Thaddeus Bates College
B.S.
2008 Scientist
Tempero Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge, MA
Chugh, Pauline Millikin University
B.S.
2008 Postdoc
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Deshpande, Pratima Oklahoma State Univ.
M.S,
2008 Postdoc
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Duke, Cindy CUNY City College
B.S.
2008

Resident Physician
OB/GYN
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Enos, Megan Univ. of Rhode Island
B.S.
2008 Postdoc
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
Katzman, Shoshana Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.S.
2008 Postdoc
UC San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Li, Luen-Luen National Taiwan University
M.S.
2008 Postdoc
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Manorville, NY
Menges, Paula St. Francis University
B.S.
2008 Special Agent
FBI
Morales-Tirado, Vanessa Univ. of Puerto Rico
B.S.
2008 Postdoc
St. Judes Children's Hospital
Menphis, TN
Ontiveros, Fernando National University
of Mexico
B.S.
2008 Postdoc
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Operario, Darwin University of
California-Davis
B.S.
2008 Research Associate
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Sapinoro, Ramil Pacific University
B.S.
2008 Assistant Professor
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY
Simon, David SUNY Binghamton
B.S.
2008 Postdoc
National Institute of Health
Maryland
Su, Xiaomin South China University of Tehnology
B.S.
2008 Postdoc
University of CA , San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Au-Yeung, Byron University of Rochester
B.S.
2007 Postdoc
UC San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Lugade, Amit Duke University
B.S.
2007 Postdoc
Roswell Park Cancer Center
Buffalo, NY
Santos, Kathlyn University of
Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
B.S.
2007 Postdoc
NIH Vaccine Research Center
Bethesda, MD
Seavey, Matthew University of Vermont
B.S.
2007 Research Scientist II
Cephalon
VanAlst, Nadine Rochester Institute
of Technology
B.S.
2007 Product Development Scientist
Sheffield Biosciences Norwich, NY
Zanghi, Christine Denison University
B.S.
2007 Fellow, Anesthesiology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Chatfield, Christa Michigan State University
B.S.
2006 Postdoc
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Domaoal, Robert Boston University
B.A.
2006 Postdoc
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Guess, Jennifer USAF Academy
B.S.
2006 Major USAF
USAF Strategic Command
Florida
Lankes, Heather Canisius College
B.S.
2006 Translational Research Scientist
Roswell Park
Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY
Maguire, Casey University of Maine
B.S.
2006 Instructor in Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Mass. General Hospital
Boston, MA
Malboeuf, Christine University of Rochester
B.S.
2006 Staff Scientist
Broad Institute, MIT
Cambridge, MA
Roth, Kelly SUNY Fredonia
M.S.
2006 Assistant Professor
Genesee Community College
Arcade Campus Center, NY
Wellington, Melanie Brown University
B.S.
2006 Assistant Professor
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Wells, Jesse Ithaca College
B.S.
2006 Microbiologist
Food & Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD
Yi, KyungHee Wellesley College
B.A.
2006 Postdoc
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Zhen, ZhuJulia Shandong University
B.S
2006 Postdoc
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
DiNapoli, Joshua University of
Nevada-Reno
B.S.
2005 Senior Scientist
& Manager
Viral Immunology
Sanofi Pasteur
Flores, Anthony University of Wyoming
B.S.
2005 Clinical Postdoc
Baylor University
Houston, TX
Fozo, Elizabeth University of Delaware
B.S.
2005 Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Gillis, Richard Montana State University
B.S.
2005 Scientist
Protolab
Montana
Kaufman, Julia SUNY Albany
B.S.
2005 Scientist
Rockefeller University
New York, NY
Ray, Denise New Hartford
B.S.
2005 Senior Fellow
National Institute of
Environmental Health
and Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC
Raymond, Jon University of Rochester
B.S.
2005 Sr. Microbiologist
The Dow Chemical Company
Chicago, IL
Snyder, Jennifer Brandeis University
B.S.
2005 Postdoc
Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology
San Francisco, CA
Yang, Li Beijing Medical University
B.S.
2005 Sr. Staff Application Scientist
Beckman Coulter
Miami, FL
Diamond, Tracy University of Rochester
B.S.
2004 Senior Scientist
Merck Pharm, Inc.
Huang, Willis 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
Nguyen, Don McGill University
B.S.
2004 Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pathology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Padilla Torres, Josue University of Puerto Rico
D.M.D.
2004 Dentist - Private Practitioner
Rochester, NY
Ramirez, Servio Rochester Institute
of Technology
B.S.
2004 Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Turner, Michael University of Vermont
B.S.
2004 Senior Scientist
Genzyme
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Webster, Ramothea Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.S.
2004 Clinical Resident
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
Weiss, Kellie University of Nevada
B.S.
2004 Student (law school)
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Westbrook, Thomas Allegheny College
B.S.
2003 Assistant Professor Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology & Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Waco, TX
Brown, Deborah University of Rochester
M.S.
2002 Assistant Professor
University of
Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

 

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