Alumni - Where Are They Now?
Below are a listing of graduate students with current positions
2021 Graduates
Ashley Rackow, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate at URMC, Rochester, NY
Jakob Gunderson, PhD
Senior Scientific Associate, Charles Rivers laboratories, Horsham, PA
Ashley Fields, PhD
Toxicologist at FDA, Beltsville MD
Timothy Anderson, PhD
Federal Postdoctoral Fellow at the EPA, North Carolina
Timothy Smyth, PhD
Postdoctoral Trainee at UNC Chapel Hill
Ashley Peppriell, PhD
Toxicologist at ICF, Durham, NC
2020 Graduates
Denise Herr, PhD
Forensic Laboratory Specialist VI, Virginia Department of Forensic Science, Richmond VA
Sarah Phelan, PhD
Scientific Editorial Assistant at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Christina Post, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow at URMC, Rochester, NY
Candace Wong, PhD
Ethicon, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ
2019 Graduates
Keith Morris-Schaffer, PhD
Toxicologist at Exponent, Sacramento, California
Brian Palmer, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kelly Hanson, PhD
Toxicologist at SRC, Syracuse NY
Katrina Jew, PhD
Toxicologist at CTEH, Carlsbad, California
2018 Graduates
Tyler Beach, PhD
Research Scientist at SRI Bioscience, Santa Clara, California
Jessica Meyers, Ph.D.
Staff Toxicologist at iuvo Bioscience, Rush, NY
Parker F. Duffney, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Rochester
Elissa L. Wong, Ph.D.
ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow, US Food and Drug Administration
2017 Graduates
Carolyn Klocke, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate at University of California-Davis
Claire McCarthy, Ph.D.
Health Communications Intern, Div. of Cancer Biology at the National Cancer Institute
Jennifer Judge, Ph.D.
IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan
Shannon Lacy, DVM, MPH, MS, DACVPM, DACVP, Ph.D.
Chief, Pathology Division, Veterinary Services Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Lisa M. Prince, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate at Florida International University
Khatera Rahmani, Ph.D.
Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist/Risk Assessor/Toxicologist at Conagra Brand Foods in Chicago, IL
Michael Rudy, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester
2016 Graduates
Emily Resseguie, Ph.D.
Study Director at Envigo
Amanda (Croasdell) Lucchini, Ph.D.
Study Director, Immunology & Immunotoxicology Group at Covance
2015 Graduates
Sage Begolly, Ph.D.
Toxicologist, Dow Chemical Company
John A. Bennett, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow with Charlie Lowenstein, PhD in the Dept of Medicine M&D-Cardiology Div, University of Rochester
Katherine Ringo, Ph.D.
Considering career options
2014 Graduates
Sadie Gorman, Ph.D.
Pursuing an academic position
Allison Greminger, Ph.D.
Toxicologist/ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences
Bethany Winans, Ph.D.
Investigational Toxicologist at NGM Biopharmaceuticals
2013 Graduates
Joshua Allen, Ph.D.
Research Scientist at Battelle
Brittany (Serke) Baisch, Ph.D.
Toxicologist/Sun Products Inc.
Eric Beier, Ph.D.
Toxicologist at the Food and Drug Administration
Bradley Buczynski, Ph.D.
Staff Toxicologist at Charles River Laboratories
Daniel Dever, Ph.D.
Instructor, Dept. of Pediatrics at Stanford University, School of Medicine
John Lapek, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist, Chemical Proteomics/Mass Spectrometry Specialist at Pfizer Inc.
David McMillan, Ph.D.
Toxicologist at the Food and Drug Administration
2012 Graduates
Melissa Badding, Ph.D.
Toxicologist/Exponent
Whitney Christian, Ph.D.
Mng. Principal Toxicologist at Medtronic
Joseph Frasca, Ph.D.
Business Compliance Advisor-Specialty Elastomers at ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Casey Manning, Ph.D.
Sr. Regulatory Specialist at Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company
Chia Thach, Ph.D.
Chemist, Abbott Laboratories
2011 Graduates
Fanny Casado-Pena, Ph.D.
Professor and Research Coordinator at Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru
Jon Holz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/D’youville College
Hsien Ming Kung, Ph.D.
Sr. Toxicologist/ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences
Sarah Latchney, Ph.D.
Postdoc with the Rochester Partnership for Research and Academic Career Training of Deaf Postdoctoral Scholars
Michael Madejczyk, Ph.D.
ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow/US Army Center for Environmental Health Research
Jennifer (Head) Wheeler, Ph.D.
Scientist/Bristol-Myers Squibb
2010 Graduates
David Adenuga, Ph.D.
Advanced. Toxicologist/ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences
Samuel Caito, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist/University of Rochester
2009 Graduates
Jamie (O’Brien) Bernard, Ph.D.
Asst Professor/University of Michigan
Xianglu Han, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager/ILSI Research Foundation
Brent Kobielush, Ph.D.
U.S. Regulatory Affairs Manager/Cargill Inc.
Sara (Saperstein) Sebag, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow/Vanderbilt University
Zhengyu Yin, Ph.D.
Scientist/Dupont
2008 Graduates
Heather Ferguson, Ph.D.
Manager of Regulatory Affairs/Abbott Laboratories
Na Li, Ph.D.
Pharmacist at the University of Rochester
2007 Graduates
Julian Castaneda, Ph.D.
Veterinary and Facility Director/U of California, San Francisco
Sean Gehen, Ph.D.
Sr. Toxicologist/Dow Agro Sciences
Rosemarie Marchan, Ph.D.
Scientist/Leibniz Research Center, Germany
John Norman, Ph.D.
Associate Toxicologist/ExxonMobil
Erik Rushton, Ph.D.
Senior Toxicologist/LyondellBasell Corp., The Netherlands
Peter Vitiello, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist at Sanford Research
Zhihui Zhong, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor/Sichuan University West China Hospital
2006 Graduates
David Farrer, Ph.D.
Public Health Toxicologist/Oregon Office of Public Health
Carissa Filbrandt-Childs, Ph.D.
Attorney at Law/LeClairRyan
Geniece Lehmann, Ph.D.
Toxicologist/U.S. EPA
Yu Agnes Luo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow/National Institute of Health
Elizabeth Ryan, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor/Colorado State University
Tara (Arndt) Wenger, M.D., Ph.D.
Asst Professor of Pediatrics/Seattle Children's Hospital
2005 Graduates
Donna Wai Ling Lee, Ph.D.
Assoc. Scientist/Genetech Inc.
David Lehmann, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator/U.S. EPA
Pheona Radcliffe, Ph.D.
Sr. Assoc. Scientist/Mondelez International
Jason Roper, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Toxicologist/Dupont Haskell Global Center
Madhuri Singal, Ph.D.
Manager/Respiratory Sciences, Res. Inst. For Fragrance Materials
Mary Williamson, Ph.D.
VP of Scientific Affairs & Laboratory Operations/ACM Global Central Labs