Grad Students
Nishaben (Nisha) M. Patel: M.S. (2015)
Next step: Ph.D (Biological Engineering)., Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2021) Gandhinagar, Mumbai, India,
Postdoctoral fellow, Protein Acrobatics Lab, University of Minnesota
Kymberleigh Romano: Ph.D., Microbiology (2017) Co-advised with Dr. Federico Rey
Next steps: Post-doc at Cleveland Clinic
Asst. Scientific Director, ProEd Communications
Tippapha (Zizi) Pisithkul: Ph.D., Cellular & Molecular Biology (2018)
Next step: Lecturer (Biotechnology) at Maejo University: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Kelsey Veldkamp: M.S., Microbiology (2018)
Next steps: Research lab tech at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC))
Laboratory Safety Specialist at Northwestern University
Tyler B. Jacobson: Ph.D., Microbiology (2019)
Next step: Post-doc at the DAN Lab
Julia Martien: Ph.D., Microbiology (2021)
Next step: Head Teacher with Scientific Adventures for Girls
Chavin Buaskadi: M.S. Microbiology (2022)
Next step: Dual Ph.D at Scripps and Oxford
Lea Cattaneo: M.S. Microbiology (2022)
Next step: TBD
Post-Docs
Mehmet Tatli
Next step: Senior organism engineer at Gingko Bioworks, Inc
Travis Korosh
Next step: Senior Test Engineer at Gingko Bioworks, Inc
Noah Stern
Next step: Senior Scientist at AmebaGone Inc./AgraFilms
Tyler B. Jacobson
Next step: Associate Research Scientist at Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD)
Melanie Callaghan
Next step: Associate Research Scientist at Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD)
Post-Baccalaureate
Jack Williams
Next step: Ph.D at UW Madison in the Integrated program in biochemistry